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. Elya Baskin(1950년생, Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 장미의 이름, 발디미르의 선택, Hit Me가 있으며, 그 외에도 크리미널 마인드, 홈랜드, 웨스트 윙, 캐슬, 클로저, 시카고 메드, 히어로즈, 콜드 케이스, 리졸리 앤 아일스, Coach, Quantum Leap, 스파이더맨 3 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 Dance With Me에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Dance With Me에서 Sasha 역을 맡았다. 2025년 Guys' Night in The Thing에서 Voice of Mr. Ditkovich 역을 맡았다. 2024년 레이건에서 B.E. Kertchman 역을 맡았다.