Elya Baskin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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
Dance With Me 2026
as Sasha
Guys' Night in The Thing 2025
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Reagan 2024
as B.E. Kertchman
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose 2022
as Self
I Love Us 2021
as Ira Prince
Legacy 2020
as Boranovic
Supervized 2019
as Brian
Hit Me 2019
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Jangan Benci Cintaku 2018
Actor
Chicanery 2017
as Boris Namarov
The Hive 2015
as Yuri Yegorov
Silent Screams 2015
as Andrei
Jimmy P. 2013
as Dr. Jokl
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright 2010
as Letvinko
God's Smile 2009
Actor
Angels & Demons 2009
as Cardinal Petrov
Say It in Russian 2007
Actor
Spider-Man 3 2007
as Mr. Ditkovitch
The Dukes 2007
as Murph Sinitsky
Color of the Cross 2006
Actor
The Elder Son 2006
as Uncle Fedya
Wheelmen 2005
as Vladimir
Spider-Man 2 2004
as Mr. Ditkovitch
Thirteen Days 2000
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
Runaway Virus 2000
as Father Vadim
Running Red 1999
as Strelkin
October Sky 1999
as Ike Bykovsky
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest 1997
as Boris
Air Force One 1997
as Andrei Kolchak
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997
as General Borschevsky
Forest Warrior 1996
as Buster
Spy Hard 1996
as Professor Ukrinsky
Love Affair 1994
as Ship Captain
The Pickle 1993
as Russian Cap Driver
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger 1993
as Misha
Enemies, a Love Story 1989
as Yaska Kobik
Big Man on Campus 1989
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
DeepStar Six 1989
as Burciaga
Zits 1988
as Timoshenko
Vice Versa 1988
as Kerschner
Combat Academy 1986
as Interpreter
Streets of Gold 1986
as Klebanov
The Name of the Rose 1986
as Severinus
My Town 1986
as Slovack
Embassy 1985
as Aelx Serov
2010 1984
as Maxim Brailovsky
Moscow on the Hudson 1984
as Anatoly Cherkasov
American Pop 1981
as Tuba Player (voice)
Raise the Titanic 1980
as Marganin
Being There 1979
as Karpatov
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 1979
as Book-keeper
The World's Greatest Lover 1977
as Actor with Bad Breath
The Long Recess 1972
as red-haired student
Telegram 1972
as Teacher (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.