Ilya Baskin
Date of birth: 1950-08-11
Place of birth: Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Elya Zalmanovich Baskin , Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin, الیا باسکین, Elya Baskin, Илья Баскин, И. Баскин
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.
Movie Credits
The Name of the Rose
1986-09-24
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to f
Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides
Spider-Man 3
2007-05-01
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-
I Love Us
2021-09-17
Veteran thief Sammy Silver struggles to trade his criminal ways for married life after he falls in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997-05-02
As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is
Moscow on the Hudson
1984-04-06
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone p
DeepStar Six
1989-01-13
The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when thei
Air Force One
1997-07-25
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircra
Chicanery
2017-04-29
Darren Flare is an Emmy Award-winning, slightly dim newscaster, who is about to stumble on the story
Angels & Demons
2009-04-20
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of
October Sky
1999-02-19
Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father.
The Pickle
1993-04-30
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teen
Being There
1979-12-19
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old
God's Smile
2009-12-03
A determined student from Chicago is forced to fulfill the last wish of his ailing grandfather. He h
The Dukes
2007-04-23
The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008.
Hit Me
2019-01-15
A scene recreation in which two young men cut loose and clobber one another. Filmed on location outs
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010-12-28
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed ex
Running Red
1999-03-30
Upset over his brother’s murder, Soviet special agent Gregori Wallace leaves Russia to start a new l
American Pop
1981-02-13
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant f
Enemies, a Love Story
1989-12-13
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his lon
Wheelmen
2005-06-03
Two limo drivers hope to make money by escorting an executive around Los Angeles. Things go awry whe
Jimmy P.
2013-09-11
At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from une
The Long Recess
1972-06-06
A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of the
My Town
1986-05-25
A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997-11-02
Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious f
The World's Greatest Lover
1977-12-18
When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man
Big Man on Campus
1989-12-12
In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of U
Embassy
1985-04-21
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends
Combat Academy
1986-11-23
"Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered
2010
1984-12-06
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American s
Color of the Cross
2006-11-09
A retelling of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, based on the idea that he w
The Elder Son
2006-01-01
A thief on the run convinces a single father that he is his long-lost son. Complications ensue when
The Hive
2015-09-14
An amnesiac must reach back into his mind for memories that will help him save the love of his life
Love Affair
1994-10-21
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a
Spy Hard
1996-05-24
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Ste
Streets of Gold
1986-11-14
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allow
Silent Screams
2015-04-03
Andre Essen (Elya Baskin) says goodbye to his daughter, Natalia (Sasha Kolos), as she heads to Ameri
Telegram
1972-05-15
Six-graders Tosha and Kostya are trying to deliver the WWII telegram they accidentally find.
Runaway Virus
2000-01-29
Two virus experts track down contagious people across the world. But it's only a matter of time befo
Supervized
2019-07-16
Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979-06-15
Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, ali
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011-06-28
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange art
Legacy
2020-05-28
While on a hunting trip in the isolated wilderness, a father and his adopted teenage son are turned
Raise the Titanic
1980-08-01
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known sourc
Thirteen Days
2000-12-25
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc
Zits
1988-07-07
When their music teacher needs an expensive operation after being mugged, a group of precocious midd
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993-04-21
Among the issues Walker has to deal with: a new partner named Trivette, a group of men terrorizing a
Say It in Russian
2007-09-01
Jacqueline, a Paris society hostess (Faye Dunaway), introduces a fellow American, businessman Andrew
Reagan
2024-08-29
Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked
Vice Versa
1988-02-25
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025-01-01
A group of friends reuniting at a winter retreat are snowed in by the most heinous blizzard in histo