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