Cast
Elya Baskin
Acting
Cast
Elya Baskin
Known for
Acting
Born
1950-08-11
From
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Also known as Elya Zalmanovich Baskin , Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin, الیا باسکین
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.
Spider-Man 3
as Mr. Ditkovitch
Spider-Man 2
as Mr. Ditkovitch
Angels & Demons
as Cardinal Petrov
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as General Borschevsky
Air Force One
as Andrei Kolchak
The Name of the Rose
as Severinus
2010
as Maxim Brailovsky
Love Affair
as Ship Captain
Spy Hard
as Professor Ukrinsky
October Sky
as Ike Bykovsky
Reagan
as B.E. Kertchman
Vice Versa
as Kerschner
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
Thirteen Days
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
Being There
as Karpatov
The Pickle
as Russian Cap Driver
DeepStar Six
as Burciaga
Forest Warrior
as Buster
Chicanery
as Boris Namarov
Jimmy P.
as Dr. Jokl
Moscow on the Hudson
as Anatoly Cherkasov
Raise the Titanic
as Marganin
Running Red
as Strelkin
Legacy
as Boranovic
The World's Greatest Lover
as Actor with Bad Breath
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Boris
American Pop
as Tuba Player (voice)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as Book-keeper
The Elder Son
as Uncle Fedya
Wheelmen
as Vladimir
Embassy
as Aelx Serov
The Hive
as Yuri Yegorov
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
as Letvinko
Runaway Virus
as Father Vadim
Streets of Gold
as Klebanov
Supervized
as Brian
Big Man on Campus
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
as Misha
Combat Academy
as Interpreter
Enemies, a Love Story
as Yaska Kobik
God's Smile
The Long Recess
as red-haired student
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self
Zits
as Timoshenko
My Town
as Slovack
I Love Us
as Ira Prince
Telegram
as Teacher (uncredited)
Say It in Russian
The Dukes
as Murph Sinitsky
Guys' Night in The Thing
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Silent Screams
as Andrei
Color of the Cross
Hit Me
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich