Ilya Baskin

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    August 11, 1950 (74 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

    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, 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.    

    Known For

    • Spider-Man 2

      Spider-Man 2

      2004

    • Spider-Man 3

      Spider-Man 3

      2007

    • Transformers: Dark of the Moon

      Transformers: Dark of the Moon

      2011

    • Angels & Demons

      Angels & Demons

      2009

    • Criminal Minds

      Criminal Minds

      2005

    • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

      Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

      1997

    • The Name of the Rose

      The Name of the Rose

      1986

    • Air Force One

      Air Force One

      1997

    • Heroes

      Heroes

      2006

    • Homeland

      Homeland

      2011

    • Castle

      Castle

      2009

    • October Sky

      October Sky

      1999

    • Chicago Med

      Chicago Med

      2015

    • Being There

      Being There

      1979

    • 2010

      2010

      1984