
Elya Baskin
Born August 11, 1950 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elya Baskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Spider-Man 3

Angels & Demons

Spider-Man 2

The Name of the Rose

Air Force One

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Spy Hard

2010

October Sky

Thirteen Days

Reagan

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Raise the Titanic

DeepStar Six

Being There

Vice Versa

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Forest Warrior

Moscow on the Hudson

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Love Affair

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

American Pop

Jimmy P.

The World's Greatest Lover

Enemies, a Love Story

The Pickle

Supervized

Combat Academy

The Elder Son

Running Red

Legacy

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
TV Shows

Quantum Leap

The Closer

The West Wing

Homeland

MacGyver

Heroes

Rizzoli & Isles

MacGyver

Coach

St. Elsewhere

Madam Secretary

Mad About You

Early Edition

The Larry Sanders Show

Northern Exposure

Ellen

Felicity

Celebrity Ghost Stories

The Rookie: Feds

Walker, Texas Ranger

Becker

The Agency

The Invisible Man

Alias

The Comedy Factory

CBS Summer Playhouse

Roseanne

Masquerade

VR.5

The San Pedro Beach Bums

True Blue

Something So Right


























