Acting
Elya Baskin
EN, RU cinema · 55 credits
Born
11 August 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Also known as Elya Zalmanovich Baskin · Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin · الیا باسکین · Илья Баскин · И. Баскин · Ilya Baskin
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
Filmography
Dance With Me
as Sasha
Guys' Night in The Thing
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Reagan
as B.E. Kertchman
I Love Us
as Ira Prince
Legacy
as Boranovic
Hit Me
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Supervized
as Brian
Chicanery
as Boris Namarov
The Hive
as Yuri Yegorov
Silent Screams
as Andrei
Jimmy P.
as Dr. Jokl
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
Angels & Demons
as Cardinal Petrov
Spider-Man 3
as Mr. Ditkovitch
The Dukes
as Murph Sinitsky
The Elder Son
as Uncle Fedya
Wheelmen
as Vladimir
Spider-Man 2
as Mr. Ditkovitch
Runaway Virus
as Father Vadim
Thirteen Days
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
October Sky
as Ike Bykovsky
Running Red
as Strelkin
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as General Borschevsky
Air Force One
as Andrei Kolchak
Spy Hard
as Professor Ukrinsky
Forest Warrior
as Buster
Love Affair
as Ship Captain
The Pickle
as Russian Cap Driver
DeepStar Six
as Burciaga
Enemies, a Love Story
as Yaska Kobik
Big Man on Campus
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Zits
as Timoshenko
Vice Versa
as Kerschner
The Name of the Rose
as Severinus
My Town
as Slovack
Combat Academy
as Interpreter
Streets of Gold
as Klebanov
Embassy
as Aelx Serov
Moscow on the Hudson
as Anatoly Cherkasov
2010
as Maxim Brailovsky
American Pop
as Tuba Player (voice)
Raise the Titanic
as Marganin
Being There
as Karpatov
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as Book-keeper
The World's Greatest Lover
as Actor with Bad Breath
The Long Recess
as red-haired student
Telegram
as Teacher (uncredited)