Ilya Baskin
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
Criminal Minds
Arseny Lysowsky
Mad About You
Vladimir
Castle
Sergei Vetotchkin
The West Wing
Mr. Zubatov
Chicago Med
Dr. Mischa Lenkov
MacGyver
Yuri Demetri
Quantum Leap
Major Yuri Kosenko
Walker, Texas Ranger
Misha
Walker, Texas Ranger
Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
Homeland
Viktor
Rizzoli & Isles
Dr. Vladmir Papov
Heroes
Ivan Spector
MacGyver
Alexander Orlov
The Closer
Priest
Becker
Alexei
Northern Exposure
Nikolai Apalanov
Cold Case
Dr. Goran Petrovic
St. Elsewhere
The Larry Sanders Show
Ellen
Sergei
Spider-Man 3
Mr. Ditkovitch
Angels & Demons
Cardinal Petrov
Felicity
Bela
Coach
Police Officer
Early Edition
The Rookie: Feds
Consul General Viktar Saroka
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Ditkovitch
The Invisible Man
Dimitri Yevchenko
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
General Borschevsky
Air Force One
Andrei Kolchak
The Agency
CBS Summer Playhouse
Serge
Reagan
B.E. Kertchman
Roseanne
Something So Right
Yuri
2010
Maxim Brailovsky
The Name of the Rose
Severinus
Love Affair
Ship Captain
The San Pedro Beach Bums
The Pickle
Russian Cap Driver
Alias
Josef Vlachko
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cosmonaut Dimitri
Big Man on Campus
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Book-keeper
The World's Greatest Lover
Actor with Bad Breath
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Boris
Running Red
Strelkin
Vice Versa
Kerschner
Thirteen Days
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Masquerade
VR.5
Dr. Zoloft
The Elder Son
Uncle Fedya
Moscow on the Hudson
Anatoly Cherkasov
Combat Academy
Interpreter
True Blue
Yuri
Spy Hard
Professor Ukrinsky
October Sky
Ike Bykovsky
American Pop
Tuba Player (voice)
The Comedy Factory
Sasha Zhukov
Runaway Virus
Father Vadim
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Letvinko
Chicanery
Boris Namarov
Jimmy P.
Dr. Jokl
Wheelmen
Vladimir
Supervized
Brian
My Town
Slovack
The Hive
Yuri Yegorov
Raise the Titanic
Marganin
The Dukes
Murph Sinitsky
Embassy
Aelx Serov
Alright Already
Zits
Timoshenko
I Love Us
Ira Prince
Enemies, a Love Story
Yaska Kobik
Streets of Gold
Klebanov
Legacy
Boranovic
Being There
Karpatov
Color of the Cross
Say It in Russian
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Misha
DeepStar Six
Burciaga
The Long Recess
red-haired student
God's Smile
Sisters
Telegram
Teacher (uncredited)
Silent Screams
Andrei
Guys' Night in The Thing
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Hit Me
Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self