Elya Baskin
Acting
91 titles
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
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025
Reagan
2024
The Rookie: Feds
2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
I Love Us
2021
Legacy
2020
Supervized
2019
Hit Me
2019
Chicanery
2017
MacGyver
2016
Chicago Med
2015
The Hive
2015
Silent Screams
2015
Madam Secretary
2014
Jimmy P.
2013
Homeland
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
God's Smile
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Angels & Demons
2009
Castle
2009
Say It in Russian
2007
Spider-Man 3
2007
The Dukes
2007
Color of the Cross
2006
Heroes
2006
The Elder Son
2006
Criminal Minds
2005
The Closer
2005
Wheelmen
2005
Spider-Man 2
2004
Cold Case
2003
Alias
2001
The Agency
2001
Thirteen Days
2000
The Invisible Man
2000
Runaway Virus
2000
The West Wing
1999
Running Red
1999
October Sky
1999
Becker
1998
Felicity
1998
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
Alright Already
1997
Air Force One
1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
Forest Warrior
1996
Early Edition
1996
Something So Right
1996
Spy Hard
1996
VR.5
1995
Love Affair
1994
Ellen
1994
The Pickle
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Mad About You
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Sisters
1991
Northern Exposure
1990
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
Big Man on Campus
1989
True Blue
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Coach
1989
DeepStar Six
1989
Roseanne
1988
Zits
1988
Vice Versa
1988
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
Combat Academy
1986
Streets of Gold
1986
The Name of the Rose
1986
My Town
1986
MacGyver
1985
The Comedy Factory
1985
Embassy
1985
2010
1984
Moscow on the Hudson
1984
Masquerade
1983
St. Elsewhere
1982
American Pop
1981
Raise the Titanic
1980
Being There
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
The Long Recess
1972
Telegram
1972