Anton Yelchin
birthday: 1989-03-11
Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
deathday: 2016-06-19

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.

Alpha Dog

Alpha Dog

2006 . movie

Geppetto

Geppetto

2000 . movie

House of D

House of D

2004 . movie

Star Trek

Star Trek

2009 . movie

The Smurfs

The Smurfs

2011 . movie

Geppetto

Geppetto

2000 . movie

Like Crazy

Like Crazy

2011 . movie

You and I

You and I

2011 . movie

The Beaver

The Beaver

2011 . movie

Fright Night

Fright Night

2011 . movie

The Smurfs 2

The Smurfs 2

2013 . movie

Odd Thomas

Odd Thomas

2013 . movie

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

2014 . movie

Rudderless

Rudderless

2014 . movie

5 to 7

5 to 7

2014 . movie

Experimenter

Experimenter

2015 . movie

Green Room

Green Room

2016 . movie

15 Minutes

15 Minutes

2001 . movie

Unity

Unity

2015 . movie

Porto

Porto

2017 . movie

Rise

Rise

2016 . movie

Rememory

Rememory

2017 . movie

Jack

Jack

2004 . movie

Judging Amy

Judging Amy

1999 . tv

Huff

Huff

2004 . tv

Taken

Taken

2002 . tv

The Practice

The Practice

1997 . tv

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005 . tv

ER

ER

1994 . tv

Taken

Taken

2002 . tv

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2002 . tv

Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers

2012 . tv