Quick Facts
Born:
1950-08-11
Birthplace:
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Credits:
93 Total Roles
Elya Baskin
Acting
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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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Known For
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Ditkovitch
Spider-Man 3
Mr. Ditkovitch
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cosmonaut Dimitri
Angels & Demons
Cardinal Petrov
Criminal Minds
Arseny Lysowsky
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
General Borschevsky
The Name of the Rose
Severinus
Air Force One
Andrei Kolchak
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Guys' Night in The Thing MOVIE | Voice of Mr. Ditkovich |
| 2024 | Reagan MOVIE | B.E. Kertchman |
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds TV | Consul General Viktar Saroka |
| 2022 | An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose MOVIE | Self |
| 2021 | I Love Us MOVIE | Ira Prince |
| 2020 | Legacy MOVIE | Boranovic |
| 2019 | Supervized MOVIE | Brian |
| 2019 | Hit Me MOVIE | Voice of Mr. Ditkovich |
| 2017 | Chicanery MOVIE | Boris Namarov |
| 2016 | MacGyver TV | Alexander Orlov |