Elya Baskin
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Criminal Minds
Arseny Lysowsky
2005
Series
Felicity
Bela
1998
Series
Castle
Sergei Vetotchkin
2009
Series
Chicago Med
Dr. Mischa Lenkov
2015
Series
The West Wing
Mr. Zubatov
1999
Series
Homeland
Viktor
2011
Series
Heroes
Ivan Spector
2006
Series
MacGyver
Yuri Demetri
1985
Series
The Closer
Priest
2005
Series
Cold Case
Dr. Goran Petrovic
2003
Series
Rizzoli & Isles
Dr. Vladmir Papov
2010
Series
Madam Secretary
Ditro Pirosmani
2014
Series
Madam Secretary
Dito Pirosmani
2014
Series
Quantum Leap
Major Yuri Kosenko
1989
Series
Mad About You
Vladimir
1992
Series
St. Elsewhere
Dr. Peltrovich
1982
Series
MacGyver
Alexander Orlov
2016
Series
Coach
Police Officer
1989
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Misha
1993
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
1993
Series
Northern Exposure
Nikolai Apalanov
1990
Series
Early Edition
Vadim
1996
Series
Ellen
Sergei
1994
Series
Becker
Alexei
1998
Series
The Larry Sanders Show
Nicolae
1992
Series
The Rookie: Feds
Consul General Viktar Saroka
2022
Film
Spider-Man 3
Mr. Ditkovitch
2007
Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Series
The Agency
Borovinsky
2001
Series
The Invisible Man
Dimitri Yevchenko
2000
Series
Alias
Josef Vlachko
2001
Film
Angels & Demons
Cardinal Petrov
2009
Film
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Ditkovitch
2004
Series
Roseanne
1988
Film
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
General Borschevsky
1997
Film
Air Force One
Andrei Kolchak
1997
Film
The Name of the Rose
Severinus
1986
Series
The Comedy Factory
Sasha Zhukov
1985
Series
CBS Summer Playhouse
Serge
1987
Film
2010
Maxim Brailovsky
1984
Series
Masquerade
Nuclear Facility Clerk
1983
Series
Something So Right
Yuri
1996
Film
October Sky
Ike Bykovsky
1999
Series
VR.5
Dr. Zoloft
1995
Film
Reagan
B.E. Kertchman
2024
Series
True Blue
Yuri
1989
Alright Already
1997
Film
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cosmonaut Dimitri
2011
Film
Spy Hard
Professor Ukrinsky
1996
Film
Thirteen Days
Anotoly Dobrinyn
2000
Film
Being There
Karpatov
1979
Film
The World's Greatest Lover
Actor with Bad Breath
1977
Series
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
Film
Moscow on the Hudson
Anatoly Cherkasov
1984
Film
DeepStar Six
Burciaga
1989
Film
Vice Versa
Kerschner
1988
Film
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Boris
1997
Film
Running Red
Strelkin
1999
Film
Love Affair
Ship Captain
1994
Film
Enemies, a Love Story
Yaska Kobik
1989
Film
Raise the Titanic
Marganin
1980
Film
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Book-keeper
1979
Film
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Letvinko
2010
Film
Legacy
Boranovic
2020
Film
American Pop
Tuba Player (voice)
1981
Film
Supervized
Brian
2019
Film
Say It in Russian
2007
Film
Big Man on Campus
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1989
Film
Forest Warrior
Buster
1996
Film
The Pickle
Russian Cap Driver
1993
Film
Jimmy P.
Dr. Jokl
2013
Film
The Hive
Yuri Yegorov
2015
Film
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Misha
1993
Film
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self
2022
Film
Combat Academy
Interpreter
1986
Film
Hit Me
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2019
Film
The Dukes
Murph Sinitsky
2007
Series
Sisters
1991
Film
Guys' Night in The Thing
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2025
Film
God's Smile
2009
Film
The Elder Son
Uncle Fedya
2006
Film
Color of the Cross
2006
Film
Streets of Gold
Klebanov
1986
Film
I Love Us
Ira Prince
2021
Film
My Town
Slovack
1986
Film
Telegram
Teacher (uncredited)
1972
Film
Embassy
Aelx Serov
1985
Film
Chicanery
Boris Namarov
2017
Film
Zits
Timoshenko
1988
Film
Dance With Me
Sasha
2026
Film
The Long Recess
red-haired student
1972
Film
Wheelmen
Vladimir
2005
Film
Silent Screams
Andrei
2015
Film
Runaway Virus
Father Vadim
2000
Film
Jangan Benci Cintaku
2018