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.
Filmography · 92
Criminal Minds
2005 · Arseny Lysowsky
Castle
2009 · Sergei Vetotchkin
Homeland
2011 · Viktor
Spider-Man 3
2007 · Mr. Ditkovitch
The West Wing
1999 · Mr. Zubatov
Chicago Med
2015 · Dr. Mischa Lenkov
The Closer
2005 · Priest
Heroes
2006 · Ivan Spector
Cold Case
2003 · Dr. Goran Petrovic
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Dr. Vladmir Papov
Madam Secretary
2014 · Ditro Pirosmani
MacGyver
1985 · Yuri Demetri
Quantum Leap
1989 · Major Yuri Kosenko
Mad About You
1992 · Vladimir
Coach
1989 · Police Officer
Spider-Man 2
2004 · Mr. Ditkovitch
MacGyver
2016 · Alexander Orlov
Northern Exposure
1990 · Nikolai Apalanov
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Dr. Peltrovich
Ellen
1994 · Sergei
Felicity
1998 · Bela
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Misha
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Nicolae
Early Edition
1996 · Vadim
Becker
1998 · Alexei
The Rookie: Feds
2022 · Consul General Viktar...
Angels & Demons
2009 · Cardinal Petrov
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
The Agency
2001 · Borovinsky
Air Force One
1997 · Andrei Kolchak
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997 · General Borschevsky
Alias
2001 · Josef Vlachko
American Pop
1981 · Tuba Player (voice)
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Severinus
The Invisible Man
2000 · Dimitri Yevchenko
True Blue
1989 · Yuri
2010
1984 · Maxim Brailovsky
Spy Hard
1996 · Professor Ukrinsky
October Sky
1999 · Ike Bykovsky
The Comedy Factory
1985 · Sasha Zhukov
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · Serge
Thirteen Days
2000 · Anotoly Dobrinyn
Masquerade
1983 · Nuclear Facility Clerk
Roseanne
1988
Being There
1979 · Karpatov
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · Cosmonaut Dimitri
Reagan
2024 · B.E. Kertchman
VR.5
1995 · Dr. Zoloft
Vice Versa
1988 · Kerschner
DeepStar Six
1989 · Burciaga
Raise the Titanic
1980 · Marganin
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
Something So Right
1996 · Yuri
Love Affair
1994 · Ship Captain
Forest Warrior
1996 · Buster
Moscow on the Hudson
1984 · Anatoly Cherkasov
God's Smile
2009
Jimmy P.
2013 · Dr. Jokl
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979 · Book-keeper
The World's Greatest Lover
1977 · Actor with Bad Breath
The Elder Son
2006 · Uncle Fedya
Running Red
1999 · Strelkin
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Self
Chicanery
2017 · Boris Namarov
Legacy
2020 · Boranovic
Supervized
2019 · Brian
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997 · Boris
Combat Academy
1986 · Interpreter
Hit Me
2019 · Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
The Pickle
1993 · Russian Cap Driver
Streets of Gold
1986 · Klebanov
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010 · Letvinko
Enemies, a Love Story
1989 · Yaska Kobik
The Hive
2015 · Yuri Yegorov
Say It in Russian
2007
Runaway Virus
2000 · Father Vadim
The Dukes
2007 · Murph Sinitsky
Big Man on Campus
1989 · Taxi Driver (uncredite...
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993 · Misha
I Love Us
2021 · Ira Prince
Embassy
1985 · Aelx Serov
Wheelmen
2005 · Vladimir
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025 · Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
The Long Recess
1972 · red-haired student
My Town
1986 · Slovack
Jangan Benci Cintaku
2018
Telegram
1972 · Teacher (uncredited)
Zits
1988 · Timoshenko
Silent Screams
2015 · Andrei
Sisters
1991
Color of the Cross
2006
Dance With Me
2026 · Sasha