Portrait of Ilya Baskin

Ilya Baskin

Acting

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.    

Born: August 11, 1950

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Filmography

2025
Guys' Night in The Thing

as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich

2024
Reagan

as B.E. Kertchman

2022
The Rookie: Feds

as Consul General Viktar Saroka

2021
I Love Us

as Ira Prince

2020
Legacy

as Boranovic

2019
Supervized

as Brian

2019
Hit Me

as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich

2017
Chicanery

as Boris Namarov

2016
MacGyver

as Alexander Orlov

2015
Chicago Med

as Dr. Mischa Lenkov

2015
The Hive

as Yuri Yegorov

2015
2014
Madam Secretary

as Ditro Pirosmani

2014
Madam Secretary

as Dito Pirosmani

2013
Jimmy P.

as Dr. Jokl

2011
Homeland

as Viktor

2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

as Cosmonaut Dimitri

2010
Rizzoli & Isles

as Dr. Vladmir Papov

2009
Angels & Demons

as Cardinal Petrov

2009
Castle

as Sergei Vetotchkin

2007
Spider-Man 3

as Mr. Ditkovitch

2007
The Dukes

as Murph Sinitsky

2006
Heroes

as Ivan Spector

2006
The Elder Son

as Uncle Fedya

2005
Criminal Minds

as Arseny Lysowsky

2005
The Closer

as Priest

2005
Wheelmen

as Vladimir

2004
Spider-Man 2

as Mr. Ditkovitch

2003
Cold Case

as Dr. Goran Petrovic

2001
Alias

as Josef Vlachko

2001
The Agency

as Borovinsky

2000
Thirteen Days

as Anotoly Dobrinyn

2000
The Invisible Man

as Dimitri Yevchenko

2000
Runaway Virus

as Father Vadim

1999
The West Wing

as Mr. Zubatov

1999
Running Red

as Strelkin

1999
October Sky

as Ike Bykovsky

1998
Becker

as Alexei

1998
Felicity

as Bela

1997
Air Force One

as Andrei Kolchak

1996
1996
1996
Spy Hard

as Professor Ukrinsky

1995
VR.5

as Dr. Zoloft

1994
Love Affair

as Ship Captain

1994
Ellen

as Sergei

1993
The Pickle

as Russian Cap Driver

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Corp. Yuri Petrovsky

1992
Mad About You

as Vladimir

1990
Northern Exposure

as Nikolai Apalanov

1989
Enemies, a Love Story

as Yaska Kobik

1989
Big Man on Campus

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1989
True Blue

as Yuri

1989
Quantum Leap

as Major Yuri Kosenko

1989
Coach

as Police Officer

1989
DeepStar Six

as Burciaga

1988
Zits

as Timoshenko

1988
Vice Versa

as Kerschner

1986
Combat Academy

as Interpreter

1986
Streets of Gold

as Klebanov

1986
1986
My Town

as Slovack

1985
MacGyver

as Yuri Demetri

1985
The Comedy Factory

as Sasha Zhukov

1985
Embassy

as Aelx Serov

1984
2010

as Maxim Brailovsky

1984
Moscow on the Hudson

as Anatoly Cherkasov

1982
St. Elsewhere

as Dr. Peltrovich

1981
American Pop

as Tuba Player (voice)

1980
1979
Being There

as Karpatov

1977
The World's Greatest Lover

as Actor with Bad Breath

1972
The Long Recess

as red-haired student

1972
Telegram

as Teacher (uncredited)