Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (Roushie: Анто́н Ви́кторович Ельчи́н; Mairch 11, 1989 – Juin 19, 2016) wis an American film an telly actor, kent for portrayin Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek rebuit series, Jacob Helm in Like Crazy, Jim Lake Jr. in Trollhunters, an several ither prominent roles.

Anton Yelchin
Антон Викторович Ельчин
Yelchin at the Only Lovers Left Alive premiere in September 2013
Native nameАнтон Викторович Ельчин
BornAnton Viktorovich Yelchin
11 Mairch 1989(1989-03-11)
Leningrad, Roushie SFSR, Soviet Union
(nou Saunt Petersburg, Roushie)
Dee'd19 Juin 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 27)
Studio City, Californie, U.S.
Cause o daith
Blunt traumatic asphyxia
Restin place
Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, Californie, U.S.
CitizenshipUnitit States
EddicationSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
ThriftActor
Years active2000–2016
Hicht175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
KinEugene Yelchin (uncle)
Wabsteid
anton-yelchin.com

Born tae a Roushie Jewish faimily in Leningrad, Yelchin relocatit tae the Unitit States as an infant. He began performin in the late 1990s, appearin in several telly roles an the Hollywood films Along Came a Spider an Hearts in Atlantis (baith 2001). His role as Jacob Clarke in the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken wis signeeficant in furtherin his career as a bairn actor.[1] He later appeared on the telly series Huff an appeared in the films Alpha Dog (2007), Terminator Salvation (2009), Charlie Bartlett (2007), Fright Night (2011), The Smurfs (2011), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Green Room (2015), an Thoroughbred (2017). He appeared in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), an the posthumously released Star Trek Beyond (2016).

Early in the morning o Juin 19, 2016, Yelchin wis foond bi friends pinned atween his Jeep Grand Cherokee an a brick pillar ootside his hame in Studio City, Californie, in whit wis descrived as a "freak accident".[2] He wis pronoonced deid later that day at the age o 27.[3][4]

References eedit

  1. Staff (1996–2012). "Anton Yelchin". AskMen - Become A Better Man. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived frae the original on 25 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 19 Juin 2012.
  2. "'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin dies in freak car accident". CNN. Retrieved 19 Juin 2016.
  3. "Actor who played Chekov in Star Trek reboot dead after being pinned by own car". CBC News. Retrieved 20 Juin 2016.
  4. "The mangled gate Anton Yelchin was pinned against by his two TON Jeep". Mail Online. Retrieved 20 Juin 2016.