Personal Info
Known Credits
51
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1950-08-11 (75 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Also Known For
Elya Zalmanovich Baskin Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin
Elya Baskin
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Guys' Night in The Thing
| Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2024 --
Reagan
| B.E. Kertchman
2021 --
I Love Us
| Ira Prince
2020 --
Legacy
| Boranovic
2019 --
Supervized
| Brian
2019 --
Hit Me
| Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2017 --
Chicanery
| Boris Namarov
2015 --
The Hive
| Yuri Yegorov
2015 --
Silent Screams
| Andrei
2013 --
Jimmy P.
| Dr. Jokl
2011 --
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
| Cosmonaut Dimitri
2010 --
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
| Letvinko
2009 --
God's Smile
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2009 --
Angels & Demons
| Cardinal Petrov
2007 --
Say It in Russian
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2007 --
Spider-Man 3
| Mr. Ditkovitch
2007 --
The Dukes
| Murph Sinitsky
2006 --
Color of the Cross
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2006 --
The Elder Son
| Uncle Fedya
2005 --
Wheelmen
| Vladimir
2004 --
Spider-Man 2
| Mr. Ditkovitch
2000 --
Thirteen Days
| Anotoly Dobrinyn
2000 --
Runaway Virus
| Father Vadim
1999 --
Running Red
| Strelkin
1999 --
October Sky
| Ike Bykovsky
1997 --
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
| Boris
1997 --
Air Force One
| Andrei Kolchak
1997 --
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
| General Borschevsky
1996 --
Spy Hard
| Professor Ukrinsky
1994 --
Love Affair
| Ship Captain
1993 --
The Pickle
| Russian Cap Driver
1993 --
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
| Misha
1989 --
Enemies, a Love Story
| Yaska Kobik
1989 --
Big Man on Campus
| Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1989 --
DeepStar Six
| Burciaga
1988 --
Zits
| Timoshenko
1988 --
Vice Versa
| Kerschner
1986 --
Combat Academy
| Interpreter
1986 --
The Name of the Rose
| Severinus
1986 --
My Town
| Slovack
1986 --
Streets of Gold
| Klebanov
1985 --
Embassy
| Aelx Serov
1984 --
2010
| Maxim Brailovsky
1984 --
Moscow on the Hudson
| Anatoly Cherkasov
1981 --
American Pop
| Tuba Player (voice)
1980 --
Raise the Titanic
| Marganin
1979 --
Being There
| Karpatov
1979 --
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
| Book-keeper
1977 --
The World's Greatest Lover
| Actor with Bad Breath
1972 --
The Long Recess
| red-haired student
1972 --
Telegram
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