Elya Baskin
Baskin was born in Riga, the son of Frieda and Zalman Baskin. He attended Moscow's prestigious Theatre and Variety Arts College and won a Festival of Young Actors Award at the Moscow Comedy Theatre. Baskin immigrated to the United States in 1976. He has built a considerable career in TV and movies, and is often cast as a Russian, due to his ancestry and accent. He has ultimately become one of the most popular choices whenever a Russian is needed in a TV-episode or a major movie production. He is also a regular on the long-running Internet program "Outlaw Radio" hosted by Matt Alan, where he makes amusing commentary on contemporary topics, and does comedic interaction with fellow actor Richard Tyson and author Burl Barer, among many others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elya Baskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Reagan as B.E. Kertchman
- 2022 · The Rookie: Feds as Consul General Viktar Saroka
- 2021 · I Love Us as Ira Prince
- 2020 · Legacy as Boranovic
- 2019 · Supervized as Brian
- 2019 · Hit Me as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
- 2017 · Chicanery as Boris Namarov
- 2016 · MacGyver as Alexander Orlov
- 2015 · Chicago Med as Dr. Mischa Lenkov
- 2015 · The Hive as Yuri Yegorov
- 2015 · Silent Screams as Andrei
- 2013 · Jimmy P. as Dr. Jokl
- 2011 · Homeland as Viktor
- 2011 · Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Cosmonaut Dimitri
- 2010 · Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Letvinko
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Dr. Vladmir Papov
- 2009 · God's Smile as
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Angels & Demons as Cardinal Petrov
- 2009 · Castle as Sergei Vetotchkin
- 2007 · Say It in Russian as
- 2007 · Spider-Man 3 as Mr. Ditkovitch
- 2007 · The Dukes as Murph Sinitsky
- 2006 · Color of the Cross as
- 2006 · Heroes as Ivan Spector
- 2006 · The Elder Son as Uncle Fedya
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Arseny Lysowsky
- 2005 · The Closer as Priest
- 2005 · Wheelmen as Vladimir
- 2004 · Spider-Man 2 as Mr. Ditkovitch
- 2003 · Cold Case as Dr. Goran Petrovic
- 2001 · Alias as Josef Vlachko
- 2001 · The Agency as
- 2000 · Thirteen Days as Anotoly Dobrinyn
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Dimitri Yevchenko
- 2000 · Runaway Virus as Father Vadim
- 1999 · The West Wing as Mr. Zubatov
- 1999 · Running Red as Strelkin
- 1999 · October Sky as Ike Bykovsky
- 1998 · Becker as Alexei
- 1998 · Felicity as Bela
- 1997 · Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Boris
- 1997 · Alright Already as
- 1997 · Air Force One as Andrei Kolchak
- 1997 · Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as General Borschevsky
- 1996 · Early Edition as
- 1996 · Something So Right as Yuri
- 1996 · Spy Hard as Professor Ukrinsky
- 1995 · VR.5 as Dr. Zoloft
- 1994 · Love Affair as Ship Captain
- 1994 · Ellen as Sergei
- 1993 · The Pickle as Russian Cap Driver
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Misha
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger as Misha
- 1992 · Mad About You as Vladimir
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as
- 1991 · Sisters as
- 1990 · Northern Exposure as Nikolai Apalanov
- 1989 · Enemies, a Love Story as Yaska Kobik
- 1989 · Big Man on Campus as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1989 · True Blue as Yuri
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Major Yuri Kosenko
- 1989 · Coach as Police Officer
- 1989 · DeepStar Six as Burciaga
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Zits as Timoshenko
- 1987 · CBS Summer Playhouse as Serge
- 1986 · Combat Academy as Interpreter
- 1986 · The Name of the Rose as Severinus
- 1986 · My Town as Slovack
- 1986 · Streets of Gold as Klebanov
- 1985 · MacGyver as Yuri Demetri
- 1985 · Embassy as Aelx Serov
- 1984 · 2010 as Maxim Brailovsky
- 1984 · Moscow on the Hudson as Anatoly Cherkasov
- 1983 · Masquerade as
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1981 · American Pop as Tuba Player (voice)
- 1980 · Raise the Titanic as Marganin
- 1979 · Being There as Karpatov
- 1979 · Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as Book-keeper
- 1977 · The World's Greatest Lover as Actor with Bad Breath
- 1977 · The San Pedro Beach Bums as
- 1972 · The Long Recess as red-haired student
- 1972 · Telegram as