Elya Baskin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 11, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
- Credits
- 93
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.
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Ira Prince
Legacy
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Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
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Chicanery
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Yuri Yegorov
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Dr. Jokl
Homeland
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Viktor
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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Sergei Vetotchkin
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Alias
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Josef Vlachko
The Agency
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Thirteen Days
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Anotoly Dobrinyn
The Invisible Man
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Dimitri Yevchenko
Runaway Virus
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The West Wing
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Running Red
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October Sky
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Ike Bykovsky
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Air Force One
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Andrei Kolchak
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General Borschevsky
Forest Warrior
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Something So Right
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Spy Hard
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Professor Ukrinsky
VR.5
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Dr. Zoloft
Love Affair
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Ship Captain
Ellen
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Sergei
The Pickle
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Russian Cap Driver
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Nicolae
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Quantum Leap
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CBS Summer Playhouse
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Combat Academy
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Streets of Gold
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The Name of the Rose
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My Town
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Yuri Demetri
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Aelx Serov
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St. Elsewhere
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Dr. Peltrovich
American Pop
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Raise the Titanic
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Being There
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The World's Greatest Lover
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The San Pedro Beach Bums
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The Long Recess
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Telegram
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