Ilya Baskin
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-08-11 (75 years old)
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
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, ...
Acting
1986
as Severinus
2004
as Mr. Ditkovitch
2007
as Mr. Ditkovitch
2021
as Ira Prince
1997
as General Borschevsky
1984
as Anatoly Cherkasov
1989
as Burciaga
1997
as Andrei Kolchak
2017
as Boris Namarov
2009
as Cardinal Petrov
1999
as Ike Bykovsky
1993
as Russian Cap Driver
1979
as Karpatov
2009
2007
as Murph Sinitsky
2019
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
2010
1999
as Strelkin
1981
as Tuba Player (voice)
1989
as Yaska Kobik
2005
as Vladimir
2013
as Dr. Jokl
1972
as red-haired student
1986
as Slovack
1997
1977
as Actor with Bad Breath
1989
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1985
as Aelx Serov
1986
as Interpreter
1984
as Maxim Brailovsky
2006
as Uncle Fedya
2015
as Yuri Yegorov
1994
as Ship Captain
1996
as Professor Ukrinsky
1986
as Klebanov
2015
as Andrei
1972
as Teacher (uncredited)
2000
as Father Vadim
2019
as Brian
1979
as Book-keeper
2011
as Cosmonaut Dimitri
2020
as Boranovic
1980
as Marganin
2000
as Anotoly Dobrinyn
1988
as Timoshenko
1993
2024
as B.E. Kertchman
1988
as Kerschner
2025
as Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
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