Elya Baskin
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Guys' Night in The Thing
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Reagan
as B.E. Kertchman
I Love Us
as Ira Prince
Legacy
as Boranovic
Supervized
as Brian
Hit Me
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Chicanery
as Boris Namarov
The Hive
as Yuri Yegorov
Silent Screams
as Andrei
Jimmy P.
as Dr. Jokl
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
Angels & Demons
as Cardinal Petrov
Spider-Man 3
as Mr. Ditkovitch
The Dukes
as Murph Sinitsky
The Elder Son
as Uncle Fedya
Wheelmen
as Vladimir
Spider-Man 2
as Mr. Ditkovitch
Thirteen Days
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
Runaway Virus
as Father Vadim
Running Red
as Strelkin
October Sky
as Ike Bykovsky
Air Force One
as Andrei Kolchak
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as General Borschevsky
Forest Warrior
as Buster
Spy Hard
as Professor Ukrinsky