Anton Yelchin
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1989-03-11
Deathday 2016-06-19 (27 years old)
Place of Birth Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Also Known As Anton Viktorovich Yelchin, Антон Ельчин, Anton Elchin, Анто́н Ви́кторович Ельчи́н, Анто́н Ельчи́н, Αντόν Βίκτωροβιτς Γιέλτσιν, Αντόν Γιέλτσιν, 안톤 옐친
Anton Yelchin
Biography
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American film and television actor, known for portraying Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series, and for several other prominent roles. Born to a Russian Jewish family in Leningrad, Yelchin relocated to the United States as an infant. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles and the Hollywood films Along Came a Spider and Hearts in Atlantis (both 2001). His role as Jacob Clarke in the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken was significant in furthering his career as a child actor. He later appeared on the television series Huff and appeared in the films Terminator Salvation (2009), Charlie Bartlett (2007), Fright Night (2011), Like Crazy (2011), The Smurfs (2011), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). He appears in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and and Star Trek Beyond (2016). Yelchin frequently worked on independent and lower-profile films, headlining the romantic drama Like Crazy (2011), the 2011 remake of Fright Night, the supernatural thriller Odd Thomas (2013), the romance 5 to 7 (2014), the horror comedy Burying the Ex (2014), the neo-noir The Driftless Area (2015), and the horror thriller Green Room (2015). As a voice actor, he voiced Clumsy Smurf in the live-action Smurfs films (2011–2013) and lead role James "Jim" Lake Jr. on the Netflix animated series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016–2018). He maintained an active career until his accidental death in 2016 when he was fatally injured by his SUV. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Yelchin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Tim
as Milton Schultz
as Jim Lake Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
as Todd
as Jake Kleeman
as Maxwell Green
as Jim Lake Jr. (voice) (archival sound)
as Ensign Pavel Chekov
as Pat
as Basil
as Jim Lake Jr. (voice)
as Father James
as Rensaleer
as Narrator (voice)
as Pierre
as Jacob Heckum
as Dr. Jack Stewart
as Milton Schultz
as Quentin
as Max
as Cloten
as Wayne
as Brian Bloom
as James
as Ian
as Clumsy Smurf (voice)
as Clumsy Smurf (voice)
as Ensign Pavel Chekov
as Odd Thomas
as Richard
as The Albino Pirate
as Albino Pirate (US) (voice)
as Clumsy (voice)
as Jacob Helm
as Charley Brewster
as Clumsy Smurf (voice)
as Porter Black
as Edward
as Ace Zuckerman
as Kyle Reese
as Ensign Pavel Chekov
as Dorian Spitz
as Boy in the Park
as Charlie Bartlett
as Finn Earl
as Zack Mazursky
as Tommy
as Nathan Harris
as Jack
as Byrd Huffstodt
as Jackson Michaels
as Charlie
as Jacob Clarke
as Jacob Clarke (Child)
as Johnny Atkins
as Robert 'Bobby' Garfield
as Dimitri Starodubov
as Boy in Burning Building
as Milo
as Keith Tyler
as Augie
as Featured
as Fighting Kid at School
as Stewart
as Davis Bishop
as Justin Langer
as Robbie Edelstein
Crew
as In Memory Of
as In Memory Of
as In Memory Of