Acting
Elya Baskin
- Born
- Aug 11, 1950 · Age 76
- Place of birth
- Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 55
- TV credits
- 40
Also known as (6)
- Elya Zalmanovich Baskin
- Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin
- الیا باسکین
- 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…
