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