Elya Baskin
Biography: 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.
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Birthday: August 11, 1950
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Known For
The Name of the Rose
1986-09-24
The Name of the Rose
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-24
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Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25
Spider-Man 2
Overview: 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...
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-25
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Spider-Man 3
2007-05-01
Spider-Man 3
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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I Love Us
2021-09-17
I Love Us
Overview: Veteran thief Sammy Silver struggles to trade his criminal ways for married life after he falls in love with a single mother.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997-05-02
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-02
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Moscow on the Hudson
1984-04-06
Moscow on the Hudson
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-06
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DeepStar Six
1989-01-13
DeepStar Six
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-13
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Air Force One
1997-07-25
Air Force One
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-25
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Chicanery
2017-04-29
Chicanery
Overview: Darren Flare is an Emmy Award-winning, slightly dim newscaster, who is about to stumble on the story of the decade: the capture of the FBI's most wanted terrorist, the Imam Abdul Mohammed Zaleeka.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-29
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Angels & Demons
2009-04-23
Angels & Demons
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-23
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October Sky
1999-02-19
October Sky
Overview: Based on 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, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-19
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The Pickle
1993-04-30
The Pickle
Overview: Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt; now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-30
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Being There
1979-12-19
Being There
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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God's Smile
2009-12-03
God's Smile
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2009-12-03
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The Dukes
2007-04-23
The Dukes
Overview: The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. Their manager is desperately trying to get them work but is met with failure at every turn. Finally pushed to the extreme , they pull a heist only a fool would attempt, which leaves them even more desperate. When all seems lost, they find themselves.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-23
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Hit Me
2019-01-15
Hit Me
Overview: A scene recreation in which two young men cut loose and clobber one another. Filmed on location outside a dollar store at subzero temperatures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-15
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Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010-12-28
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Overview: The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-28
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Running Red
1999-03-30
Running Red
Overview: Gregori is an ex-Soviet Commando haunted by the death of his brother, and trying to forget his old life in the US. However, Gregori realizes after he has already started a family of his own that the past is never far behind. A former superior from his days as a Russkie hired gun orders him to kill some people or watch his new family die. It looks like Gregori doesn't have much of a choice, because he's grown fond of having Angie Everhart for a wife...
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-30
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American Pop
1981-02-13
American Pop
Overview: The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
Genres: Animation Music Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-13
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Enemies, a Love Story
1989-12-13
Enemies, a Love Story
Overview: A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-13
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Wheelmen
2005-06-03
Wheelmen
Overview: Two limo drivers hope to make money by escorting an executive around Los Angeles. Things go awry when they get caught up in a sabotage plot to assassinate the Vice President of the United States.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-03
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Jimmy P.
2013-09-11
Jimmy P.
Overview: At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-11
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The Long Recess
1972-06-06
The Long Recess
Overview: A young teacher goes to a school for adults. He is younger than many of his students and some of them are starting to miss school.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-06-06
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My Town
1986-05-25
My Town
Overview: A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-25
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Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997-11-02
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Overview: Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-02
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The World's Greatest Lover
1977-12-18
The World's Greatest Lover
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-18
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Big Man on Campus
1989-12-12
Big Man on Campus
Overview: In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He discovers life as two students bring him out of the tower and into society.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-12
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Embassy
1985-04-21
Embassy
Overview: US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
Genres: Action TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-04-21
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Combat Academy
1986-11-23
Combat Academy
Overview: "Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts. Written by Mark Lennon
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-23
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2010
1984-12-06
2010
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-06
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Color of the Cross
2006-11-09
Color of the Cross
Overview: A retelling of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, based on the idea that he was a black man whose death was a racially motivated hate crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-09
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The Elder Son
2006-01-01
The Elder Son
Overview: A thief on the run convinces a single father that he is his long-lost son. Complications ensue when he falls in love with his newfound "sister".
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Hive
2015-09-14
The Hive
Overview: An amnesiac must reach back into his mind for memories that will help him save the love of his life before a virus completely takes over.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-14
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Love Affair
1994-10-21
Love Affair
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-21
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Spy Hard
1996-05-24
Spy Hard
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-24
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Streets of Gold
1986-01-01
Streets of Gold
Overview: Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets two young amateur boxers. As their coach, he trains them for glory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Silent Screams
2015-04-03
Silent Screams
Overview: Andre Essen (Elya Baskin) says goodbye to his daughter, Natalia (Sasha Kolos), as she heads to America as a foreign exchange student. Natalia bonds with her surrogate family, Amanda (Callan Coles) and her father, Marcus Garrett, before strange supernatural occurrences begin to happen.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-03
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Telegram
1972-05-15
Telegram
Overview: Six-graders Tosha and Kostya are trying to deliver the pre-WWII telegram they accidentally find.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-05-15
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Runaway Virus
2000-01-29
Runaway Virus
Overview: Two virus experts track down contagious people across the world. But it's only a matter of time before L.A. is exposed to the virus.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-29
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Supervized
2019-07-16
Supervized
Overview: Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-16
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979-06-15
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Overview: Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, and crack-shot outlaw Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, soon to be known as The Sundance Kid. This is the 'prequel' of how they met, their first clumsy robberies, the heroic dangers that abound them together, the secret that nearly tore them apart, and the impossible train heist that made them notorious for life. Saddle up and ride with the showdowns, shootouts, bad guys and good times in the days before the fame when fun was the name of the game.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-15
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011-06-28
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-28
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Legacy
2020-05-28
Legacy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-28
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Raise the Titanic
1980-08-01
Raise the Titanic
Overview: To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-01
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Thirteen Days
2000-12-25
Thirteen Days
Overview: 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.
Genres: History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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Zits
1988-07-07
Zits
Overview: When their music teacher needs an expensive operation after being mugged, a group of precocious middle school students attempt to raise the money by selling fake military secrets to the KGB.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-07
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Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
1993-04-21
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Overview: Among the issues Walker has to deal with: a new partner named Trivette, a group of men terrorizing a circus family who camp out at his home, and some bad guys who plan on the ultimate bank caper.
Genres: Crime Action Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-21
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Say It in Russian
2007-12-12
Say It in Russian
Overview: Jacqueline, a Paris society hostess (Faye Dunaway), introduces a fellow American, businessman Andrew Lamont (Steven Brand), to a beautiful young Russian girl, Daria Larina (Agata Gotova), while he is on vacation in Europe. She is the kind of woman who will turn the eye of every man when she walks into a room. Andrew is fascinated by her, as Jacqueline knew he would be.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-12
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Reagan
2024-08-29
Reagan
Overview: 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.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-29
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Vice Versa
1988-02-25
Vice Versa
Overview: A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-25
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Guys' Night in The Thing
2025-01-01
Guys' Night in The Thing
Overview: A group of friends reuniting at a winter retreat are snowed in by the most heinous blizzard in history. But as the night goes on and a terrifying secret is uncovered in the nearby woods, it becomes clear that one of them is not what he seems...and not everyone will make it out alive.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-01
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