Elya Baskin
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-08-11
- Place of birth:
- Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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 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
Filmography
Dance With Me
Guys' Night in The Thing
Reagan
The Rookie: Feds
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
I Love Us
Legacy
Supervized
Hit Me
Jangan Benci Cintaku
Chicanery
MacGyver
Chicago Med
The Hive
Silent Screams
Madam Secretary
Jimmy P.
Homeland
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Rizzoli & Isles
God's Smile
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Angels & Demons
Castle
Say It in Russian
Spider-Man 3
The Dukes
Color of the Cross
Heroes
The Elder Son
Criminal Minds
The Closer
Wheelmen
Spider-Man 2
Cold Case
Alias
The Agency
Thirteen Days
The Invisible Man
Runaway Virus
The West Wing
Running Red
October Sky
Becker
Felicity
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Alright Already
Air Force One
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Forest Warrior
Early Edition
Something So Right
Spy Hard
VR.5
Love Affair
Ellen
The Pickle
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
Mad About You
The Larry Sanders Show
Sisters
Northern Exposure
Enemies, a Love Story
Big Man on Campus
True Blue
Quantum Leap
Coach
DeepStar Six
Roseanne
Zits
Vice Versa
CBS Summer Playhouse
Combat Academy
Streets of Gold
The Name of the Rose
My Town
MacGyver
The Comedy Factory
Embassy
2010
Moscow on the Hudson
Masquerade
St. Elsewhere
American Pop
Raise the Titanic
Being There
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
The World's Greatest Lover
The San Pedro Beach Bums
The Long Recess
Telegram