Elya Baskin

Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin

Born August 11, 1950· Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

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Originating from Riga and trained at Moscow's Theatre and Variety Arts College, the Latvian-American actor Elya Baskin emerged from a Jewish family and earned a Festival of Young Actors Award at the Moscow Comedy Theatre before immigrating to the United States in 1976. Frequently cast as Eastern European figures, he first attracted attention as Anatoly, the best friend of Robin Williams' character…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds2005

Arseny Lysowsky

Chicago Med

Chicago Med2015

Dr. Mischa Lenkov

Castle

Sergei Vetotchkin

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap1989

Major Yuri Kosenko

Rizzoli & Isles

Rizzoli & Isles2010

Dr. Vladmir Papov

MacGyver

Being There

Being There1979

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose1986

Cold Case

Dr. Goran Petrovic

Heroes

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 22004

MacGyver

Alexander Orlov

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary2014

Ditro Pirosmani

The Rookie: Feds

The Rookie: Feds2022

Consul General Viktar Saroka

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest1997

2010

Maxim Brailovsky

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons2009

Cardinal Petrov

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery1997

General Borschevsky

Air Force One

Air Force One1997

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 32007

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011

Cosmonaut Dimitri

Spy Hard

Professor Ukrinsky