Elya Baskin
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.
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Filmography
Dance With Me
2026
as Sasha
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Reagan
2024
as B.E. Kertchman
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
as Self
I Love Us
2021
as Ira Prince
Legacy
2020
as Boranovic
Supervized
2019
as Brian
Hit Me
2019
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Jangan Benci Cintaku
2018
Chicanery
2017
as Boris Namarov
The Hive
2015
as Yuri Yegorov
Silent Screams
2015
as Andrei
Jimmy P.
2013
as Dr. Jokl
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Letvinko
God's Smile
2009
Angels & Demons
2009
as Cardinal Petrov
Say It in Russian
2007
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Mr. Ditkovitch
The Dukes
2007
as Murph Sinitsky
Color of the Cross
2006
The Elder Son
2006
as Uncle Fedya
Wheelmen
2005
as Vladimir
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Mr. Ditkovitch