Elya Baskin

Acting

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.

Filmography

Theaters

Dance With Me

2026 · Movie

Guys' Night in The Thing

2025 · Movie

Reagan

2024 · Movie

The Rookie: Feds

2022 · Series

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

2022 · Movie

I Love Us

2021 · Movie

Legacy

2020 · Movie

Supervized

2019 · Movie

Hit Me

2019 · Movie

Jangan Benci Cintaku

2018 · Movie

Chicanery

2017 · Movie

MacGyver

2016 · Series

Chicago Med

2015 · Series

The Hive

2015 · Movie

Silent Screams

2015 · Movie

Madam Secretary

2014 · Series

Jimmy P.

2013 · Movie

Homeland

2011 · Series

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011 · Movie

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

2010 · Movie

Rizzoli & Isles

2010 · Series

God's Smile

2009 · Movie

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009 · Series

Angels & Demons

2009 · Movie

Castle

2009 · Series

Say It in Russian

2007 · Movie

Spider-Man 3

2007 · Movie

The Dukes

2007 · Movie

Color of the Cross

2006 · Movie

Heroes

2006 · Series

The Elder Son

2006 · Movie

Criminal Minds

2005 · Series

The Closer

2005 · Series

Wheelmen

2005 · Movie

Spider-Man 2

2004 · Movie

Cold Case

2003 · Series

Alias

2001 · Series

The Agency

2001 · Series

Thirteen Days

2000 · Movie

The Invisible Man

2000 · Series

Runaway Virus

2000 · Movie

The West Wing

1999 · Series

Running Red

1999 · Movie

October Sky

1999 · Movie

Becker

1998 · Series

Felicity

1998 · Series

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

1997 · Movie

Alright Already

1997 · Series

Air Force One

1997 · Movie

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997 · Movie

Forest Warrior

1996 · Movie

Early Edition

1996 · Series

Something So Right

1996 · Series

Spy Hard

1996 · Movie

VR.5

1995 · Series

Love Affair

1994 · Movie

Ellen

1994 · Series

The Pickle

1993 · Movie

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993 · Series

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger

1993 · Movie

Mad About You

1992 · Series

The Larry Sanders Show

1992 · Series

Sisters

1991 · Series

Northern Exposure

1990 · Series

Enemies, a Love Story

1989 · Movie

Big Man on Campus

1989 · Movie

True Blue

1989 · Series

Quantum Leap

1989 · Series

Coach

1989 · Series

DeepStar Six

1989 · Movie

Roseanne

1988 · Series

Zits

1988 · Movie

Vice Versa

1988 · Movie

CBS Summer Playhouse

1987 · Series

Combat Academy

1986 · Movie

Streets of Gold

1986 · Movie

The Name of the Rose

1986 · Movie

My Town

1986 · Movie

MacGyver

1985 · Series

The Comedy Factory

1985 · Series

Embassy

1985 · Movie

2010

1984 · Movie

Moscow on the Hudson

1984 · Movie

Masquerade

1983 · Series

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Series

American Pop

1981 · Movie

Raise the Titanic

1980 · Movie

Being There

1979 · Movie

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979 · Movie

The World's Greatest Lover

1977 · Movie

The San Pedro Beach Bums

1977 · Series

The Long Recess

1972 · Movie