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Elya Baskin

Elya Baskin

Birthday: 1950-08-11 | Place of Birth: Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, U.S.S.R.

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Legacy

as    Boranovic

2019
Supervized

as    Brian

2015
The Hive

as    Yuri Yegorov

2013
Jimmy P.

as    Dr. Jokl

2010
Wheelmen

as    Vladimir

2007
The Dukes

as    Murph Sinitsky

2006
The Elder Son

as    Uncle Fedya

2000
Runaway Virus

as    Father Vadim

1999
October Sky

as    Ike Bykovsky

1999
Running Red

as    Strelkin

1989
DeepStar Six

as    Burciaga

1989
Enemies, a Love Story

as    Yaska Kobik

1989
True Blue

as    Yuri

1988
Zits

as    Timoshenko

1986
Streets of Gold

as    Klebanov

1986
The Name of the Rose

as    Severinus

1985
Embassy

as    Aelx Serov

1984
Moscow on the Hudson

as    Anatoly Cherkasov

1980
Raise the Titanic

as    Marganin