Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin
Biographical information
Name at Birth	Антон Викторович Ельчин
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	March 11, 1989
Date of Death	June 19, 2016
Age	27 (Deceased)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality	Russia
Origin	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Professional Information
Occupation(s)	Actor
Years Active	2000–2016

Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (Russian: Анто́н Ви́кторович Ельчи́н; March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American film and television actor, known for portraying Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series, Jacob Helm in Like Crazy, Jim Lake Jr. in Trollhunters, and several other prominent roles.

He voiced Jim Lake Jr. in Trollhunters Parts 1-3, until he is replaced by Emile Hirsch, who voices Jim for the rest of the Tales of Arcadia trilogy.

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 Alpha Dog (2007), Terminator Salvation (2009), Charlie Bartlett (2007), Fright Night (2011), The Smurfs (2011), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) and Green Room (2015). He appeared in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and posthumously-released Star Trek Beyond (2016) and Thoroughbreds (2017).

Early in the morning of June 19, 2016, Yelchin was found by friends pinned between his Jeep Grand Cherokee and a brick pillar outside his home in Studio City, California, in what was described as a "freak accident". He was pronounced dead later that day at the age of 27.

Since his death, the documentary film Love Antosha has been released, which focuses on Yelchin's life, personal relationships, and his secretive struggle against the terminal chronically medical illness cystic fibrosis (CF).

Filmography

• Star Trek (Chekov) (2009)
• Green Room (Pat) (2015)
• Like Crazy (Jacob) (2011)
• Hearts in Atlantis (Bobby Garfield) (2001)

Trivia

• Trollhunters was Yelchin's second project working alongside Charlie Saxton. The two voiced the characters of Shun Kazama and Shirō Mizunuma, respectively, in the English-dub of From Up on Poppy Hill.
• Emile Hirsch has been cast to replace Anton Yelchin as Jim Lake Jr. for Trollhunters Part 3.

External Links

• IMDB