Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 11, 1950
Age
76
Place of Birth
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Popularity
1.8
Elya Baskin
Acting
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…
Also known as
Elya Zalmanovich Baskin · Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin · الیا باسکین · Илья Баскин · И. Баскин · Ilya Baskin
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Filmography
2026
Dance With Me
Movie · Sasha
10.0
2025
Guys' Night in The Thing
Movie · Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
0.0
2024
Reagan
Movie · B.E. Kertchman
6.4
2022
The Rookie: Feds
TV · Consul General Viktar Saroka
7.0
2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie · Self
2.0
2021
I Love Us
Movie · Ira Prince
3.8
2020
Legacy
Movie · Boranovic
6.1
2019
Supervized
Movie · Brian
5.2
2019
Hit Me
Movie · Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
0.0
2018
Jangan Benci Cintaku
Movie
0.0
2017
Chicanery
Movie · Boris Namarov
6.0
2016
MacGyver
TV · Alexander Orlov
7.3
2015
Chicago Med
TV · Dr. Mischa Lenkov
8.3
2015
The Hive
Movie · Yuri Yegorov
5.3
2015
Silent Screams
Movie · Andrei
4.7
2014
Madam Secretary
TV · Ditro Pirosmani
7.0
2014
Madam Secretary
TV · Dito Pirosmani
7.0
2013
Jimmy P.
Movie · Dr. Jokl
6.1
2011
Homeland
TV · Viktor
7.6
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie · Cosmonaut Dimitri
6.2
2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Movie · Letvinko
4.9
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
TV · Dr. Vladmir Papov
7.9
2009
God's Smile
Movie
5.3
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · Self
7.3