Anton Yelchin

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 The Pirates Band of Misfits 2012 and Only Lovers Left Alive 2013 Yelchin frequently worked on independent and lowerprofile 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 neonoir The Driftless Area 2015 and the thriller Green Room 2015 As a voice actor he voiced Clumsy Smurf in the liveaction Smurfs films 20112013 and lead role James Jim Lake Jr on the Netflix animated series Trollhunters Tales of Arcadia 20162018 He maintained an active career until his accidental death in 2016 when he was fatally injured by his SUV Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Yelchin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia