Elya Baskin

Actor Aug 11 (age 75) Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia] 1972–2025 (53 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

Spider-Man 2

Mr. Ditkovitch

Film

Spider-Man 3

Mr. Ditkovitch

Film

The Name of the Rose

Severinus

Film

Angels & Demons

Cardinal Petrov

Film

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Cosmonaut Dimitri

Film

October Sky

Ike Bykovsky

Film

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

General Borschevsky

Film

Being There

Karpatov

Filmography

Acting (91)

Movies (53)

Guys' Night in The Thing

2025

as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich

Reagan

2024

as B.E. Kertchman

6.3

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

2022

as Self

I Love Us

as Ira Prince

Legacy

as Boranovic

Supervized

as Brian

Hit Me

as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich

Chicanery

as Boris Namarov

The Hive

as Yuri Yegorov

Silent Screams

as Andrei

Jimmy P.

as Dr. Jokl

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

as Cosmonaut Dimitri

6.2

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

as Letvinko

God's Smile

Angels & Demons

as Cardinal Petrov

Spider-Man 3

as Mr. Ditkovitch

Say It in Russian

The Dukes

as Murph Sinitsky

The Elder Son

as Uncle Fedya

Color of the Cross

Wheelmen

as Vladimir

Spider-Man 2

as Mr. Ditkovitch

Thirteen Days

as Anotoly Dobrinyn

Runaway Virus

as Father Vadim

October Sky

as Ike Bykovsky

Running Red

as Strelkin

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997

as General Borschevsky

6.6

Air Force One

1997

as Andrei Kolchak

6.5

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

1997

as Boris

7.0

Spy Hard

1996

as Professor Ukrinsky

Forest Warrior

as Buster

Love Affair

as Ship Captain

The Pickle

as Russian Cap Driver

4.7

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger

1993

as Misha

6.5

Enemies, a Love Story

as Yaska Kobik

DeepStar Six

as Burciaga

Big Man on Campus

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Vice Versa

as Kerschner

Zits

as Timoshenko

The Name of the Rose

as Severinus

Combat Academy

as Interpreter

Streets of Gold

as Klebanov

My Town

as Slovack

Embassy

as Aelx Serov

2010

as Maxim Brailovsky

Moscow on the Hudson

as Anatoly Cherkasov

American Pop

as Tuba Player (voice)

Raise the Titanic

as Marganin

Being There

as Karpatov

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979

as Book-keeper

5.0

The World's Greatest Lover

1977

as Actor with Bad Breath

5.5

1972

as Teacher (uncredited)

4.0

The Long Recess

1972

as red-haired student

7.3

Television (38)

The Rookie: Feds

2022

as Consul General Viktar Saroka

MacGyver

as Alexander Orlov

Chicago Med

as Dr. Mischa Lenkov

Madam Secretary

as Ditro Pirosmani

Homeland

as Viktor

Rizzoli & Isles

as Dr. Vladmir Papov

Castle

as Sergei Vetotchkin

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Heroes

as Ivan Spector

Criminal Minds

as Arseny Lysowsky

The Closer

as Priest

Cold Case

as Dr. Goran Petrovic

The Agency

as Borovinsky

Alias

as Josef Vlachko

The Invisible Man

as Dimitri Yevchenko

The West Wing

as Mr. Zubatov

Becker

as Alexei

Felicity

as Bela

Alright Already

Early Edition

as Vadim

Something So Right

as Yuri

VR.5

as Dr. Zoloft

Ellen

as Sergei

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Misha

Mad About You

as Vladimir

The Larry Sanders Show

as Nicolae

Sisters

Northern Exposure

as Nikolai Apalanov

Coach

as Police Officer

Quantum Leap

as Major Yuri Kosenko

True Blue

as Yuri

Roseanne

CBS Summer Playhouse

as Serge

MacGyver

as Yuri Demetri

The Comedy Factory

as Sasha Zhukov

Masquerade

1983

as Nuclear Facility Clerk

5.0

St. Elsewhere

1982

as Dr. Peltrovich

5.6

The San Pedro Beach Bums

1977

5.5