Elya Baskin
Acting
Born: 1950-08-11 · Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Reagan
2024
B.E. Kertchman
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Self
I Love Us
2021
Ira Prince
Legacy
2020
Boranovic
Supervized
2019
Brian
Hit Me
2019
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Chicanery
2017
Boris Namarov
The Hive
2015
Yuri Yegorov
Silent Screams
2015
Andrei
Jimmy P.
2013
Dr. Jokl
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Cosmonaut Dimitri
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
Letvinko
God's Smile
2009
Angels & Demons
2009
Cardinal Petrov
Say It in Russian
2007
Spider-Man 3
2007
Mr. Ditkovitch
The Dukes
2007
Murph Sinitsky
Color of the Cross
2006
The Elder Son
2006
Uncle Fedya
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Rookie: Feds
2022
Consul General Viktar Saroka
MacGyver
2016
Alexander Orlov
Chicago Med
2015
Dr. Mischa Lenkov
Madam Secretary
2014
Ditro Pirosmani
Madam Secretary
2014
Dito Pirosmani
Homeland
2011
Viktor
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Dr. Vladmir Papov
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Self
Castle
2009
Sergei Vetotchkin
Heroes
2006
Ivan Spector
Criminal Minds
2005
Arseny Lysowsky
The Closer
2005
Priest
Cold Case
2003
Dr. Goran Petrovic
Alias
2001
Josef Vlachko
The Agency
2001
Borovinsky
The Invisible Man
2000
Dimitri Yevchenko
The West Wing
1999
Mr. Zubatov
Becker
1998
Alexei
Felicity
1998
Bela
Alright Already
1997