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Anton Yelchin

American actor (1989–2016)

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Anton Yelchin

Yelchin in 2011

Born

Anton Viktorovich Yelchin


(1989-03-11)March 11, 1989

Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia)

DiedJune 19, 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 27)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Cause of deathAccidental blunt traumaticasphyxia
Resting placeHollywood Forever God`s acre, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
OccupationActor
Years active2000–2016
RelativesEugene Yelchin (uncle)
Website

Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American actor.

Clan in the Soviet Union round on a Russian Jewish family, subside emigrated to the United States with his parents at magnanimity age of six months. Forbidden began his career as top-hole child actor, appearing as nobleness lead of the mystery representation film Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and a series regular predispose the Showtime comedy-drama Huff (2004–2006).

His fame grew when recognized guest-starred in a 2004 chapter of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Yelchin landed higher-profile film roles be pleased about 2009, portraying Pavel Chekov break off the Star Trek reboot near Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation. He reprised his role orang-utan Chekov in the sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) scold Star Trek Beyond (2016).

Yelchin frequently worked on independent near lower-profile films, headlining the idealized drama Like Crazy (2011), ethics 2011 remake of Fright Night, the supernatural thriller Odd Thomas (2013), the romance 5 hitch 7 (2014), the horror drollery Burying the Ex (2014), representation neo-noir The Driftless Area (2015), and the horror thriller Green Room (2015).

As a check actor, he voiced Clumsy Smurf in the live-action Smurfs cinema (2011–2013) and the lead impersonation James Lake Jr. on influence Netflix animated series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016–2018). He maintain an active career until rule accidental death in 2016 what because he was fatally injured impervious to his SUV at the coop of 27.

Early life opinion education

Yelchin was born on Hike 11, 1989, in Leningrad, Land SFSR, Soviet Union.[1][2] His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were pair figure skaters who were stars of the Peterburg Ice Ballet for 15 years.[3][4] He was Jewish, and cap family was subjected to scrupulous and political oppression in nobleness Soviet Union.[3][5][6] Yelchin said walk his grandparents "suffered in distance [he] can't even begin swap over understand under Stalin".[6] Nationally, Yelchin's parents were the third-ranked in bad condition team; they thus qualified friendship the 1972 Winter Olympics, on the contrary were not permitted to partake by the Soviet authorities.[3][4] Yelchin said the reason was unclear: "I don't exactly know what that was – because they were Jewish or because nobility KGB didn't want them limit travel."[7]

Yelchin's family left for illustriousness United States in September 1989, when he was six months old, and were thereafter conj albeit refugee status from the Commission of State.[3][4] His mother phony as a figure skating choreographer and his father as spick figure skating coach, having archaic Sasha Cohen's first trainer.[8][9] Yelchin's uncle is the children's inventor and painter Eugene Yelchin.[3] Paddock an article published in glory Los Angeles Times in Dec 1989, Yelchin's mother stated, "A woman came up, saw Involvement, and said, 'He's beautiful.

Crystal-clear will be actor.'"[3] Yelchin avowed that he "wasn't very good" at figure skating, his parents' profession.[10]

Yelchin grew up in authority San Fernando Valley.[11] He distressful the Sherman Oaks Center good spirits Enriched Studies in Tarzana, California[8] and enrolled at the Campus of Southern California in character fall of 2007 to scan film.[12]

Yelchin was born with cystic fibrosis, though the details work out his medical condition were nonpareil revealed posthumously[13] in 2017 saturate a foundation established in wreath name, the Anton Yelchin Foundation.[14][15] The foundation aims to back up children and young adults timelessness 7-27, who were engaged overcome the arts but also uneven from debilitating disease or disability.[16]

Career

After his film debut in A Man Is Mostly Water, Yelchin's early roles in both pick up and television include Delivering Milo, Along Came a Spider, Taken, and House of D.

Yelchin played Bobby Garfield in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), for which he received a Young Grandmaster Award for Best Performance atmosphere a Feature Film: Leading Growing Actor in 2002.[17]

On Showtime's hold close series Huff, Yelchin played Explorer Huffstodt, the 14-year-old son insensible the eponymous character (Hank Azaria).

In 2004, he guest-starred sham the Season Four episode disregard Curb Your Enthusiasm as Actor, Cheryl David's cousin and unadorned self-described magician who knows smashing card trick. In 2006, without fear guest-starred in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Tru Love", as a boy who falls in love with wreath teacher. He also appeared be grateful for the Criminal Minds episode "Sex, Birth & Death" as Nathan Harris, a boy who has murderous urges toward prostitutes queue approaches Dr.

Spencer Reid make somebody's day help him before he in point of fact does kill.

In Alpha Dog, Yelchin played Zack Mazursky, swell character based on real-life manslaughter victim Nicholas Markowitz.[8]USA Today's analysis described Yelchin's performance as "heartbreakingly endearing".[18] After the film's first showing, Markowitz's mother praised his playacting of her son.[19][failed verification] Yelchin subsequently headlined Fierce People, which received a limited release arrangement September 7, 2007.

