Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 11, 1950
Place of Birth:
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Guys' Night in The Thing | Voice of Mr. Ditkovich |
| 2024 | Reagan | B.E. Kertchman |
| 2021 | I Love Us | Ira Prince |
| 2020 | Legacy | Boranovic |
| 2019 | Hit Me | Voice of Mr. Ditkovich |
| 2019 | Supervized | Brian |
| 2017 | Chicanery | Boris Namarov |
| 2015 | The Hive | Yuri Yegorov |
| 2015 | Silent Screams | Andrei |
| 2013 | Jimmy P. | Dr. Jokl |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Cosmonaut Dimitri |
| 2010 | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Letvinko |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Cardinal Petrov |
| 2009 | God's Smile | |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Mr. Ditkovitch |
| 2007 | The Dukes | Murph Sinitsky |
| 2007 | Say It in Russian | |
| 2006 | Color of the Cross | |
| 2006 | The Elder Son | Uncle Fedya |
| 2005 | Wheelmen | Vladimir |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Ditkovitch |
| 2000 | Runaway Virus | Father Vadim |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days | Anotoly Dobrinyn |
| 1999 | October Sky | Ike Bykovsky |
| 1999 | Running Red | Strelkin |
| 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | General Borschevsky |
| 1997 | Air Force One | Andrei Kolchak |
| 1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Boris |
| 1996 | Spy Hard | Professor Ukrinsky |
| 1994 | Love Affair | Ship Captain |
| 1993 | The Pickle | Russian Cap Driver |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger | Misha |
| 1989 | DeepStar Six | Burciaga |
| 1989 | Enemies, a Love Story | Yaska Kobik |
| 1989 | Big Man on Campus | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Zits | Timoshenko |
| 1988 | Vice Versa | Kerschner |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose | Severinus |
| 1986 | My Town | Slovack |
| 1986 | Combat Academy | Interpreter |
| 1986 | Streets of Gold | Klebanov |
| 1985 | Embassy | Aelx Serov |
| 1984 | Moscow on the Hudson | Anatoly Cherkasov |
| 1984 | 2010 | Maxim Brailovsky |
| 1981 | American Pop | Tuba Player (voice) |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | Marganin |
| 1979 | Being There | Karpatov |
| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Book-keeper |
| 1977 | The World's Greatest Lover | Actor with Bad Breath |
| 1972 | The Long Recess | red-haired student |
| 1972 | Telegram | Teacher (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds | Consul General Viktar Saroka |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Alexander Orlov |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Dr. Mischa Lenkov |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Ditro Pirosmani |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Dito Pirosmani |
| 2011 | Homeland | Viktor |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Dr. Vladmir Papov |
| 2009 | Castle | Sergei Vetotchkin |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2006 | Heroes | Ivan Spector |
| 2005 | The Closer | Priest |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Arseny Lysowsky |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Dr. Goran Petrovic |
| 2001 | The Agency | |
| 2001 | Alias | Josef Vlachko |
| 2000 | The Invisible Man | Dimitri Yevchenko |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Mr. Zubatov |
| 1998 | Becker | Alexei |
| 1998 | Felicity | Bela |
| 1997 | Alright Already | |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Vadim |
| 1996 | Something So Right | Yuri |
| 1995 | VR.5 | Dr. Zoloft |
| 1994 | Ellen | Sergei |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Misha |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Corp. Yuri Petrovsky |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Vladimir |
| 1991 | Sisters | |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Nikolai Apalanov |
| 1989 | Coach | Police Officer |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Major Yuri Kosenko |
| 1989 | True Blue | Yuri |
| 1988 | Roseanne | |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Serge |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Yuri Demetri |
| 1985 | The Comedy Factory | Sasha Zhukov |
| 1983 | Masquerade | |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | |
| 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums |