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Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin (Russian: Илья Залманович Баскин; born 11 August 1950), known professionally as Elya Baskin, is a Latvian-born Soviet and American character actor. He first gained attention for his role in Moscow on the Hudson (1984), as Robin Williams' character's best friend. 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.

Early life

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

Personal life

He emigrated to the United States in 1976. He is often cast as Eastern European characters.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

• Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001) - Additional voices
• SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs (2003) - Additional Russia VO
• Prey (2017) - Yuri Andronov
• Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021) - Boris Petrov

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.

External links

• Elya Baskin at IMDb 

• 1950 births
• Living people
• Male actors from Riga
• American Ashkenazi Jews
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• Jewish American male actors
• Latvian male film actors
• Soviet emigrants to the United States
• Latvian Jews
• Soviet defectors to the United States
• American people of Latvian-Jewish descent
• 21st-century American Jews