Ilya Baskin
Acting • Born 1950-08-11
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 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.
Filmography
93 credits
The Name of the Rose
Movie • 1986
Severinus
Spider-Man 2
Movie • 2004
Mr. Ditkovitch
Spider-Man 3
Movie • 2007
Mr. Ditkovitch
I Love Us
Movie • 2021
Ira Prince
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Movie • 1997
General Borschevsky
Moscow on the Hudson
Movie • 1984
Anatoly Cherkasov
DeepStar Six
Movie • 1989
Burciaga
Air Force One
Movie • 1997
Andrei Kolchak
Chicanery
Movie • 2017
Boris Namarov
Angels & Demons
Movie • 2009
Cardinal Petrov
October Sky
Movie • 1999
Ike Bykovsky
The Pickle
Movie • 1993
Russian Cap Driver
Being There
Movie • 1979
Karpatov
God's Smile
Movie • 2009
The Dukes
Movie • 2007
Murph Sinitsky
Hit Me
Movie • 2019
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Movie • 2010
Letvinko
Running Red
Movie • 1999
Strelkin
American Pop
Movie • 1981
Tuba Player (voice)
Enemies, a Love Story
Movie • 1989
Yaska Kobik
Wheelmen
Movie • 2005
Vladimir
Jimmy P.
Movie • 2013
Dr. Jokl
The Long Recess
Movie • 1972
red-haired student
My Town
Movie • 1986
Slovack
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Movie • 1997
Boris
The World's Greatest Lover
Movie • 1977
Actor with Bad Breath
Big Man on Campus
Movie • 1989
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Embassy
Movie • 1985
Aelx Serov
Combat Academy
Movie • 1986
Interpreter
2010
Movie • 1984
Maxim Brailovsky
Color of the Cross
Movie • 2006
The Elder Son
Movie • 2006
Uncle Fedya
The Hive
Movie • 2015
Yuri Yegorov
Love Affair
Movie • 1994
Ship Captain
Spy Hard
Movie • 1996
Professor Ukrinsky
Streets of Gold
Movie • 1986
Klebanov
Silent Screams
Movie • 2015
Andrei
Telegram
Movie • 1972
Teacher (uncredited)
Runaway Virus
Movie • 2000
Father Vadim
Supervized
Movie • 2019
Brian
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Movie • 1979
Book-keeper
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie • 2011
Cosmonaut Dimitri
Legacy
Movie • 2020
Boranovic
Raise the Titanic
Movie • 1980
Marganin
Thirteen Days
Movie • 2000
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Zits
Movie • 1988
Timoshenko
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Movie • 1993
Misha
Say It in Russian
Movie • 2007
Reagan
Movie • 2024
B.E. Kertchman
Vice Versa
Movie • 1988
Kerschner
Guys' Night in The Thing
Movie • 2025
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Forest Warrior
Movie • 1996
Buster
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie • 2022
Self
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Dr. Peltrovich
Ellen
TV • 1994
Sergei
The Closer
TV • 2005
Priest
The Agency
TV • 2001
Borovinsky
Heroes
TV • 2006
Ivan Spector
Alias
TV • 2001
Josef Vlachko
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Vadim
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Nicolae
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Dr. Goran Petrovic
VR.5
TV • 1995
Dr. Zoloft
Coach
TV • 1989
Police Officer
Roseanne
TV • 1988
Castle
TV • 2009
Sergei Vetotchkin
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Misha
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Major Yuri Kosenko
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Arseny Lysowsky
Becker
TV • 1998
Alexei
Sisters
TV • 1991
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Nikolai Apalanov
The Invisible Man
TV • 2000
Dimitri Yevchenko
True Blue
TV • 1989
Yuri
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Dr. Mischa Lenkov
The San Pedro Beach Bums
TV • 1977
Something So Right
TV • 1996
Yuri
Alright Already
TV • 1997
Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
Dr. Vladmir Papov
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Mr. Zubatov
The Rookie: Feds
TV • 2022
Consul General Viktar Saroka
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Alexander Orlov
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV • 1987
Serge
Felicity
TV • 1998
Bela
Homeland
TV • 2011
Viktor
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Yuri Demetri
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Vladimir
The Comedy Factory
TV • 1985
Sasha Zhukov
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Ditro Pirosmani
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Dito Pirosmani