Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin (August 11th, 1950), known professionally as Elya Baskin is a Latvian-born Soviet-American character actor known for playing Eastern European characters who first gained attention for his role in Moscow on the Hudson as Robin Williams's character's best friend, Anatoly. He is best known for playing Peter Parker's harsh and unfriendly landlord, Mr. Ditkovich in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, and also played cosmonaut Max Brailovsky in 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact.