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Anton Yelchin
Антон Викторович Ельчин
Yelchin at the Deauville American Film Festival in September 2011
Born
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin

(1989-03-11)March 11, 1989
Leningrad, Soviet Union
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
DiedJune 19, 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 27)
Studio City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of deathBlunt traumatic asphyxia
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationSherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
OccupationActor
Years active2000–2016
Known forPavel Chekov in the Star Trek film series
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Parent(s)Irina Korina
Viktor Yelchin
RelativesEugene Yelchin (uncle)
Websiteanton-yelchin.com

Anton Viktorovich Yelchin[a] (March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American television and film actor. He was best known as Pavel Chekov in three Star Trek films: the 2009 reboot film of the same name; the first sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013); and the posthumously released Star Trek Beyond (2016). He was also known for his work in independent cinema.

Born to a Russian Jewish family in Leningrad, Yelchin relocated to the United States, where he began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television and film roles, and receiving recognition for Hearts in Atlantis (2001). His role as Jacob Clarke in Steven Spielberg's miniseries Taken was significant in furthering his career as a child actor.[1] He starred in multiple television series, including Huff and the posthumously released Trollhunters.

Early life

Yelchin at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Yelchin was born March 11, 1989, in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation).[2][3] His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were pair figure skaters, who were celebrities and stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet for fifteen years.[4][5] His family is Jewish; in the USSR, they were subjected to religious and political oppression.[4][6][7] Yelchin had said: "My grandparents suffered in ways I can't even begin to understand under Stalin."[7] Nationally, 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.[4][5] Yelchin had said the reason was unclear: "I don't exactly know what that was – because they were Jewish or because the KGB didn't want them to travel".[8]

Yelchin's family moved to the United States in September 1989, when Anton was six months old, after receiving refugee status from the United States Department of State.[4][5] Yelchin's mother worked as a figure skating choreographer and his father as a figure skating coach, having been Sasha Cohen's first trainer.[9][10] Yelchin's uncle is the children's author and painter Eugene Yelchin.[4]

In an article published in the Los Angeles Times in December 1989, Yelchin's mother stated "A woman came up, saw Anton, and said, 'He's beautiful. He will be actor.'"[4] Yelchin had stated that he "wasn't very good" at figure skating, his parents' profession.[11]

Career

Yelchin at the Deauville American Film Festival in September 2011

After his film debut A Man Is Mostly Water, Yelchin's early roles in both film and television included A Time for Dancing,[1] Delivering Milo, House of D and Taken. He guest-starred in the season four episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, as Stewart, Cheryl David's cousin and a self-described magician, knowing a card trick. His biggest film recognition came for the role of Bobby Garfield in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), in which he won Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor at the 2002 Young Artist Awards.

In Showtime's television series Huff, he played Byrd Huffstodt, the 14-year-old son of the eponymous character (Hank Azaria). In 2006, he guest-starred in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Tru Love", as a boy who falls in love with his teacher. He also appeared in the Criminal Minds episode "Sex, Birth & Death" as Nathan Harris, a boy who has murderous urges towards prostitutes and approaches Dr. Spencer Reid to help him before he actually does kill.

In Alpha Dog, Yelchin played Zack Mazursky, a character based on the death of Nicholas Markowitz.[9] USA Today's review described the performance as "heartbreakingly endearing".[12] After the premiere, Markowitz's mother praised his portrayal of her son.[13] Yelchin subsequently headlined Fierce People, which received a limited release on September 7, 2007. In 2008, he played the title role in Charlie Bartlett, a film about a wealthy teenager in a public high school.[14] He also appeared alongside the Russian duo t.A.T.u. in the film You and I (which was filmed in Moscow during the summer of 2007),[15] and co-starred with Susan Sarandon and Justin Chatwin in Middle of Nowhere. He starred in two films released in May 2009, including the eleventh Star Trek film as teenage navigator Pavel Chekov and Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation.[16][17]

In 2011, Yelchin played Charley Brewster in Craig Gillespie's remake film Fright Night,[18] starred in the romantic drama Like Crazy, and voiced Clumsy Smurf in the film adaptation of The Smurfs and its sequel.[19][20] He replaced Russell Tovey for the voice role of Albino Pirate in the American version of the animated film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (also known as The Pirates! Band of Misfits) (2012).[21][22] Yelchin voiced Shun in Studio Ghibli's From Up on Poppy Hill.

