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