In 2008, he played the title segregate in Charlie Bartlett, a crust about a wealthy teenager straighten out a public high school.[20] No problem also appeared alongside the Slavonic duo t.A.T.u. in the single You and I (which was filmed in Moscow during nobility summer of 2007).[21]

Yelchin played significance direction roles in two blockbuster big screen released in May 2009: Star Trek, in which he unnatural teenage navigator Pavel Chekov, paramount Terminator Salvation, in which loosen up played a young Kyle Reese.[22][23]

In 2011, Yelchin played Charley Brewster in Craig Gillespie's remake vinyl Fright Night,[24] starred in rectitude romantic drama Like Crazy, added voiced Clumsy Smurf in position film adaptation of The Smurfs, as well as its 2013 sequel.[25][26] He replaced Russell Tovey for the voice role nigh on Albino Pirate in the Land version of the animated ep The Pirates!

In an Thrill with Scientists! (also known rightfully The Pirates! Band of Misfits) (2012).[27][28]

Yelchin again played the segregate of Chekov in the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness. He played the lead condensation the thriller Odd Thomas (2013).[29] Yelchin reprised his role chimpanzee Chekov in Star Trek Beyond, which was released in 2016.

He completed filming several sovereign films that were released posthumously.[30] He recorded the voice portrayal of Jim Lake Jr. dealings Guillermo del Toro's animated Video receiver series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia.[31][32] He was cast as subject of the lead actors spiky a TV adaptation of Author King's book Mr.

Mercedes, on the other hand died before filming began.[33]

Personal life

Yelchin enjoyed playing guitar, and was a fan of acoustic despondency music. He once played oblige a punk band called Righteousness Hammerheads.[5][34] His music was reachmedown in the soundtrack of Fondness Antosha a documentary released subsequently his death.

He was concerned in photography. In January 2018, an exhibit of his picturing titled Anton Yelchin: Provocative Beauty was displayed at New Royalty City's De Buck Gallery.[35] Yelchin's photography was critically acclaimed inured to various magazines around the pretend as exhibits continued.[36]

Yelchin briefly ancient his co-star Kristen Stewart what because they were filming Fierce People; after his death, she asserted him as her "first heartbreak".[37]

Death

After Yelchin failed to arrive be persistent a rehearsal on June 18, 2016, he was found manner by friends at around 1:10 a.m.

that night.[38][39] He was pinned between his Jeep Illustrious Cherokee and a brick fort gate post outside his residence in Studio City, Los Angeles.[40][41][42] As Yelchin apparently got hearten of his car and went to check his locked ride for mail, the vehicle hedonistic back down his driveway, which was on a steep overturn, and trapped him against authority pillar and a security barricade.

He was pronounced dead enthral the scene;[43][33] the Los Angeles County Coroner's office identified say publicly cause of death as "blunt traumatic asphyxia" and stated think about it there were "no obvious suspecting circumstances involved".[44][45][46]

Tributes

Following Yelchin's death, interpretation producers of Star Trek declared that the role of Chekov would not be recast tolerate that the character would pull up written out of any major Star Trek films.

Star Journey Beyond was dedicated to Yelchin and Leonard Nimoy, who locked away also died since the former film.

Smurfs: The Lost Village, We Don't Belong Here, Rememory, Porto, Newness, Thoroughbreds, and character first two episodes of Trollhunters are dedicated to him, momentous the entirety of Trollhunters life dedicated to him upon warmth conclusion in May 2018.

Yelchin was featured in the "In Memoriam" presentation during the 89th Academy Awards.[47] Actors and precision celebrities posted their condolences point social media.[48][49][50]

In October 2017, cool bronze statue of Yelchin was erected at his grave infant the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Celebrities present at the unveiling party included Jennifer Lawrence, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, J. J. Abrams, Emile Hirsch, Demi Moore, Jon Voight, Drake Doremus, and Jeremy Saulnier.

Yelchin was memorialized look the video game Star Pass through Online. He received a commemorative plaque alongside several other invigorate Star Trek actors, including Nimoy, James Doohan, and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.

A Starfleet vessel named "The Yelchin" research paper mentioned twice in the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Unification III" (S03E07) and again in picture season four finale "Coming Home" (S04E13).[51][52]

In January 2019, Viktor take Irina Yelchin premiered a pic about their son—Love, Antosha—at greatness 2019 Sundance Film Festival.[53]

Lawsuit endure recalls

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), honesty manufacturer of the Grand Iroquois, was aware of 2014 person in charge 2015 models having a elate rate of rollaway incidents privilege to a gearshift design lose concentration could make it difficult rationalize the driver to determine of necessity the vehicle was in fall-back or still in gear.

FCA had already recalled all 2014–15 Grand Cherokees for this argument in April 2016, but say publicly software patch to repair dignity vehicles did not reach dealers until the week of Yelchin's death. Following his death, FCA accelerated the recall campaign other took steps to get influence affected Jeeps repaired more gladly than originally planned.[54]

In August 2016, Yelchin's parents announced through their attorney that they were mentation to file a wrongful swallow up lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler.[55] Honourableness dealership from which Yelchin purchased the vehicle stated that unwind was responsible for his disintegrate death, because he had avowedly "misused" and "modified" the medium, and asked to be unfriendly from the lawsuit.[56] In Step 2018, it was announced lose one\'s train of thought Yelchin's family and Fiat Chrysler had confidentially settled out apparent court.[57]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

Accolades

See also

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