Acting

Elya Baskin

Born August 11, 1950 · Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia] (age 76)

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 th…

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Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3 · 2007

MovieActionAdventure

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 · 2004

MovieActionAdventure

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons · 2009

Angels & Demons

MovieThrillerMystery

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

Air Force One

Air Force One · 1997

MovieActionThriller

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery · 1997

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

MovieComedyCrime

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose · 1986

The Name of the Rose

MovieDramaThriller

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

2010

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

Spy Hard

Spy Hard · 1996

MovieComedyAction

The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.

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Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3 · 2007

MovieActionAdventure

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

Mr. Ditkovitch

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 · 2004

MovieActionAdventure

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

Mr. Ditkovitch

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons · 2009

Angels & Demons

MovieThrillerMystery

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

Cardinal Petrov

Air Force One

Air Force One · 1997

MovieActionThriller

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

Andrei Kolchak

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery · 1997

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

MovieComedyCrime

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

General Borschevsky

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose · 1986

The Name of the Rose

MovieDramaThriller

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

Severinus

2010

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

Maxim Brailovsky

Spy Hard

Spy Hard · 1996

MovieComedyAction

The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.

Professor Ukrinsky

October Sky

October Sky · 1999

MovieDramaHistory

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

Ike Bykovsky

Reagan

MovieHistoryDrama

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

B.E. Kertchman

Being There

Being There · 1979

MovieComedyDrama

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

Karpatov

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days · 2000

MovieHistoryThriller

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.

Anotoly Dobrinyn

DeepStar Six

DeepStar Six · 1989

MovieActionHorror

The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.

Burciaga

Vice Versa

Vice Versa · 1988

MovieComedyFantasy

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

Kerschner

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon · 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

MovieActionScience Fiction

The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

Cosmonaut Dimitri

Love Affair

Love Affair · 1994

MovieDramaRomance

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.

Ship Captain

Moscow on the Hudson

Moscow on the Hudson · 1984

Moscow on the Hudson

MovieComedyDrama

A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.

Anatoly Cherkasov

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic · 1980

Raise the Titanic

MovieActionAdventure

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Marganin

God's Smile

God's Smile · 2009

MovieComedyRomance

A determined student from Chicago is forced to fulfill the last wish of his ailing grandfather. He has to travel to Odessa, Ukraine, and bring back his grandfather's cat.

Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story · 1989

Enemies, a Love Story

MovieComedyDrama

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

Yaska Kobik

Hit Me

A scene recreation in which two young men cut loose and clobber one another. Filmed on location outside a dollar store at subzero temperatures.

Voice of Mr. Ditkovich

Forest Warrior

Forest Warrior · 1996

MovieActionFamily

McKenna, the spirit of Tanglewood Forest, can transform into a bear, a wolf or an eagle. When a gang of evil lumberjacks led by Travis Thorne arrive in Tanglewood to chop the forest down, McKenna cannot let this happen. With his new friends, the Lords of Tanglewood, a band of children who love to play in the forest, he battles Thorne and his gang.

Buster

The World's Greatest Lover

The World's Greatest Lover · 1977

The World's Greatest Lover

When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.

Actor with Bad Breath

Legacy

While on a hunting trip in the isolated wilderness, a father and his adopted teenage son are turned into the prey of unknown assailants. They are unexpectedly joined in their fight for survival by a stranger who reveals the disturbing truth about the son's biological father, an international crime lord, and why that crime lord has sent trained assassins to kill the teenager.

Boranovic

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds · 2005

SeriesCrimeDrama

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

Arseny Lysowsky

Castle

SeriesDramaCrime

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Sergei Vetotchkin

The West Wing

The West Wing · 1999

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

Mr. Zubatov

Homeland

Homeland · 2011

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Viktor

Chicago Med

Chicago Med · 2015

An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.

Dr. Mischa Lenkov

The Closer

The Closer · 2005

SeriesCrimeDrama

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.

Priest

Heroes

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.

Ivan Spector

Cold Case

Cold Case · 2003

SeriesCrimeDrama

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

Dr. Goran Petrovic

Coach

Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.

Police Officer

Rizzoli & Isles

Rizzoli & Isles · 2010

Rizzoli & Isles

SeriesCrimeDrama

Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.

Dr. Vladmir Papov

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap · 1989

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

Major Yuri Kosenko

MacGyver

MacGyver · 1985

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Yuri Demetri

Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure · 1990

Northern Exposure

SeriesComedyDrama

After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.

Nikolai Apalanov

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary · 2014

Madam Secretary

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.

Ditro Pirosmani

Mad About You

Mad About You · 1992

Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.

Vladimir

MacGyver

MacGyver · 2016

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.

Alexander Orlov

Ellen

Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work and family.

Sergei

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere · 1982

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

Dr. Peltrovich

Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger · 1993

Walker, Texas Ranger

SeriesDramaWestern

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.

Misha

Felicity

Felicity · 1998

SeriesDramaSoap

Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.

Bela

The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show · 1992

The Larry Sanders Show

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

Nicolae

Early Edition

Early Edition · 1996

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?

Vadim

The Rookie: Feds

The Rookie: Feds · 2022

The Rookie: Feds

SeriesCrimeDrama

Special Agent Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI, is a force of nature, the living embodiment of a dream deferred – and she works together with her new colleagues at the Los Angeles office of the Bureau to bring down the country’s toughest criminals.

Consul General Viktar Saroka

Becker

Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx, N.Y., where he always goes the extra mile to help those in need. But Dr. John Becker looks at the world around him and sees a society gone mad, full of incongruities and just plain wrong thinking. And he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to mind – anything.

Alexei