Elya Baskin
54 movies · 37 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 11, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
- Also known as
- Elya Zalmanovich Baskin · Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin · الیا باسکین · Илья Баскин
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.
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.3 Spider-Man 2
2004 · Film
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★ 6.5 Spider-Man 3
2007 · Film
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★ 6.2 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · Film
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★ 6.7 Angels & Demons
2009 · Film
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★ 8.3 Criminal Minds
2005 · TV
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★ 6.6 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997 · Film
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★ 6.5 Air Force One
1997 · Film
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★ 7.5 The Name of the Rose
1986 · Film
Elya Baskin: movies and TV shows
Acting (91)
- 2026 Dance With Me
as Sasha
- 2025 Guys' Night in The Thing
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
- 2024 Reagan
as B.E. Kertchman
- 2022
- 2021 I Love Us
as Ira Prince
- 2020 Legacy
as Boranovic
- 2019 Supervized
as Brian
- 2019 Hit Me
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
- 2018
- 2017 Chicanery
as Boris Namarov
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015 The Hive
as Yuri Yegorov
- 2015 Silent Screams
as Andrei
- 2014
- 2013 Jimmy P.
as Dr. Jokl
- 2011
- 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
- 2010 Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Letvinko
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009 Angels & Demons
as Cardinal Petrov
- 2009
- 2007
- 2007 Spider-Man 3
as Mr. Ditkovitch
- 2007 The Dukes
as Murph Sinitsky
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 The Elder Son
as Uncle Fedya
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Wheelmen
as Vladimir
- 2004 Spider-Man 2
as Mr. Ditkovitch
- 2003
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 Thirteen Days
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
- 2000
- 2000 Runaway Virus
as Father Vadim
- 1999
- 1999 Running Red
as Strelkin
- 1999 October Sky
as Ike Bykovsky
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Air Force One
as Andrei Kolchak
- 1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as General Borschevsky
- 1996 Forest Warrior
as Buster
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 Spy Hard
as Professor Ukrinsky
- 1995
- 1994 Love Affair
as Ship Captain
- 1994
- 1993 The Pickle
as Russian Cap Driver
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989 Enemies, a Love Story
as Yaska Kobik
- 1989 Big Man on Campus
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 DeepStar Six
as Burciaga
- 1988
- 1988 Zits
as Timoshenko
- 1988 Vice Versa
as Kerschner
- 1987
- 1986 Combat Academy
as Interpreter
- 1986 Streets of Gold
as Klebanov
- 1986 The Name of the Rose
as Severinus
- 1986 My Town
as Slovack
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Embassy
as Aelx Serov
- 1984 2010
as Maxim Brailovsky
- 1984 Moscow on the Hudson
as Anatoly Cherkasov
- 1983
- 1982
- 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
- 1972 The Long Recess
as red-haired student
- 1972 Telegram
as Teacher (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2022
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
1 episode