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.
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Elya Baskin is a Soviet-Latvian-American character actor trained in Moscow who immigrated to the United States and built a prolific career in Hollywood film and television.
He is widely recognized for playing Peter Parker's landlord Mr. Ditkovitch in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, alongside supporting roles in Air Force One and The Name of the Rose.
Beyond his film career, he is a regular contributor and comedic commentator on the long-running internet program Outlaw Radio hosted by Matt Alan. Full filmography on Mood.
