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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 11, 1950
Place of Birth
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Also Known As
- Elya Zalmanovich Baskin
- Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin
- الیا باسکین
- Elya Baskin
- Илья Баскин
- И. Баскин
Ilya Baskin
1.0 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elya Baskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
0.0
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025
6.2
B.E. Kertchman
Reagan
2024
7.4
Consul General Viktar Saroka
The Rookie: Feds
2022
3.8
Ira Prince
I Love Us
2021
6.2
Boranovic
Legacy
2020
5.1
Brian
Supervized
2019
0.0
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Hit Me
2019
6.0
Boris Namarov
Chicanery
2017
7.3
Alexander Orlov
MacGyver
2016
8.3
Dr. Mischa Lenkov
Chicago Med
2015
Credits
Guys' Night in The Thing
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2025
0.0
Reagan
as B.E. Kertchman
2024
6.2
The Rookie: Feds
as Consul General Viktar Saroka
2022
7.4
I Love Us
as Ira Prince
2021
3.8
Legacy
as Boranovic
2020
6.2
Supervized
as Brian
2019
5.1
Hit Me
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2019
0.0
Chicanery
as Boris Namarov
2017
6.0
MacGyver
as Alexander Orlov
2016
7.3
Chicago Med
as Dr. Mischa Lenkov
2015
8.3
The Hive
as Yuri Yegorov
2015
5.3
Silent Screams
as Andrei
2015
4.7
Madam Secretary
as Ditro Pirosmani
2014
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Dito Pirosmani
2014
7.0
Jimmy P.
as Dr. Jokl
2013
6.1
Homeland
as Viktor
2011
7.6
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
2011
6.2
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Letvinko
2010
5.0
Rizzoli & Isles
as Dr. Vladmir Papov
2010
7.9
God's Smile
2009
5.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Angels & Demons
as Cardinal Petrov
2009
6.7
Castle
as Sergei Vetotchkin
2009
8.0
Say It in Russian
2007
3.5
Spider-Man 3
as Mr. Ditkovitch
2007
6.4
The Dukes
as Murph Sinitsky
2007
4.6
Color of the Cross
2006
3.0
Heroes
as Ivan Spector
2006
7.5
The Elder Son
as Uncle Fedya
2006
6.1
Criminal Minds
as Arseny Lysowsky
2005
8.3
The Closer
as Priest
2005
7.9
Wheelmen
as Vladimir
2005
0.0
Spider-Man 2
as Mr. Ditkovitch
2004
7.3
Cold Case
as Dr. Goran Petrovic
2003
7.8
Alias
as Josef Vlachko
2001
6.8
The Agency
2001
6.8
Thirteen Days
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
2000
7.0
The Invisible Man
as Dimitri Yevchenko
2000
7.0
Runaway Virus
as Father Vadim
2000
5.3
The West Wing
as Mr. Zubatov
1999
8.3
Running Red
as Strelkin
1999
5.3
October Sky
as Ike Bykovsky
1999
7.7
Becker
as Alexei
1998
7.2
Felicity
as Bela
1998
6.6
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Boris
1997
7.0
🎬
Alright Already
1997
0.0
Air Force One
as Andrei Kolchak
1997
6.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as General Borschevsky
1997
6.6
Early Edition
as Vadim
1996
7.3
Something So Right
as Yuri
1996
4.5
Spy Hard
as Professor Ukrinsky
1996
5.4
VR.5
as Dr. Zoloft
1995
6.7
Love Affair
as Ship Captain
1994
5.4
Ellen
as Sergei
1994
6.2
The Pickle
as Russian Cap Driver
1993
4.8
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Misha
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
as Misha
1993
6.5
Mad About You
as Vladimir
1992
6.7
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
7.7
Sisters
1991
7.2
Northern Exposure
as Nikolai Apalanov
1990
7.9
Enemies, a Love Story
as Yaska Kobik
1989
6.3
Big Man on Campus
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1989
6.2
True Blue
as Yuri
1989
6.2
Quantum Leap
as Major Yuri Kosenko
1989
8.0
Coach
as Police Officer
1989
6.8
DeepStar Six
as Burciaga
1989
5.5
Roseanne
1988
6.8
Zits
as Timoshenko
1988
3.9
Vice Versa
as Kerschner
1988
5.8
CBS Summer Playhouse
as Serge
1987
6.3
Combat Academy
as Interpreter
1986
5.3
The Name of the Rose
as Severinus
1986
7.5
My Town
as Slovack
1986
0.0
Streets of Gold
as Klebanov
1986
5.0
MacGyver
as Yuri Demetri
1985
7.7
The Comedy Factory
as Sasha Zhukov
1985
0.0
Embassy
as Aelx Serov
1985
2.0
2010
as Maxim Brailovsky
1984
6.6
Moscow on the Hudson
as Anatoly Cherkasov
1984
6.2
Masquerade
1983
5.0
St. Elsewhere
1982
5.5
American Pop
as Tuba Player (voice)
1981
6.9
Raise the Titanic
as Marganin
1980
5.3
Being There
as Karpatov
1979
7.6
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as Book-keeper
1979
4.8
The World's Greatest Lover
as Actor with Bad Breath
1977
5.6
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
5.5
The Long Recess
as red-haired student
1972
7.3
Telegram
as Teacher (uncredited)
1972
4.0