Anton Yelchin

Known for ActingBorn 1989-03-11Died 2016-06-19Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)

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), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Trollhunters: New Year's Eve Countdown

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Criminal Minds

The Apprentice

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Trollhunters: Happy Birthday to You!

Huff

ER

Unity

The Practice

Love, Antosha

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Rooftop Kisses

Judging Amy

Star Trek

Taken

Star Trek Into Darkness

Only Lovers Left Alive

Rudderless

Without a Trace

5 to 7

Court of Conscience

Automobile Waltz

Odd Thomas

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

Star Trek Beyond

Green Room

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

Hearts in Atlantis

Charlie Bartlett

Alpha Dog

A Time for Dancing

Experimenter

Thoroughbreds

The Beaver

Like Crazy

House of D

Along Came a Spider

Fright Night

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

Rememory

Terminator Salvation

Fierce People

New York, I Love You

Geppetto

Rise

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang

The Smurfs 2