Elya Baskin
ActingBorn: August 11, 1950 in 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 th...
All Credits91 Titles
Film
53 Titles
6.5
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Spider-Man 32007
7.3
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Spider-Man 22004
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Angels & Demons2009
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery1997
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Air Force One1997
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The Name of the Rose1986
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20101984
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October Sky1999
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
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Reagan2024
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Spy Hard1996
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Being There1979
7.0
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Thirteen Days2000
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Love Affair1994
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DeepStar Six1989
5.3
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Raise the Titanic1980
Series
38 Titles
8.3
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Criminal Minds2005–
8.0
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Castle2009–
7.6
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Homeland2011–
8.3
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Chicago Med2015–
8.3
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The West Wing1999–
7.9
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The Closer2005–
7.8
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Cold Case2003–
7.7
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MacGyver1985–
7.4
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Heroes2006–
7.9
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Rizzoli & Isles2010–
8.0
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Quantum Leap1989–
6.7
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Mad About You1992–
7.3
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MacGyver2016–
5.7
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St. Elsewhere1982–
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Coach1989–
7.0
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Madam Secretary2014–