Ilya Baskin
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-08-11 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 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.
Most Known For
Criminal Minds
as Arseny Lysowsky
Homeland
as Viktor
Castle
as Sergei Vetotchkin
Chicago Med
as Dr. Mischa Lenkov
The West Wing
as Mr. Zubatov
The Closer
as Priest
Rizzoli & Isles
as Dr. Vladmir Papov
MacGyver
as Yuri Demetri
Heroes
as Ivan Spector
MacGyver
as Alexander Orlov
Mad About You
as Vladimir
Quantum Leap
as Major Yuri Kosenko
Cold Case
as Dr. Goran Petrovic
St. Elsewhere
as Dr. Peltrovich
Madam Secretary
as Ditro Pirosmani
Madam Secretary
as Dito Pirosmani
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Misha
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Corp. Yuri Petrovsky
Coach
as Police Officer
Northern Exposure
as Nikolai Apalanov