Elya Baskin

Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin (Russian: Илья Залманович Баскин; born 11 August 1950), known professionally as Elya Baskin, is a Russian-American character actor.[1] He first gained attention for his role in Moscow on the Hudson (1984), as Robin Williams' character's best friend.[2] He is also known for playing Peter Parker's landlord, Mr. Ditkovich, in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007) and cosmonaut Max Brailovsky in 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Elya Baskin
Born
Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin

(1950-08-11) 11 August 1950
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationActor
Years active1971–present

Biography

Baskin was born to a Jewish family in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, the son of Frieda and Zalman Baskin.[3] He attended the Theatre and Variety Arts College in Moscow and won a Festival of Young Actors Award at the Moscow Comedy Theatre.[3]

He defected to the United States in 1976.[3] He is often cast as Eastern European characters.[2]

Filmography

Film
  • Telegram (Телеграмма) (1972) – teacher (uncredited)
  • Not a Word About Football (Ни слова о футболе) (1974) – music teacher
  • Three Days in Moscow (Три дня в Москве) (1974) – passerby
  • The World's Greatest Lover (1977) – Actor with Bad Breath
  • Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) – Book-keeper
  • Being There (1979) – Karpatov
  • Raise the Titanic (1980) – Marganin
  • American Pop (1981) – Tuba Player
  • Moscow on the Hudson (1984) – Anatoly Cherkasov
  • 2010 (1984) – Maxim Brailovsky
  • The Name of the Rose (1986) – Severinus
  • Streets of Gold (1986) – Klebanov
  • Combat High (1986) – Interpreter
  • Vice Versa (1988) – Professor Kerschner
  • Zits (1988) – Vladimir Timoshenko
  • DeepStar Six (1989) – Dr. Burciaga
  • The Slice of Life (1989) – Foreign Man
  • Enemies: A Love Story (1989) – Yasha Kobik
  • The Pickle (1993) – Russian Cab Driver
  • Love Affair (1994) – Ship Captain
  • New York Skyride (1994)
  • Spy Hard (1996) – Professor Ukrinsky
  • Forest Warrior (1996) – Buster
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) – General Borschevsky
  • Air Force One (1997) – Andrei Kolchak
  • October Sky (1999) – Ike Bykovsky
  • Running Red (1999) – Strelkin
  • Thirteen Days (2000) – Anatoly Dobrynin
  • Heartbreakers (2001) – Vladimir, Kremlin Waiter
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004) – Dr. Stepniak
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004) – Mr. Ditkovich
  • Wheelmen (2005) – Vladimir
  • Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005) – Nick
  • The Elder Son (2006) – Uncle Fedya
  • Color of the Cross (2006) – Caiphas
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007) – Mr. Ditkovich
  • The Dukes (2007) – Murph
  • Say It in Russian (2007) – Victor
  • God's Smile or The Odessa Story (2008) – Tad, a lawyer
  • Angels & Demons (2009) – Cardinal Petrov
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) – Cosmonaut Dimitri
  • Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013) – Dr. Jokl
  • The Hive (2014) – Yuri Yegorov
  • Silent Screams (2015) – Andrei
  • Supervized (2019) - Brian
  • Reagan (2024) - B.E. Kertchman

Television

Video games

References
  1. "Elya Baskin". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
  2. "Актер Илья Баскин: В Голливуде я играл, в основном, иностранцев – думаю, это и есть моя ниша". Российская газета (in Russian). 30 June 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. Elya Baskin profile, filmreference.com; accessed 11 March 2015.
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