Elya Baskin

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Elya Baskin
Born	(1950-08-11) 11 August 1950 Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–present

Ilya (Elya) Zalmanovich Baskin (Russian: Илья́ (Э́лиа) За́лманович Ба́скин; Latvian: Iļja Zalmanovičs Baskins; born 11 August 1950) is a Soviet and American actor.

Biography

Baskin was born in Riga, the son of Frieda and Zalman Baskin.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.

Filmography (selection)

Big School-Break (1972)
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
Being There (1979)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
2010 (1984)
A Prisoner of Conscience (1986)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Streets of Gold (1986)
Combat High (1986)
Soft Touch (1987)
Zits (1988)
Vice Versa (1988)
DeepStar Six (1989)
The Slice of Life (1989)
Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
War and Peace (1991)
The Pickle (1993)
Love Affair (1994)
Spy Hard (1996)
Forest Warrior (1996)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Air Force One (1997)
October Sky (1999)
Running Red (1999)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Heartbreakers (2001)
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The Dukes (2007)
Say It in Russian (2007)
God's Smile or The Odessa Story (2009)
Angels & Demons (2009)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013)

TV appearances

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Elya Baskin Biography (1951-)

External links

Elya Baskin at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Baskin, Elya
Alternative names
Short description	Russian actor
Date of birth	11 August 1950
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.
Date of death
Place of death

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