Ilya Baskin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

89

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-08-11 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Also Known As

  • Elya Zalmanovich Baskin
  • Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin
  • الیا باسکین
  • Elya Baskin
  • Илья Баскин
  • И. Баскин

Ilya Baskin

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.

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Known For

Spider-Man 2
7.3%

Spider-Man 2

Jun 25, 2004

Spider-Man 3
6.4%

Spider-Man 3

May 1, 2007

Angels & Demons
6.7%

Angels & Demons

Apr 23, 2009

Criminal Minds
8.3%

Criminal Minds

Sep 22, 2005

The Name of the Rose
7.5%

The Name of the Rose

Sep 24, 1986

Air Force One
6.5%

Air Force One

Jul 25, 1997

Heroes
7.5%

Heroes

Sep 25, 2006

Homeland
7.6%

Homeland

Oct 2, 2011

Castle
8.0%

Castle

Mar 9, 2009

October Sky
7.7%

October Sky

Feb 19, 1999

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Acting

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
Silent Screams as Andrei
2013
Jimmy P. as Dr. Jokl
2011
Homeland as Viktor
2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Cosmonaut Dimitri
2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Letvinko
2010
Rizzoli & Isles as Dr. Vladmir Papov
2009
God's Smile
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009
Angels & Demons as Cardinal Petrov
2009
Castle as Sergei Vetotchkin
2007
Say It in Russian
2007
Spider-Man 3 as Mr. Ditkovitch
2007
The Dukes as Murph Sinitsky
2006
Color of the Cross
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
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
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Boris
1997
Alright Already
1997
Air Force One as Andrei Kolchak
1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as General Borschevsky
1996
Early Edition
1996
Something So Right as Yuri
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 Misha
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger as Misha
1992
Mad About You as Vladimir
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
1991
Sisters
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
Roseanne
1988
Zits as Timoshenko
1988
Vice Versa as Kerschner
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse as Serge
1986
Combat Academy as Interpreter
1986
The Name of the Rose as Severinus
1986
My Town as Slovack
1986
Streets of Gold as Klebanov
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
1983
Masquerade
1982
St. Elsewhere
1981
American Pop as Tuba Player (voice)
1980
Raise the Titanic as Marganin
1979
Being There as Karpatov
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as Book-keeper
1977
The World's Greatest Lover as Actor with Bad Breath
1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1972
The Long Recess as red-haired student
1972
Telegram as Teacher (uncredited)
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