Acting

Elya Baskin

Born 1950-08-11 · 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.

Credits

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