Highest rated movie: Being There (1979)
Lowest rated movie: Color of the Cross (2006)
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Movies starring Elya Baskin have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 56%.
Being There - released in 1979 - is Elya Baskin's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 624 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Elya Baskin is Color of the Cross - released in 2006 - with a score of 38% based on 15 reviews.
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.
Elya Baskin has acted in films with Paul Mazursky, Dylan Baker, Boris Lee Krutonog and Savely Kramarov.
Elya Baskin has worked with these film directors: Paul Mazursky, Sam Raimi, Ron Howard and Michael Bay.
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