Anton Yelchin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1989-03-11 (27 years old)

Deathday

2016-06-19

Place of Birth

Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)

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 ...

Acting

2009

2001

Along Came a Spider

as Dimitri Starodubov

2001

Hearts in Atlantis

as Robert 'Bobby' Garfield

2000

Geppetto

as Featured

2006

Alpha Dog

as Zack Mazursky

2004

House of D

as Tommy

2001

2008

Charlie Bartlett

as Charlie Bartlett

2009

Star Trek

as Ensign Pavel Chekov

2011

The Smurfs

as Clumsy Smurf (voice)

2000

Geppetto

as Fighting Kid at School

2011

Like Crazy

as Jacob Helm

2011

You and I

as Edward

2002

A Time for Dancing

as Jackson Michaels

2011

The Beaver

as Porter Black

2006

Fierce People

as Finn Earl

2008

Middle of Nowhere

as Dorian Spitz

2013

Star Trek Into Darkness

as Ensign Pavel Chekov

2011

Fright Night

as Charley Brewster

2010

2013

The Smurfs 2

as Clumsy Smurf (voice)

2011

2013

Odd Thomas

as Odd Thomas

2013

2014

Cymbeline

as Cloten

2014

Rudderless

as Quentin

2014

2014

5 to 7

as Brian Bloom

2008

New York, I Love You

as Boy in the Park

2015

2014

Dying of the Light

as Milton Schultz

2015

Experimenter

as Rensaleer

2016

2016

Star Trek Beyond

as Ensign Pavel Chekov

2001

15 Minutes

as Boy in Burning Building

2017

We Don't Belong Here

as Maxwell Green

2015

Broken Horses

as Jacob Heckum

2015

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang

as Dr. Jack Stewart

2015

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Porto

as Jake Kleeman

2016

Rise

as Basil

2017

Rememory

as Todd

2018

2014

2004

Jack

as Jack

2015

Court of Conscience

as Father James

2002

Rooftop Kisses

as Charlie

2014

2012

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

as The Albino Pirate

2019

Love, Antosha

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Trollhunters: Happy Birthday to You!

as Jim Lake Jr. (voice) (uncredited)

2016

Trollhunters: New Year's Eve Countdown

as Jim Lake Jr. (voice) (archival sound)

Production

2016

Star Trek Beyond

as In Memory Of

2018

Thoroughbreds

as In Memory Of

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