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 neede...
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The Name of the Rose
As Severinus
Spider-Man 2
As Mr. Ditkovitch
Spider-Man 3
As Mr. Ditkovitch
I Love Us
As Ira Prince
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
As General Borschevsky
Moscow on the Hudson
As Anatoly Cherkasov
DeepStar Six
As Burciaga
Air Force One
As Andrei Kolchak
Chicanery
As Boris Namarov
Angels & Demons
As Cardinal Petrov
October Sky
As Ike Bykovsky
The Pickle
As Russian Cap Driver
Being There
As Karpatov
God's Smile
The Dukes
As Murph Sinitsky
Hit Me
As Voice of Mr. Ditkovich
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
As Letvinko
Running Red
As Strelkin
American Pop
As Tuba Player (voice)
Enemies, a Love Story
As Yaska Kobik
Wheelmen
As Vladimir
Jimmy P.
As Dr. Jokl
The Long Recess
As red-haired student
My Town
As Slovack
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
As Boris
The World's Greatest Lover
As Actor with Bad Breath
Big Man on Campus
As Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Embassy
As Aelx Serov
Combat Academy
As Interpreter
2010
As Maxim Brailovsky
Color of the Cross
The Elder Son
As Uncle Fedya
The Hive
As Yuri Yegorov
Love Affair
As Ship Captain
Spy Hard
As Professor Ukrinsky
Streets of Gold
As Klebanov
Silent Screams
As Andrei
Telegram
Runaway Virus
As Father Vadim
Supervized
As Brian
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
As Book-keeper
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
As Cosmonaut Dimitri
Legacy
As Boranovic
Raise the Titanic
As Marganin
Thirteen Days
As Anotoly Dobrinyn
Zits
As Timoshenko
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
As Misha
Say It in Russian
Reagan
As B.E. Kertchman
Vice Versa
As Kerschner
St. Elsewhere
Ellen
As Sergei
The Closer
As Priest
The Agency
Heroes
As Ivan Spector
Alias
As Josef Vlachko
Early Edition
The Larry Sanders Show
Cold Case
As Dr. Goran Petrovic
VR.5
As Dr. Zoloft
Coach
As Police Officer
Roseanne
Castle
As Sergei Vetotchkin
Walker, Texas Ranger
As Misha
Quantum Leap
As Major Yuri Kosenko
Criminal Minds
As Arseny Lysowsky
Becker
As Alexei
Sisters
Northern Exposure
As Nikolai Apalanov
The Invisible Man
As Dimitri Yevchenko
True Blue
As Yuri
Masquerade
Chicago Med
As Dr. Mischa Lenkov
The San Pedro Beach Bums
Something So Right
As Yuri
Alright Already
Rizzoli & Isles
As Dr. Vladmir Papov
The West Wing
As Mr. Zubatov
The Rookie: Feds
As Consul General Viktar Saroka
MacGyver
As Alexander Orlov
Celebrity Ghost Stories
As Self
CBS Summer Playhouse
As Serge
Felicity
As Bela
Homeland
As Viktor
MacGyver
As Yuri Demetri
Mad About You
As Vladimir
Comedy Factory
As Sasha Zhukov