Ilya Baskin
Born August 11, 1950 (Age: 75)
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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 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.
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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Filmography
Reagan
2024
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as B.E. Kertchman
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Age: 74
No Image
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
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as Self
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Age: 71
Hit Me
2019
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as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
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Age: 68
Chicanery
2017
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as Boris Namarov
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Age: 66
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
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as Cosmonaut Dimitri
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Age: 60
Angels & Demons
2009
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as Cardinal Petrov
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Age: 58
Say It in Russian
2007
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as
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Age: 57
Spider-Man 3
2007
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as Mr. Ditkovitch
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Age: 56
Spider-Man 2
2004
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as Mr. Ditkovitch
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Age: 53
Thirteen Days
2000
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as Anotoly Dobrinyn
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Age: 50
Runaway Virus
2000
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as Father Vadim
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Age: 49
October Sky
1999
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as Ike Bykovsky
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Age: 48
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
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as Boris
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Age: 47
Air Force One
1997
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as Andrei Kolchak
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Age: 46
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
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as General Borschevsky
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Age: 46
Forest Warrior
1996
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as Buster
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Age: 46
Spy Hard
1996
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as Professor Ukrinsky
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Age: 45
Love Affair
1994
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as Ship Captain
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Age: 44
The Pickle
1993
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as Russian Cap Driver
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Age: 42
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993
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as Misha
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Age: 42
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
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as Yaska Kobik
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Age: 39
Big Man on Campus
1989
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as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Age: 39
DeepStar Six
1989
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as Burciaga
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Age: 38
Zits
1988
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as Timoshenko
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Age: 37
Vice Versa
1988
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as Kerschner
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Age: 37
The Name of the Rose
1986
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as Severinus
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Age: 36
Embassy
1985
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as Aelx Serov
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Age: 34
2010
1984
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as Maxim Brailovsky
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Age: 34
Moscow on the Hudson
1984
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as Anatoly Cherkasov
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Age: 33
American Pop
1981
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as Tuba Player (voice)
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Age: 30
Raise the Titanic
1980
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as Marganin
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Age: 29
Being There
1979
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as Karpatov
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Age: 29
The Long Recess
1972
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as red-haired student
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Age: 21
Telegram
1972
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as Teacher (uncredited)
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Age: 21