Elya Baskin

Known for ActingBorn 1950-08-11 (age 75)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 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. Read more

Movies & web series

Alright Already

Chicago Med

Criminal Minds

The West Wing

Castle

Rizzoli & Isles

The Closer

Quantum Leap

Cold Case

Northern Exposure

Homeland

October Sky

The Larry Sanders Show

MacGyver

Heroes

MacGyver

Being There

Celebrity Ghost Stories

The Name of the Rose

Spider-Man 2

Masquerade

The Rookie: Feds

Early Edition

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger

Becker

Madam Secretary

The Invisible Man

Sisters

Wheelmen

The Long Recess

Thirteen Days

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Walker, Texas Ranger

CBS Summer Playhouse

My Town

Angels & Demons

Alias

The Agency

American Pop

VR.5

Mad About You

Roseanne

Felicity

Spider-Man 3

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Reagan

Coach

2010