Elya Baskin
Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia] — Aug 11 1950
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Biography
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 "Out…
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Criminal Minds
Arseny Lysowsky
Castle
Sergei Vetotchkin
Homeland
Viktor
The Closer
Priest
Chicago Med
Dr. Mischa Lenkov
The West Wing
Mr. Zubatov
MacGyver
Yuri Demetri
Northern Exposure
Nikolai Apalanov
Quantum Leap
Major Yuri Kosenko
Rizzoli & Isles
Dr. Vladmir Papov
Heroes
Ivan Spector
Cold Case
Dr. Goran Petrovic
St. Elsewhere
Dr. Peltrovich
Mad About You
Vladimir
Coach
Police Officer
MacGyver
Alexander Orlov
Early Edition
Vadim
Becker
Alexei
Walker, Texas Ranger
Misha
Ellen
Sergei
Madam Secretary
Ditro Pirosmani
Felicity
Bela
Spider-Man 3
Mr. Ditkovitch
The Larry Sanders Show
Nicolae
The Agency
Borovinsky
The Rookie: Feds
Consul General Viktar Saroka
The Invisible Man
Dimitri Yevchenko
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Ditkovitch
Roseanne
2010
Maxim Brailovsky
Alias
Josef Vlachko
Angels & Demons
Cardinal Petrov
Masquerade
Nuclear Facility Clerk
CBS Summer Playhouse
Serge
True Blue
Yuri
Air Force One
Andrei Kolchak
VR.5
Dr. Zoloft
Alright Already
The Comedy Factory
Sasha Zhukov
Reagan
B.E. Kertchman
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
General Borschevsky
The Name of the Rose
Severinus
Something So Right
Yuri
October Sky
Ike Bykovsky
Spy Hard
Professor Ukrinsky
Thirteen Days
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Love Affair
Ship Captain
The San Pedro Beach Bums
Being There
Karpatov
DeepStar Six
Burciaga
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cosmonaut Dimitri
Forest Warrior
Buster
American Pop
Tuba Player (voice)
Vice Versa
Kerschner
The Pickle
Russian Cap Driver
The Elder Son
Uncle Fedya
Legacy
Boranovic
Running Red
Strelkin
Supervized
Brian
Combat Academy
Interpreter
Jimmy P.
Dr. Jokl
Raise the Titanic
Marganin
Enemies, a Love Story
Yaska Kobik
Wheelmen
Vladimir
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Boris
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Book-keeper
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Misha
Chicanery
Boris Namarov
Embassy
Aelx Serov
Zits
Timoshenko
The World's Greatest Lover
Actor with Bad Breath
My Town
Slovack
Telegram
Teacher (uncredited)
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Letvinko
Moscow on the Hudson
Anatoly Cherkasov
The Long Recess
red-haired student
Sisters
Streets of Gold
Klebanov
Runaway Virus
Father Vadim
Big Man on Campus
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Dukes
Murph Sinitsky
Color of the Cross
The Hive
Yuri Yegorov
God's Smile
I Love Us
Ira Prince
Say It in Russian
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self
Guys' Night in The Thing
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Silent Screams
Andrei
Hit Me
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich