Elya Baskin

Baskin was born in Riga the son of Frieda and Zalman Baskin  He attended Moscows 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 TVepisode or a major movie production  He is also a regular on the longrunning 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 CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia