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Elya Baskin
Born · August 11, 1950 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Bio
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.
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2025
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2024
The Rookie: Feds
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7.5
2022
I Love Us
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4.2
2021
Legacy
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2020
Supervized
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5.1
2019
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2019
Chicanery
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2017
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7.3
2016
Chicago Med
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8.3
2015
The Hive
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2015
Silent Screams
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2015
Jimmy P.
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6.1
2013
Homeland
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2011
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2011
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
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2010
Rizzoli & Isles
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2010
God's Smile
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
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7.3
2009
Angels & Demons
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2009
Castle
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2009
Say It in Russian
3.5
2007
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6.4
2007
The Dukes
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4.6
2007
Color of the Cross
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2006
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2006
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2006
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8.3
2005
The Closer
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2005
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2005
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7.3
2004
Cold Case
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7.8
2003
Alias
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2001
The Agency
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6.8
2001
Thirteen Days
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2000
The Invisible Man
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2000
Runaway Virus
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2000
The West Wing
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Running Red
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1999
October Sky
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1999
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1998
Felicity
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6.6
1998
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1997
Alright Already
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1997
Air Force One
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6.5
1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
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6.6
1997
Early Edition
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7.3
1996
Something So Right
Yuri · (1 episode)
4.5
1996
Spy Hard
Professor Ukrinsky
5.4
1996
VR.5
Dr. Zoloft · (1 episode)
6.7
1995
Love Affair
Ship Captain
5.4
1994
Ellen
Sergei · (1 episode)
6.2
1994
The Pickle
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4.8
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
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6.5
1993
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7.0
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
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7.0
1993
Mad About You
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1992
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7.7
1992
Sisters
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7.3
1991
Northern Exposure
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7.9
1990
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1989
Big Man on Campus
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1989
True Blue
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6.2
1989
Quantum Leap
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8.0
1989
Coach
Police Officer · (1 episode)
6.8
1989
DeepStar Six
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5.5
1989
Roseanne
(1 episode)
6.8
1988
Zits
Timoshenko
4.6
1988
Vice Versa
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5.8
1988
CBS Summer Playhouse
Serge · (1 episode)
6.3
1987
Combat Academy
Interpreter
5.3
1986
The Name of the Rose
Severinus
7.5
1986
My Town
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0.0
1986
Streets of Gold
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5.5
1986
MacGyver
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7.7
1985
The Comedy Factory
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0.0
1985
Embassy
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2010
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6.7
1984
Moscow on the Hudson
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6.2
1984
Masquerade
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5.0
1983
St. Elsewhere
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5.5
1982
American Pop
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6.9
1981
Raise the Titanic
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5.3
1980
Being There
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7.6
1979
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
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4.8
1979
The World's Greatest Lover
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5.8
1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums
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5.5
1977
The Long Recess
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1972
Telegram
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1972