As Actor
Legacy
2020
6.2
Ilya Baskin
Acting
Birth Date
August 11, 1950
Place of Birth
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
The Hive
2015
5.3
As Actor
Silent Screams
2015
4.7
As Actor
Jimmy P.
2013
6.1
As Actor
Say It in Russian
2007
3.5
As Actor
The Dukes
2007
4.6
As Actor
The Elder Son
2006
6.1
As Actor
Runaway Virus
2000
4.6
As Actor
Running Red
1999
5.3
As Actor
October Sky
1999
7.7
As Actor
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
7.0
As Actor
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993
6.5
As Actor
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
6.3
As Actor
DeepStar Six
1989
5.5
As Actor
Zits
1988
3.9
As Actor
Combat Academy
1986
5.3
As Actor
Streets of Gold
1986
5.0
As Actor
The Name of the Rose
1986
7.5
As Actor
Embassy
1985
2.0
As Actor
Moscow on the Hudson
1984
6.2