Elya Baskin
| Elya Baskin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 August 1950 Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR (present-day Latvia) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971–present |
Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin (Latvian: Iļja Baskins, Russian: Илья́ (Э́лиа) За́лманович Ба́скин; born 11 August 1950), known as Elya Baskin, is an American actor.[1]
Biography
Baskin was born to a Jewish family in Riga, Soviet Latvia, the son of Frieda and Zalman Baskin.[2] He attended Moscow's prestigious Theatre and Variety Arts College and won a Festival of Young Actors Award at the Moscow Comedy Theatre.[2]
He immigrated to the United States in 1976.[2] He has built a considerable career in TV and film, and is often cast as Eastern European characters, Russian, Bulgarian, etc.
Filmography (selection)
- Telegramma (1972)
- The World's Greatest Lover (1977) - Actor with Bad Breath
- Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) - Book-keeper
- Being There (1979) - Karpatov
- Raise the Titanic (1980) - Marganin
- American Pop (1981) - Tuba Player
- Moscow on the Hudson (1984) - Anatoly
- 2010 (1984) - Maxim Brajlovsky
- The Name of the Rose (1986) - Severinus
- Streets of Gold (1986) - Klebanov
- Combat High (1986) - Interpreter
- Vice Versa (1988) - Kerschner
- Zits (1988) - Timoshenko
- DeepStar Six (1989) - Burciaga
- The Slice of Life (1989) - Foreign Man
- Enemies: A Love Story (1989) - Yasha Kobik
- The Pickle (1993) - Russian Cab Driver
- Love Affair (1994) - Ship Captain
- New York Skyride (1994)
- Spy Hard (1996) - Professor Ukrinsky
- Forest Warrior (1996) - Buster
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) - General Borschevsky
- Air Force One (1997) - Andrei Kolchak
- October Sky (1999) - Ike Bykovsky
- Running Red (1999) - Strelkin
- Thirteen Days (2000) - Anotoly Dobrinyn
- Heartbreakers (2001) - Vladimir, Kremlin Waiter
- 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004) - Dr. Stepniak
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Mr. Ditkovich
- Wheelmen (2005) - Vladimir
- Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005) - Nick
- The Elder Son (2006) - Uncle Fedya
- Color of the Cross (2006) - Caiphas
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Mr. Ditkovich
- The Dukes (2007) - Murph
- Say It in Russian (2007) - Victor
- God's Smile or The Odessa Story (2008) - 2008 god - Tad - yurist
- Angels & Demons (2009) - Cardinal Petrov
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - Cosmonaut Dimitri
- Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013) - Dr. Jokl
- Silent Screams (2015) - Andrei
- The Hive (2015) - Yuri Yegorov
TV appearances
- Big School-Break (1972)
- MacGyver (1986-1987) - Yuri Demetri
- Roseanne (1989) - Foreign Man
- True Blue (1989-1990) - Yuri
- Northern Exposure (1991) - Nikolai Appolanov
- Quantum Leap (1991) - Major Yuri Kosenko
- The Larry Sanders Show (1995) - Nicolae
- Ellen (1996) - Sergei
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-1996) - Corp. Yuri Petrovsky / Misha
- Mad About You (1996-1997) - Vladimir
- Felicity (1999) - Bela
- Becker (1999-2000) - Alexi
- The Invisible Man (2001) - Dimitri Yevchenko
- The West Wing (2005) - Mr. Zubatov
- Criminal Minds (2007) - Arseny Lysowsky
- Heroes (2007) - Ivan Spector
- Rizzoli and Isles (2012-2013) - Dr. Vladmir Papov
- Castle (2014) - Sergei Vetotchkin
- The San Pedro Beach Bums
- MacGyver (2016) - Alexander Orlov
- Madam Secretary (2017) - Dito Pirosmani
References
- ↑ "Elya Baskin". The New York Times.
- 1 2 3 Elya Baskin profile, filmreference.com; accessed 11 March 2015.
External links
- Elya Baskin on IMDb
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