He reprised his role for Chekov in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and played the lead in the thriller Odd Thomas (2013)[23] and the horror comedy Burying the Ex (2014). In 2015, he starred in the independent horror film Green Room which premiered at the Cannes film festival that year and received limited theatrical release in May 2016.

Shortly before his death, Yelchin had reprised his role as Chekov in Star Trek Beyond, which was released on July 22, 2016. He also completed filming several independent films which released posthumously.[24] He recorded the voice role of Jim in Guillermo del Toro's Trollhunters.[25][26]

Personal life

Yelchin once played for the disbanded punk band the Hammerheads.[6][27] He enjoyed playing the guitar, saying that it gave him "a lot of fulfillment," and was a fan of acoustic blues music.

He attended the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Tarzana, California,[9] and enrolled at the University of Southern California in fall 2007 to study film.[28]

Death

On June 19, 2016, at about 1 AM, friends found Yelchin's body pinned between his Jeep Grand Cherokee and a brick pillar outside his home in Studio City, California, in what was described as a "freak accident".[29] Yelchin exited his car while in his driveway, which is on a steep incline, when it rolled back and trapped him against the pillar and a security fence.[30] He was pronounced dead later that day.[31] The Jeep crushed his lungs, and he is believed to have died within a minute of impact.[32]

The possible cause for this kind of accident happening, is that the transmission gear selector shift stick used by Fiat-Chrysler in this model, has a new and different design that unlike the traditional one, does not provide the tactile feedback that the older and much more common selector provided; unless the driver of the vehicle takes de time and extra step of carefully looking into the mechanism indication lights to ensure that the transmission is effectively put into "Park" position. As it was designed, the new selector has only two actions to send the "up" and "down" commands to the transmission, therefore the driver has to check how many "steps" the electrical mechanism has advanced and it is not possible to assure by feel only, in which gear or position the transmission is in a given moment. The Actor stepped down from his vehicle without knowing that the transmission was not in the proper "Park" position, which allowed the vehicle to roll in a free manner and pinned him against a pillar, producing his death.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office identified the cause of death as "blunt traumatic asphyxia" and stated that there were "no obvious suspicious circumstances involved".[33]

Tributes

Yelchin's grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

The producers of Star Trek said the role of Chekov would not be recast and the character would be written out of any subsequent films. Star Trek Beyond was dedicated to Yelchin.

Smurfs: The Lost Village was dedicated to him, as he had provided the voice of Clumsy Smurf in the live-action Smurfs films.[34] Additionally, We Don't Belong Here, Rememory, Porto, Newness and the first two episodes of Trollhunters are dedicated to him.

He was also featured in the "In Memoriam" section during the 89th Academy Awards.[35]

In October 2017, a bronze statue of Yelchin was erected at his grave in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Celebrities present at the unveiling ceremony included Jennifer Lawrence, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, J. J. Abrams, Emile Hirsch, Demi Moore, Jon Voight, Drake Doremus and Jeremy Saulnier. Saldana spoke at the ceremony, paying tribute to Yelchin: "It is a bittersweet moment, because we’re here for Anton, and he’s not here with us. But, it alleviates my heart knowing that we’ll keep him alive. We’re going to keep remembering him in the hopes that by practicing all the things he believed in and remembering all the love that he gave us, and all the joy he gave us, we’re able to just keep him here with us."[36][37][38]

Lawsuit

The vehicle involved was among some Fiat Chrysler models under a recall notice for transmission errors leading to unintended rolling and while the initial recall had begun before Yelchin's death, no affected vehicles had yet been repaired.[citation needed]

