Place of Birth: Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.
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.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Name of the Rose | Severinus | 1986 |
| Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2004 |
| Spider-Man 3 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2007 |
| I Love Us | Ira Prince | 2021 |
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | General Borschevsky | 1997 |
| Moscow on the Hudson | Anatoly Cherkasov | 1984 |
| DeepStar Six | Burciaga | 1989 |
| Air Force One | Andrei Kolchak | 1997 |
| Chicanery | Boris Namarov | 2017 |
| Angels & Demons | Cardinal Petrov | 2009 |
| October Sky | Ike Bykovsky | 1999 |
| The Pickle | Russian Cap Driver | 1993 |
| Being There | Karpatov | 1979 |
| God's Smile | 2009 | |
| The Dukes | Murph Sinitsky | 2007 |
| Hit Me | Voice of Mr. Ditkovich | 2019 |
| Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Letvinko | 2010 |
| Running Red | Strelkin | 1999 |
| American Pop | Tuba Player (voice) | 1981 |
| Enemies, a Love Story | Yaska Kobik | 1989 |
| Wheelmen | Vladimir | 2005 |
| Jimmy P. | Dr. Jokl | 2013 |
| The Long Recess | red-haired student | 1972 |
| My Town | Slovack | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Boris | 1997 |
| The World's Greatest Lover | Actor with Bad Breath | 1977 |
| Big Man on Campus | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1989 |
| Embassy | Aelx Serov | 1985 |
| Combat Academy | Interpreter | 1986 |
| 2010 | Maxim Brailovsky | 1984 |
| Color of the Cross | 2006 | |
| The Elder Son | Uncle Fedya | 2006 |
| The Hive | Yuri Yegorov | 2015 |
| Love Affair | Ship Captain | 1994 |
| Spy Hard | Professor Ukrinsky | 1996 |
| Streets of Gold | Klebanov | 1986 |
| Silent Screams | Andrei | 2015 |
| Telegram | 1972 | |
| Runaway Virus | Father Vadim | 2000 |
| Supervized | Brian | 2019 |
| Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Book-keeper | 1979 |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Cosmonaut Dimitri | 2011 |
| Legacy | Boranovic | 2020 |
| Raise the Titanic | Marganin | 1980 |
| Thirteen Days | Anotoly Dobrinyn | 2000 |
| Zits | Timoshenko | 1988 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger | Misha | 1993 |
| Say It in Russian | 2007 | |
| Reagan | B.E. Kertchman | 2024 |
| Vice Versa | Kerschner | 1988 | Series | Cast | Year |
| St. Elsewhere | 1982 | |
| Ellen | Sergei | 1994 |
| The Closer | Priest | 2005 |
| The Agency | 2001 | |
| Heroes | Ivan Spector | 2006 |
| Alias | Josef Vlachko | 2001 |
| Early Edition | 1996 | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | 1992 | |
| Cold Case | Dr. Goran Petrovic | 2003 |
| VR.5 | Dr. Zoloft | 1995 |
| Coach | Police Officer | 1989 |
| Roseanne | 1988 | |
| Castle | Sergei Vetotchkin | 2009 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Misha | 1993 |
| Quantum Leap | Major Yuri Kosenko | 1989 |
| Criminal Minds | Arseny Lysowsky | 2005 |
| Becker | Alexei | 1998 |
| Sisters | 1991 | |
| Northern Exposure | Nikolai Apalanov | 1990 |
| The Invisible Man | Dimitri Yevchenko | 2000 |
| True Blue | Yuri | 1989 |
| Masquerade | 1983 | |
| Chicago Med | Dr. Mischa Lenkov | 2015 |
| The San Pedro Beach Bums | 1977 | |
| Something So Right | Yuri | 1996 |
| Alright Already | 1997 | |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Dr. Vladmir Papov | 2010 |
| The West Wing | Mr. Zubatov | 1999 |
| The Rookie: Feds | Consul General Viktar Saroka | 2022 |
| MacGyver | Alexander Orlov | 2016 |
| Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Corp. Yuri Petrovsky | 1993 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Serge | 1987 |
| Felicity | Bela | 1998 |
| Homeland | Viktor | 2011 |
| MacGyver | Yuri Demetri | 1985 |
| Mad About You | Vladimir | 1992 |
| Comedy Factory | Sasha Zhukov | 1985 |
