Elya Baskin
Acting
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
- Known For
- Мужской
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elya Baskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Criminal Minds
as Arseny Lysowsky
2005
Castle
as Sergei Vetotchkin
2009
Chicago Med
as Dr. Mischa Lenkov
2015
The West Wing
as Mr. Zubatov
1999
Homeland
as Viktor
2011
Heroes
as Ivan Spector
2006
Rizzoli & Isles
as Dr. Vladmir Papov
2010
The Closer
as Priest
2005
MacGyver
as Yuri Demetri
1985
Cold Case
as Dr. Goran Petrovic
2003
Quantum Leap
as Major Yuri Kosenko
1989
Madam Secretary
as Dito Pirosmani, as Ditro Pirosmani
2014
Mad About You
as Vladimir
1992
St. Elsewhere
as Dr. Peltrovich
1982
MacGyver
as Alexander Orlov
2016
Coach
as Police Officer
1989
Early Edition
as Vadim
1996
The Larry Sanders Show
as Nicolae
1992
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Corp. Yuri Petrovsky, as Misha
1993
Northern Exposure
as Nikolai Apalanov
1990
Ellen
as Sergei
1994
Becker
as Alexei
1998
The Rookie: Feds
as Consul General Viktar Saroka
2022
The Invisible Man
as Dimitri Yevchenko
2000
Alias
as Josef Vlachko
2001
Roseanne
1988