Ilya Baskin

Ilya Baskin

Birthday: 1950-08-11

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

imdb_id: nm0059946

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.    

Played in movies:

October Sky

Score: 7.7

Being There

Score: 7.6

The Name of the Rose

Score: 7.5

The Long Recess

Score: 7.3

Spider-Man 2

Score: 7.3

Thirteen Days

Score: 7.0

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Score: 7.0

American Pop

Score: 6.9

Angels & Demons

Score: 6.7

2010

Score: 6.6

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Score: 6.6

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger

Score: 6.5

Air Force One

Score: 6.5

Spider-Man 3

Score: 6.4

Enemies, a Love Story

Score: 6.3

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Score: 6.2

Legacy

Score: 6.2

Moscow on the Hudson

Score: 6.2

Reagan

Score: 6.2

Big Man on Campus

Score: 6.1

Jimmy P.

Score: 6.1

The Elder Son

Score: 6.1

Chicanery

Score: 6.0

Vice Versa

Score: 5.8

The World's Greatest Lover

Score: 5.6

DeepStar Six

Score: 5.5

Spy Hard

Score: 5.4

Love Affair

Score: 5.4

The Hive

Score: 5.4

Raise the Titanic

Score: 5.3

Combat Academy

Score: 5.3

Running Red

Score: 5.3

God's Smile

Score: 5.3

Supervized

Score: 5.1

Streets of Gold

Score: 5.0

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

Score: 5.0

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Score: 5.0

The Pickle

Score: 4.8

Silent Screams

Score: 4.7

Runaway Virus

Score: 4.6

The Dukes

Score: 4.6

Telegram

Score: 4.0

Zits

Score: 3.9

I Love Us

Score: 3.8

Say It in Russian

Score: 3.5

Color of the Cross

Score: 3.0

Embassy

Score: 2.0

Guys' Night in The Thing

Score: 0.0

My Town

Score: 0.0

Wheelmen

Score: 0.0

Hit Me

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Chicago Med

Score: 8.3

Quantum Leap

Score: 8.0

Castle

Score: 8.0

Rizzoli & Isles

Score: 7.9

Northern Exposure

Score: 7.9

The Closer

Score: 7.9

Cold Case

Score: 7.8

MacGyver

Score: 7.7

The Larry Sanders Show

Score: 7.7

Homeland

Score: 7.6

Heroes

Score: 7.5

MacGyver

Score: 7.3

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Score: 7.3

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

The Rookie: Feds

Score: 7.2

Sisters

Score: 7.2

Becker

Score: 7.1

Madam Secretary

Score: 7.0

Madam Secretary

Score: 7.0

The Invisible Man

Score: 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

Score: 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

Score: 7.0

Roseanne

Score: 6.8

Alias

Score: 6.8

Coach

Score: 6.7

Felicity

Score: 6.7

VR.5

Score: 6.7

Mad About You

Score: 6.7

The Agency

Score: 6.5

CBS Summer Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Ellen

Score: 6.2

True Blue

Score: 5.8

St. Elsewhere

Score: 5.6

The San Pedro Beach Bums

Score: 5.5

Masquerade

Score: 5.0

Something So Right

Score: 4.5

The Comedy Factory

Score: 0.0

Alright Already

Score: 0.0