Elya Baskin
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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.
Known for
Credits
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
as Mr. Ditkovitch
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
as Mr. Ditkovitch
Angels & Demons (2009)
as Cardinal Petrov
Air Force One (1997)
as Andrei Kolchak
2010 (1984)
as Maxim Brailovsky
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
as General Borschevsky
The Name of the Rose (1986)
as Severinus
American Pop (1981)
as Tuba Player (voice)
God's Smile (2009)
Actor
October Sky (1999)
as Ike Bykovsky
Spy Hard (1996)
as Professor Ukrinsky
Thirteen Days (2000)
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
Reagan (2024)
as B.E. Kertchman
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
Vice Versa (1988)
as Kerschner
Being There (1979)
as Karpatov
Running Red (1999)
as Strelkin
DeepStar Six (1989)
as Burciaga
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
as Actor with Bad Breath
Raise the Titanic (1980)
as Marganin
Forest Warrior (1996)
as Buster
Love Affair (1994)
as Ship Captain
Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
as Yaska Kobik
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
as Anatoly Cherkasov
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
as Book-keeper
Supervized (2019)
as Brian
Combat Academy (1986)
as Interpreter
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010)
as Letvinko
Chicanery (2017)
as Boris Namarov
Jimmy P. (2013)
as Dr. Jokl
The Elder Son (2006)
as Uncle Fedya
The Pickle (1993)
as Russian Cap Driver
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022)
as Self
Streets of Gold (1986)
as Klebanov
Big Man on Campus (1989)
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Hit Me (2019)
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)
as Boris
Legacy (2020)
as Boranovic
Guys' Night in The Thing (2025)
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger (1993)
as Misha
Runaway Virus (2000)
as Father Vadim
Wheelmen (2005)
as Vladimir
The Dukes (2007)
as Murph Sinitsky
Silent Screams (2015)
as Andrei
The Hive (2015)
as Yuri Yegorov
Embassy (1985)
as Aelx Serov
Say It in Russian (2007)
Actor
Telegram (1972)
as Teacher (uncredited)
The Long Recess (1972)
as red-haired student
Color of the Cross (2006)
Actor
I Love Us (2021)
as Ira Prince
My Town (1986)
as Slovack
Zits (1988)
as Timoshenko
Jangan Benci Cintaku (2018)
Actor