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.
54 movies · 38 shows
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025·0.0
Reagan
2024·6.4
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022·2.0
I Love Us
2021·3.8
Legacy
2020·6.1
Supervized
2019·5.2
Hit Me
2019·0.0
Jangan Benci Cintaku
2018·0.0
Chicanery
2017·6.0
The Hive
2015·5.3
Silent Screams
2015·4.7
Jimmy P.
2013·6.1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011·6.2
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010·4.9
God's Smile
2009·5.3
Angels & Demons
2009·6.7
Say It in Russian
2007·4.0
Spider-Man 3
2007·6.5
The Dukes
2007·5.1
Color of the Cross
2006·3.0
The Elder Son
2006·6.0
Wheelmen
2005·7.0
Spider-Man 2
2004·7.3
Thirteen Days
2000·7.0
Runaway Virus
2000·5.5
Running Red
1999·5.5
October Sky
1999·7.7
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997·7.0
Air Force One
1997·6.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997·6.6
Forest Warrior
1996·4.7
Spy Hard
1996·5.4
Love Affair
1994·5.5
The Pickle
1993·5.0
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993·6.0
Enemies, a Love Story
1989·6.2
Big Man on Campus
1989·6.2
DeepStar Six
1989·5.5
Zits
1988·4.9
Vice Versa
1988·5.8
Combat Academy
1986·5.5
Streets of Gold
1986·5.4
The Name of the Rose
1986·7.5
My Town
1986·7.0
Embassy
1985·5.0
2010
1984·6.7
Moscow on the Hudson
1984·6.3
American Pop
1981·6.9
Raise the Titanic
1980·5.4
Being There
1979·7.6
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979·5.0
The World's Greatest Lover
1977·5.6
The Long Recess
1972·7.3
Telegram
1972·5.3