Elya Baskin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 11 Aug 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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.
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Known for
Spider-Man 2200481Pop Score out of 100
Spider-Man 3200761Pop Score out of 100
Transformers: Dark of the Moon201149Pop Score out of 100
Angels & Demons200957Pop Score out of 100
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery199767Pop Score out of 100
Air Force One199767Pop Score out of 100
The Name of the Rose198670Pop Score out of 100
October Sky199979Pop Score out of 100
Filmography
- 2026Dance With Meas Sasha
- 2025Guys' Night in The Thingas Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
- 2024Reaganas B.E. Kertchman
- 2023The Rookie: FedsTVas Consul General Viktar Saroka · 1 episode
- 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the Roseas Self
- 2021