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.
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Legacy | Boranovic | 2020-05-28 |
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Hit Me | Voice of Mr. Ditkovich | 2019-01-15 |
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Supervized | Brian | 2019-07-16 |
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Chicanery | Boris Namarov | 2017-04-29 |
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Silent Screams | Andrei | 2015-04-03 |
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The Hive | Yuri Yegorov | 2015-09-14 |
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Jimmy P. | Dr. Jokl | 2013-09-11 |
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Cosmonaut Dimitri | 2011-06-28 |
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Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Letvinko | 2010-12-28 |
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Улыбка Бога, или Чисто одесская история | 2009-12-03 | |
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Angels & Demons | Cardinal Petrov | 2009-04-20 |
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The Dukes | Murph Sinitsky | 2007-04-23 |
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Say It in Russian | 2007-09-01 | |
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Spider-Man 3 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2007-05-01 |
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Color of the Cross | 2006-11-09 | |
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The Elder Son | Uncle Fedya | 2006-01-01 |
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Wheelmen | Vladimir | 2005-06-03 |
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Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Ditkovitch | 2004-06-25 |
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Runaway Virus | Father Vadim | 2000-01-29 |
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Thirteen Days | Anotoly Dobrinyn | 2000-12-25 |
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October Sky | Ike Bykovsky | 1999-02-19 |
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Running Red | Strelkin | 1999-03-30 |
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Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Boris | 1997-11-02 |
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | General Borschevsky | 1997-05-02 |
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Air Force One | Andrei Kolchak | 1997-07-25 |
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Spy Hard | Professor Ukrinsky | 1996-05-24 |
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Forest Warrior | Buster | 1996-11-05 |
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Love Affair | Ship Captain | 1994-10-21 |
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Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger | Misha | 1993-04-21 |
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The Pickle | Russian Cap Driver | 1993-04-30 |
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Big Man on Campus | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 1989-12-12 |
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Enemies, a Love Story | Yaska Kobik | 1989-12-13 |
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DeepStar Six | Burciaga | 1989-01-13 |
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Vice Versa | Kerschner | 1988-02-25 |
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Zits | Timoshenko | 1988-07-07 |
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Streets of Gold | Klebanov | 1986-11-14 |
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My Town | Slovack | 1986-05-25 |
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The Name of the Rose | Severinus | 1986-09-24 |
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Combat Academy | Interpreter | 1986-11-23 |
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Embassy | Aelx Serov | 1985-04-21 |
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Moscow on the Hudson | Anatoly Cherkasov | 1984-04-06 |
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2010 | Maxim Brailovsky | 1984-12-06 |
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American Pop | Tuba Player (voice) | 1981-02-13 |
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Raise the Titanic | Marganin | 1980-08-01 |
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Book-keeper | 1979-06-15 |
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Being There | Karpatov | 1979-12-19 |
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The World's Greatest Lover | Actor with Bad Breath | 1977-12-18 |
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Телеграмма | Teacher (uncredited) | 1972-05-15 |
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Большая перемена | red-haired student | 1972-06-06 |
