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Elya Baskin
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 Mo…
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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
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2026
Dance With Me
Movie Sasha
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2025
Guys' Night in The Thing
Movie Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
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2024
Reagan
Movie B.E. Kertchman
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2022
The Rookie: Feds
TV show Consul General Viktar Saroka
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2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie Self
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2021
I Love Us
Movie Ira Prince
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2020
Legacy
Movie Boranovic
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2019
Supervized
Movie Brian
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2019
Hit Me
Movie Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
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2018
Jangan Benci Cintaku
Movie
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2017
Chicanery
Movie Boris Namarov
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2016
MacGyver
TV show Alexander Orlov
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2015
Chicago Med
TV show Dr. Mischa Lenkov
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2015
The Hive
Movie Yuri Yegorov
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2015
Silent Screams
Movie Andrei
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2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Ditro Pirosmani
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2013
Jimmy P.
Movie Dr. Jokl
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2011
Homeland
TV show Viktor
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2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie Cosmonaut Dimitri
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2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Movie Letvinko
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2010
Rizzoli & Isles
TV show Dr. Vladmir Papov
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2009
God's Smile
Movie
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV show Self
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2009
Angels & Demons
Movie Cardinal Petrov
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2009
Castle
TV show Sergei Vetotchkin
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2007
Say It in Russian
Movie
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2007
Spider-Man 3
Movie Mr. Ditkovitch
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2007
The Dukes
Movie Murph Sinitsky
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2006
Color of the Cross
Movie
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2006
Heroes
TV show Ivan Spector
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2006
The Elder Son
Movie Uncle Fedya
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2005
Criminal Minds
TV show Arseny Lysowsky
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2005
The Closer
TV show Priest
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2005
Wheelmen
Movie Vladimir
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2004
Spider-Man 2
Movie Mr. Ditkovitch
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Dr. Goran Petrovic
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2001
Alias
TV show Josef Vlachko
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2001
The Agency
TV show Borovinsky
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2000
Thirteen Days
Movie Anotoly Dobrinyn
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2000
The Invisible Man
TV show Dimitri Yevchenko
