Acting · Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia] · Born August 11, 1950
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.
MovieGuys' Night in The Thing
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as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
MovieReagan
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as B.E. Kertchman
TVThe Rookie: Feds
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as Consul General Viktar Saroka
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
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as Self
MovieI Love Us
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as Ira Prince
MovieLegacy
2020
as Boranovic
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as Brian
MovieHit Me
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as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
MovieJangan Benci Cintaku
2018
MovieChicanery
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as Boris Namarov
TVMacGyver
2016
as Alexander Orlov
TVChicago Med
2015
as Dr. Mischa Lenkov
MovieThe Hive
2015
as Yuri Yegorov
MovieSilent Screams
2015
as Andrei
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Ditro Pirosmani
MovieJimmy P.
2013
as Dr. Jokl
TVHomeland
2011
as Viktor
MovieTransformers: Dark of the Moon
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as Cosmonaut Dimitri
MovieAcross the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Letvinko
TVRizzoli & Isles
2010
as Dr. Vladmir Papov
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2009
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
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as Self
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2009
as Cardinal Petrov
TVCastle
2009
as Sergei Vetotchkin
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2007
MovieSpider-Man 3
2007
as Mr. Ditkovitch
MovieThe Dukes
2007
as Murph Sinitsky
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2006
TVHeroes
2006
as Ivan Spector
MovieThe Elder Son
2006
as Uncle Fedya
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Arseny Lysowsky
TVThe Closer
2005
as Priest
MovieWheelmen
2005
as Vladimir
MovieSpider-Man 2
2004
as Mr. Ditkovitch
TVCold Case
2003
as Dr. Goran Petrovic
TVAlias
2001
as Josef Vlachko
TVThe Agency
2001
as Borovinsky
MovieThirteen Days
2000
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
TVThe Invisible Man
2000
as Dimitri Yevchenko
MovieRunaway Virus
2000
as Father Vadim
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Mr. Zubatov
MovieRunning Red
1999
as Strelkin
MovieOctober Sky
1999
as Ike Bykovsky
TVBecker
1998
as Alexei
TVFelicity
1998
as Bela
MovieMurder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
as Boris
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1997
MovieAir Force One
1997
as Andrei Kolchak
MovieAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
as General Borschevsky
MovieForest Warrior
1996
as Buster
TVEarly Edition
1996
as Vadim
TVSomething So Right
1996
as Yuri
MovieSpy Hard
1996
as Professor Ukrinsky
TVVR.5
1995
as Dr. Zoloft
MovieLove Affair
1994
as Ship Captain
TVEllen
1994
as Sergei
MovieThe Pickle
1993
as Russian Cap Driver
MovieWalker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
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as Misha
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Misha
TVMad About You
1992
as Vladimir
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1992
as Nicolae
TVSisters
1991
TVNorthern Exposure
1990
as Nikolai Apalanov
MovieEnemies, a Love Story
1989
as Yaska Kobik
MovieBig Man on Campus
1989
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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1989
as Yuri
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Major Yuri Kosenko
TVCoach
1989
as Police Officer
MovieDeepStar Six
1989
as Burciaga
TVRoseanne
1988
MovieZits
1988
as Timoshenko
MovieVice Versa
1988
as Kerschner
TVCBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Serge
MovieCombat Academy
1986
as Interpreter
MovieStreets of Gold
1986
as Klebanov
MovieThe Name of the Rose
1986
as Severinus
MovieMy Town
1986
as Slovack
TVMacGyver
1985
as Yuri Demetri
TVThe Comedy Factory
1985
as Sasha Zhukov
MovieEmbassy
1985
as Aelx Serov
Movie2010
1984
as Maxim Brailovsky
MovieMoscow on the Hudson
1984
as Anatoly Cherkasov
TVMasquerade
1983
as Nuclear Facility Clerk
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Dr. Peltrovich
MovieAmerican Pop
1981
as Tuba Player (voice)
MovieRaise the Titanic
1980
as Marganin
MovieBeing There
1979
as Karpatov
MovieButch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
as Book-keeper
MovieThe World's Greatest Lover
1977
as Actor with Bad Breath
TVThe San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
MovieThe Long Recess
1972
as red-haired student
MovieTelegram
1972
as Teacher (uncredited)
