People
Elya Baskin
- Name: Elya Baskin
- Birthday: 1950-08-11
- Also known as: Elya Zalmanovich Baskin ,Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin
- Place of birth: Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.
- Popularity: 6.659
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Reagan as B.E. Kertchman | 2024-08-29 |
| I Love Us as Ira Prince | 2021-09-17 |
| Legacy as Boranovic | 2020-05-28 |
| Supervized as Brian | 2019-07-16 |
| Hit Me as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich | 2019-01-15 |
| Chicanery as Boris Namarov | 2017-04-29 |
| The Hive as Yuri Yegorov | 2015-09-14 |
| Silent Screams as Andrei | 2015-04-03 |
| Jimmy P. as Dr. Jokl | 2013-09-11 |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Cosmonaut Dimitri | 2011-06-28 |
| Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Letvinko | 2010-12-28 |
| God's Smile | 2009-12-03 |
| Angels & Demons as Cardinal Petrov | 2009-04-23 |
| Say It in Russian | 2007-12-12 |
| Spider-Man 3 as Mr. Ditkovitch | 2007-05-01 |
| The Dukes as Murph Sinitsky | 2007-04-23 |
| Color of the Cross | 2006-11-09 |
| The Elder Son as Uncle Fedya | 2006-01-01 |
| Wheelmen as Vladimir | 2005-06-03 |
| Spider-Man 2 as Mr. Ditkovitch | 2004-06-25 |
| Thirteen Days as Anotoly Dobrinyn | 2000-12-25 |
| Runaway Virus as Father Vadim | 2000-01-29 |
| Running Red as Strelkin | 1999-03-30 |
| October Sky as Ike Bykovsky | 1999-02-19 |
| Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Boris | 1997-11-02 |
| Air Force One as Andrei Kolchak | 1997-07-25 |
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as General Borschevsky | 1997-05-02 |
| Spy Hard as Professor Ukrinsky | 1996-05-24 |
| Love Affair as Ship Captain | 1994-10-21 |
| The Pickle as Russian Cap Driver | 1993-04-30 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger as Misha | 1993-04-21 |
| Enemies, a Love Story as Yaska Kobik | 1989-12-13 |
| Big Man on Campus as Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1989-12-12 |
| DeepStar Six as Burciaga | 1989-01-13 |
| Zits as Timoshenko | 1988-07-07 |
| Vice Versa as Kerschner | 1988-02-25 |
| Combat Academy as Interpreter | 1986-11-23 |
| The Name of the Rose as Severinus | 1986-09-24 |
| My Town as Slovack | 1986-05-25 |
| Streets of Gold as Klebanov | 1986-01-01 |
| Embassy as Aelx Serov | 1985-04-21 |
| 2010 as Maxim Brailovsky | 1984-12-06 |
| Moscow on the Hudson as Anatoly Cherkasov | 1984-04-06 |
| American Pop as Tuba Player (voice) | 1981-02-13 |
| Raise the Titanic as Marganin | 1980-08-01 |
| Being There as Karpatov | 1979-12-19 |
| Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as Book-keeper | 1979-06-15 |
| The World's Greatest Lover as Actor with Bad Breath | 1977-12-18 |
| The Long Recess as red-haired student | 1972-06-06 |
| Telegram | 1972-05-15 |
