1. Anton Yelchin began his career as a child actor, appearing as the lead of the mystery drama film Hearts in Atlantis and a series regular on the Showtime comedy-drama Huff.
34 Facts About Anton Yelchin
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Anton Yelchin's fame grew when he guest-starred in a 2004 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Anton Yelchin reprised his role as Chekov in the sequels Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond.
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Anton Yelchin frequently worked on independent and lower-profile films, headlining the romantic drama Like Crazy, the 2011 remake of Fright Night, the supernatural thriller Odd Thomas, the romance 5 to 7, the horror comedy Burying the Ex, the neo-noir The Driftless Area, and the horror thriller Green Room.
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Anton Yelchin maintained an active career until his accidental death in mid-2016 when he was fatally injured by his SUV at the age of 27.
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Anton Yelchin was born on March 11,1989, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
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Anton Yelchin was Jewish, and his family was subjected to religious and political oppression in the Soviet Union.
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Anton Yelchin said that his grandparents "suffered in ways [he] can't even begin to understand under Stalin".
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Nationally, Anton Yelchin's parents were the third-ranked pair team; they thus qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics, but were not permitted to participate by the Soviet authorities.
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Anton Yelchin's family left for the United States in September 1989, when he was six months old, and were thereafter granted refugee status from the Department of State.
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Anton Yelchin's mother worked as a figure skating choreographer and his father as a figure skating coach, having been Sasha Cohen's first trainer.
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Anton Yelchin's uncle is the children's author and painter Eugene Anton Yelchin.
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Anton Yelchin attended the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Tarzana, California and enrolled at the University of Southern California in the fall of 2007 to study film.
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On Showtime's television series Huff, Anton Yelchin played Byrd Huffstodt, the 14-year-old son of the eponymous character.
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Anton Yelchin subsequently headlined Fierce People, which received a limited release on September 7,2007.
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Anton Yelchin played supporting roles in two blockbuster films released in May 2009: Star Trek, in which he played teenage navigator Pavel Chekov, and Terminator Salvation, in which he played a young Kyle Reese.
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In 2011, Anton Yelchin played Charley Brewster in Craig Gillespie's remake film Fright Night, starred in the romantic drama Like Crazy, and voiced Clumsy Smurf in the film adaptation of The Smurfs, as well as its 2013 sequel.
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Anton Yelchin again played the role of Chekov in the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness.
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Anton Yelchin played the lead in the thriller Odd Thomas.
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Anton Yelchin reprised his role as Chekov in Star Trek Beyond, which was released in 2016.
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Anton Yelchin completed filming several independent films that were released posthumously.
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Anton Yelchin recorded the voice role of Jim Lake Jr.
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Anton Yelchin was cast as one of the lead actors in a TV adaptation of Stephen King's book Mr Mercedes, but died before filming began.
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Anton Yelchin enjoyed playing guitar, and was a fan of acoustic blues music.
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Anton Yelchin once played for a punk band called the Hammerheads.
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Anton Yelchin's music was used in the soundtrack of Love Antosha, a documentary released after his death.
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Anton Yelchin's photography was critically acclaimed by various magazines around the world as exhibits continued.
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Anton Yelchin briefly dated his co-star Kristen Stewart when they were filming Fierce People; after his death, she described him as her "first heartbreak".
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Anton Yelchin was pinned between his Jeep Grand Cherokee and a brick pillar gate post outside his house in Studio City, Los Angeles.
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Anton Yelchin was featured in the "In Memoriam" presentation during the 89th Academy Awards.
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In October 2017, a bronze statue of Anton Yelchin was erected at his grave in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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Anton Yelchin was memorialized in the video game Star Trek Online.
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Anton Yelchin received a memorial plaque alongside several other late Star Trek actors, including Nimoy, James Doohan, and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
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The dealership from which Anton Yelchin purchased the vehicle stated that he was responsible for his own death because he had allegedly "misused" and "modified" the vehicle and asked to be removed from the lawsuit.