Elya Baskin
Born: 1950-08-11 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Known For: Acting
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 "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
2026
- Dance With Me as Sasha
2025
- Guys' Night in The Thing as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2024
- Reagan as B.E. Kertchman
2022
- The Rookie: Feds as Consul General Viktar Saroka
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self
2021
- I Love Us as Ira Prince
2020
- Legacy as Boranovic
2019
- Hit Me as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
- Supervized as Brian
2018
2017
- Chicanery as Boris Namarov
2016
- MacGyver as Alexander Orlov
2015
- Chicago Med as Dr. Mischa Lenkov
- The Hive as Yuri Yegorov
- Silent Screams as Andrei
2014
- Madam Secretary as Ditro Pirosmani
2013
- Jimmy P. as Dr. Jokl
2011
- Homeland as Viktor
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Cosmonaut Dimitri
2010
- Rizzoli & Isles as Dr. Vladmir Papov
- Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Letvinko
2009
- Castle as Sergei Vetotchkin
- Angels & Demons as Cardinal Petrov
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- God's Smile
2007
- Spider-Man 3 as Mr. Ditkovitch
- Say It in Russian
- The Dukes as Murph Sinitsky
2006
- Heroes as Ivan Spector
- The Elder Son as Uncle Fedya
- Color of the Cross
2005
- Criminal Minds as Arseny Lysowsky
- The Closer as Priest
- Wheelmen as Vladimir
2004
- Spider-Man 2 as Mr. Ditkovitch
2003
- Cold Case as Dr. Goran Petrovic
2001
- The Agency as Borovinsky
- Alias as Josef Vlachko
2000
- The Invisible Man as Dimitri Yevchenko
- Thirteen Days as Anotoly Dobrinyn
- Runaway Virus as Father Vadim
1999
- The West Wing as Mr. Zubatov
- October Sky as Ike Bykovsky
- Running Red as Strelkin
1997
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as General Borschevsky
- Air Force One as Andrei Kolchak
- Alright Already
- Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Boris
1996
- Early Edition as Vadim
- Spy Hard as Professor Ukrinsky
- Something So Right as Yuri
- Forest Warrior as Buster
1995
- VR.5 as Dr. Zoloft
1994
- Ellen as Sergei
- Love Affair as Ship Captain
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Misha
- The Pickle as Russian Cap Driver
- Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger as Misha
1992
- Mad About You as Vladimir
- The Larry Sanders Show as Nicolae
1991
1990
- Northern Exposure as Nikolai Apalanov
1989
- Coach as Police Officer
- Quantum Leap as Major Yuri Kosenko
- True Blue as Yuri
- DeepStar Six as Burciaga
- Enemies, a Love Story as Yaska Kobik
- Big Man on Campus as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1988
- Roseanne
- Vice Versa as Kerschner
- Zits as Timoshenko
1987
- CBS Summer Playhouse as Serge
1986
- The Name of the Rose as Severinus
- Streets of Gold as Klebanov
- Combat Academy as Interpreter
- My Town as Slovack
1985
- MacGyver as Yuri Demetri
- The Comedy Factory as Sasha Zhukov
- Embassy as Aelx Serov
1984
- 2010 as Maxim Brailovsky
- Moscow on the Hudson as Anatoly Cherkasov
1983
- Masquerade as Nuclear Facility Clerk
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Dr. Peltrovich
1981
- American Pop as Tuba Player (voice)
1980
- Raise the Titanic as Marganin
1979
- Being There as Karpatov
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as Book-keeper
1977
- The San Pedro Beach Bums
- The World's Greatest Lover as Actor with Bad Breath
1972
- Telegram as Teacher (uncredited)
- The Long Recess as red-haired student