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), Like Crazy (2011), The Smurfs (2011), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). He appears in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
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 horror 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.
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RevenueActing
Primarily2019 Love, Antosha as Self (archive footage)
2018 Thoroughbreds as Tim In Memory Of
2017 Trollhunters: Happy Birthday to You! as Jim Lake Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
2017 Rememory as Todd
2017 Porto as Jake Kleeman
2017 We Don't Belong Here as Maxwell Green
2016 Trollhunters: New Year's Eve Countdown as Jim Lake Jr. (voice) (archival sound)
2016 Star Trek Beyond as Ensign Pavel Chekov In Memory Of
2016 Green Room as Pat
2016 Rise as Basil
2015 Court of Conscience as Father James
2015 Experimenter as Rensaleer
2015 Unity as Narrator (voice)
2015 The Driftless Area as Pierre
2015 Broken Horses as Jacob Heckum
2015 Kiss Kiss Fingerbang as Dr. Jack Stewart
2014 Dying of the Light as Milton Schultz
2014 Rudderless as Quentin
2014 Burying the Ex as Max
2014 Cymbeline as Cloten
2014 The Apprentice as Wayne
2014 5 to 7 as Brian Bloom
2014 Automobile Waltz as James
2013 Only Lovers Left Alive as Ian
2013 Broken Bells: Holding on For Life as Boy
2013 The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow as Clumsy Smurf (voice)
2013 The Smurfs 2 as Clumsy Smurf (voice)
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness as Ensign Pavel Chekov
2013 Odd Thomas as Odd Thomas
2012 That As They Say Is That as Richard
2012 So You Want To Be A Pirate! as The Albino Pirate
2011 The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol as Clumsy (voice)
2011 Like Crazy as Jacob Helm
2011 Fright Night as Charley Brewster
2011 The Smurfs as Clumsy Smurf (voice)
2011 The Beaver as Porter Black
2011 You and I as Edward
2010 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac as Ace Zuckerman
2009 Terminator Salvation as Kyle Reese
2009 Star Trek as Ensign Pavel Chekov
2008 Middle of Nowhere as Dorian Spitz
2008 New York, I Love You as Boy in the Park
2008 Charlie Bartlett as Charlie Bartlett
2006 Fierce People as Finn Earl
2006 Alpha Dog as Zack Mazursky
2004 Jack as Jack
2004 House of D as Tommy
2002 A Time for Dancing as Jackson Michaels
2002 Rooftop Kisses as Charlie
2001 Hearts in Atlantis as Robert 'Bobby' Garfield
2001 Along Came a Spider as Dimitri Starodubov
2001 15 Minutes as Boy in Burning Building
2001 Delivering Milo as Milo
2000 A Man Is Mostly Water as Augie
2000 Geppetto as Featured, Fighting Kid at School
1996 Oscars and Ulcers: The Production History of 'High Noon'