| Birth Name: | Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1971–present |
Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin (ru|Илья Залманович Баскин; born 11 August 1950), known professionally as Elya Baskin, is a Latvian-born Soviet and 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 .
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 emigrated to the United States in 1976.[3] He is often cast as Eastern European characters.[2]
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Telegram (Телеграмма) | Teacher (uncredited) |
| Not a Word About Football (Ни слова о футболе) | Music teacher | |
| Three Days in Moscow (Три дня в Москве) | Passerby | |
| 1977 | The World's Greatest Lover | Actor with Bad Breath |
| 1979 | Book-keeper | |
| Being There | Karpatov | |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | Marganin |
| 1981 | American Pop | Tuba Player |
| 1984 | Moscow on the Hudson | Anatoly Cherkasov |
| 2010 | Maxim Brailovsky | |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose | Severinus |
| Streets of Gold | Klebanov | |
| Combat High | Interpreter | |
| 1988 | Vice Versa | Professor Kerschner |
| Zits | Vladimir Timoshenko | |
| 1989 | DeepStar Six | Dr. Burciaga |
| The Slice of Life | Foreign Man | |
| Enemies: A Love Story | Yasha Kobik | |
| 1993 | The Pickle | Russian Cab Driver |
| 1994 | Love Affair | Ship Captain |
| New York Skyride | ||
| 1996 | Spy Hard | Professor Ukrinsky |
| Forest Warrior | Buster | |
| 1997 | General Borschevsky | |
| Air Force One | Andrei Kolchak | |
| 1999 | October Sky | Ike Bykovsky |
| Running Red | Strelkin | |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days | Anatoly Dobrynin |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | Vladimir, Kremlin Waiter |
| 2004 | 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover | Dr. Stepniak |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Mr. Ditkovich |
| 2005 | Wheelmen | Vladimir |
| Confessions of a Pit Fighter | Nick | |
| 2006 | The Elder Son | Uncle Fedya |
| Color of the Cross | Caiphas | |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Mr. Ditkovich |
| The Dukes | Murph | |
| Say It in Russian | Victor | |
| 2008 | God's Smile or The Odessa Story | Tad, a lawyer |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Cardinal Petrov |
| 2011 | Cosmonaut Dimitri | |
| 2013 | Dr. Jokl | |
| 2014 | The Hive | Yuri Yegorov |
| 2015 | Silent Screams | Andrei |
| 2019 | Supervized | Brian |
| 2024 | Reagan | B.E. Kertchman |
| Year | Series | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Big School-Break (Большая перемена) | Student | |
| 1986-1987 | MacGyver | Yuri Demetri | |
| 1989 | Roseanne | Foreign Man | |
| 1989-1990 | True Blue | Yuri | |
| 1991 | Northern Exposure | Nikolai Appolanov | |
| Quantum Leap | Major Yuri Kosenko | ||
| 1993-1996 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Corp. Yuri Petrovsky / Misha | |
| 1995 | The Larry Sanders Show | Nicolae | |
| 1996 | Ellen | Sergei | |
| 1996-1997 | Mad About You | Vladimir | |
| 1999 | Felicity | Bela | |
| 1999-2000 | Becker | Alexi | |
| 2001 | The Invisible Man | Dimitri Yevchenko | |
| Deadly Force 2 (Убойная сила-2) | Makarov | ||
| 2005 | The West Wing | Mr. Zubatov | |
| 2007 | Criminal Minds | Arseny Lysowsky | |
| Heroes | Ivan Spector | ||
| 2012-2013 | Rizzoli and Isles | Dr. Vladmir Papov | |
| 2014 | Castle | Sergei Vetotchkin | |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Alexander Orlov | |
| 2017 | Madam Secretary | Dito Pirosmani | |
| 2018 | Homeland | Viktor Makarov, Russian ambassador | |
| 2021 | Chicago Med | Dr. Mischa Lenkov |