Ilya Baskin
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.
Filmography (20)
Reagan
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Angels & Demons
Spider-Man 3
The Elder Son
Spider-Man 2
Thirteen Days
October Sky
Running Red
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Air Force One
Spy Hard
Love Affair
Enemies, a Love Story
Vice Versa
The Name of the Rose
2010
American Pop
Being There
