Elya Baskin

Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin (, ; born 11 August 1950), known professionally as Elya Baskin, is a Latvian-American character actor. He first gained attention for his role in Moscow on the Hudson, as Robin Williams' character's best friend Anatoly. He is best known for playing Peter Parker's landlord, Mr. Ditkovich, in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). He also played 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 immigrated to the United States in 1976. He is often cast as Eastern European characters.

Filmography Film

Television Year Series Role 1972 Big School-Break (Большая перемена) Student 1986–1987 MacGyver Yuri Demetri 1989 Roseanne Foreign Man 1989–1990 True Blue Yuri1991 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 Alexi2001 The Invisible Man Dimitri Yevchenko Deadly Force 2 (Убойная сила-2) Makarov 2005 The West Wing Mr. Zubatov 2005 Alias Dr. Josef Vlachko2007 Criminal Minds Arseny Lysowsky Heroes Ivan Spector 2012–2013 Rizzoli & Isles Dr. Vladmir Papov 2014 Castle Sergei Vetotchkin 2016 MacGyver Alexander Orlov 2017 Madam Secretary Dito Pirosmani 2018 Homeland Viktor Makarov, Russian Ambassador2021 Chicago MedDr. Mischa Lenkov2023 The Rookie: FedsViktar Saroka

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 The Lamplighters League (2023) – Fedir Volchymorda