Biography
Elya Baskin
Acting
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 m…
Career works
91
Movies
53
Series
38
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
08/11/1950
Place of birth
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Filmography highlights
Movies
Guys' Night in The Thing
2025
Reagan
2024 · 6.3
I Love Us
2021 · 3.8
Legacy
2020 · 6.1
Supervized
2019 · 5.2
Hit Me
2019
Chicanery
2017 · 6.0
The Hive
2015 · 5.3
Silent Screams
2015 · 4.7
Jimmy P.
2013 · 6.0
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · 6.2
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010 · 4.9
God's Smile
2009 · 5.9
Angels & Demons
2009 · 6.7
Say It in Russian
2007 · 4.0
Series
The Rookie: Feds
2022 · 7.0
MacGyver
2016 · 7.3
Chicago Med
2015 · 8.3
Madam Secretary
2014 · 7.0
Homeland
2011 · 7.6
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · 7.9
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · 7.3
Castle
2009 · 8.0
Heroes
2006 · 7.4
Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3
The Closer
2005 · 7.9
Cold Case
2003 · 7.8
Alias
2001 · 6.8
The Agency
2001 · 6.9
The Invisible Man
2000 · 7.1