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Elya Baskin

Known for acting · Born 11 August 1950 · 76 · Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

93 credits

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.

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Known for

The Name of the Rose

1986

Moscow on the Hudson

1984

Homeland

2011

October Sky

1999

Jimmy P.

2013

Legacy

2020

True Blue

1989

MacGyver

1985

Quantum Leap

1989

DeepStar Six

1989

Rizzoli & Isles

2010

Running Red

1999

Acting (93)

2026Dance With MeSashaFilm
2025Guys' Night in The ThingVoice of Mr. DitkovichFilm
2024ReaganB.E. KertchmanFilm
2022The Rookie: FedsConsul General Viktar SarokaSeries
2022An Oral History of: The Name of the RoseSelfFilm
2021I Love UsIra PrinceFilm
2020LegacyBoranovicFilm
2019SupervizedBrianFilm
2019Hit MeVoice of Mr. DitkovichFilm
2018Jangan Benci CintakuFilm
2017ChicaneryBoris NamarovFilm
2016MacGyverAlexander OrlovSeries
2015Chicago MedDr. Mischa LenkovSeries
2015The HiveYuri YegorovFilm
2015Silent ScreamsAndreiFilm
2014Madam SecretaryDitro Pirosmani, Dito PirosmaniSeries
2013Jimmy P.Dr. JoklFilm
2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonCosmonaut DimitriFilm
2011HomelandViktor · 3 episodesSeries
2010Rizzoli & IslesDr. Vladmir Papov · 2 episodesSeries
2010Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie WrightLetvinkoFilm
2009Angels & DemonsCardinal PetrovFilm
2009CastleSergei VetotchkinSeries
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2009God's SmileFilm
2007Spider-Man 3Mr. DitkovitchFilm
2007The DukesMurph SinitskyFilm
2007Say It in RussianFilm
2006HeroesIvan SpectorSeries
2006The Elder SonUncle FedyaFilm
2006Color of the CrossFilm
2005Criminal MindsArseny LysowskySeries
2005The CloserPriestSeries
2005WheelmenVladimirFilm
2004Spider-Man 2Mr. DitkovitchFilm
2003Cold CaseDr. Goran PetrovicSeries
2001AliasJosef VlachkoSeries
2001The AgencyBorovinsky · 4 episodesSeries
2000Thirteen DaysAnotoly DobrinynFilm
2000The Invisible ManDimitri YevchenkoSeries
2000Runaway VirusFather VadimFilm
1999October SkyIke BykovskyFilm
1999The West WingMr. ZubatovSeries
1999Running RedStrelkinFilm
1998BeckerAlexei · 3 episodesSeries
1998FelicityBelaSeries
1997Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryGeneral BorschevskyFilm
1997Air Force OneAndrei KolchakFilm
1997Murder, She Wrote: South by SouthwestBorisFilm
1997Alright AlreadySeries
1996Spy HardProfessor UkrinskyFilm
1996Early EditionVadimSeries
1996Forest WarriorBusterFilm
1996Something So RightYuriSeries
1995VR.5Dr. ZoloftSeries
1994Love AffairShip CaptainFilm
1994EllenSergeiSeries
1993Walker, Texas RangerMisha, Corp. Yuri PetrovskySeries
1993The PickleRussian Cap DriverFilm
1993Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One RangerMishaFilm
1992Mad About YouVladimir · 3 episodesSeries
1992The Larry Sanders ShowNicolaeSeries
1991SistersSeries
1990Northern ExposureNikolai ApalanovSeries
1989Quantum LeapMajor Yuri Kosenko · 2 episodesSeries
1989DeepStar SixBurciagaFilm
1989CoachPolice OfficerSeries
1989Enemies, a Love StoryYaska KobikFilm
1989Big Man on CampusTaxi Driver (uncredited)Film
1989True BlueYuri · 13 episodesSeries
1988RoseanneSeries
1988Vice VersaKerschnerFilm
1988ZitsTimoshenkoFilm
1987CBS Summer PlayhouseSergeSeries
1986The Name of the RoseSeverinusFilm
1986Combat AcademyInterpreterFilm
1986Streets of GoldKlebanovFilm
1986My TownSlovackFilm
1985MacGyverYuri Demetri · 2 episodesSeries
1985EmbassyAelx SerovFilm
1985The Comedy FactorySasha ZhukovSeries
19842010Maxim BrailovskyFilm
1984Moscow on the HudsonAnatoly CherkasovFilm
1983MasqueradeNuclear Facility ClerkSeries
1982St. ElsewhereDr. Peltrovich · 2 episodesSeries
1981American PopTuba Player (voice)Film
1980Raise the TitanicMarganinFilm
1979Being ThereKarpatovFilm
1979Butch and Sundance: The Early DaysBook-keeperFilm
1977The World's Greatest LoverActor with Bad BreathFilm
1977The San Pedro Beach BumsSeries
1972The Long Recessred-haired studentFilm
1972TelegramTeacher (uncredited)Film