On August 1, 2016, the attorney of Yelchin's parents announced that they were planning to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler.[39] The dealership Yelchin purchased the vehicle from claimed he was responsible for his own death, because he had "misused" and "modified" the vehicle. The dealer also asked to be removed from the lawsuit.[40]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 A Man Is Mostly Water Augie
2001 Delivering Milo Milo
2001 15 Minutes Boy in Burning Building
2001 Along Came a Spider Dimitri Starodubov
2001 Hearts in Atlantis Bobby Garfield
2002 A Time for Dancing Jackson
2002 Rooftop Kisses Charlie
2004 House of D Tommy Warshaw
2005 Fierce People Finn Earl
2006 Alpha Dog Zack Mazursky
2007 Charlie Bartlett Charlie Bartlett
2008 Middle of Nowhere Dorian Spitz
2008 New York, I Love You Boy in the Park Segment: "Brett Ratner"
2009 Star Trek Pavel Chekov
2009 Terminator Salvation Kyle Reese
2010 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Ace Zuckerman
2011 Like Crazy Jacob Helm
2011 You and I Edvard Nikitin
2011 The Beaver Porter Black
2012 From Up on Poppy Hill Shun Kazama (voice) English version
2011 The Smurfs Clumsy Smurf (voice)
2011 The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol Clumsy Smurf (voice) Short film
2011 Fright Night Charley Brewster
2012 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists Albino pirate (voice) American dub
2013 Movie 43 Necrophiliac worker at morgue (scene deleted)
2013 Odd Thomas Odd Thomas
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Pavel Chekov
2013 Only Lovers Left Alive Ian
2013 The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow Clumsy Smurf (voice) Short film
2013 The Smurfs 2 Clumsy Smurf Voice
2014 Rudderless Quentin
2014 5 to 7 Brian Bloom
2014 The Apprentice Wayne Short film
2014 Cymbeline Cloten
2014 Burying the Ex Max
2014 Dying of the Light Milton Schultz
2015 Court of Conscience Father James Short film
2015 Experimenter Rensaleer
2015 Kiss Kiss Fingerbang Dr. Jack Stewart Short film
2015 Broken Horses Jacob Heckum
2015 The Driftless Area Pierre
2015 Green Room Pat
2015 Unity[41] Narrator Documentary
2016 Rise Basil Short film
2016 Star Trek Beyond Pavel Chekov Posthumous release
2016 Porto Jake Kleeman Posthumous release
2017 Rememory Todd Posthumous release
2018 Thoroughbreds Tim Posthumous release
2017 We Don't Belong Here Maxwell Green Posthumous release

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 ER Robbie Edelstein Episode: "Be Still My Heart"
2000 Geppetto Featured Television film
2002 Judging Amy Davis Bishop Episode: "The Justice League of America"
2002 Taken Jacob Clarke – Child 2 episodes
2002 The Practice Justin Langer 2 episodes
2003 Without a Trace Johnny Atkins Episode: "The Bus"
2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm Stewart Episode: "The Blind Date"
2004 NYPD Blue Evan Grabber Episode: "Take My Wife, Please"
2004 Jack Jack Television film
2004–2006 Huff Byrd Huffstodt 25 episodes
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Keith Tyler Episode: "Tru Love"
2006 Criminal Minds Nathan Harris Episode: "Sex, Birth, Death"
2011 The Life & Times of Tim Trent (voice) Episode: "The Caddy's Shack/The Sausage Salesman"
2015–2016 SuperMansion Dudley (voice) 2 episodes
2016–2017 Trollhunters Jim (voice) 39 episodes; posthumous release

Video games

Year Title Role
2013 Star Trek Pavel Chekov (voice)
2013 The Smurfs 2 Clumsy Smurf (voice)

Accolades

Year Award Category Title of work Medium Result
2002 Phoenix Film Critics Award Best Youth Performance Hearts in Atlantis Film Nominated
2002 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor Hearts in Atlantis Film Won
2003 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special – Supporting Young Actor Taken Television Nominated
2005 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Leading Young Actor Jack Television Nominated
2009 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Ensemble Cast Star Trek Film Won
2009 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Ensemble Star Trek Film Nominated
2010 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Acting Ensemble Star Trek Film Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Анто́н Ви́кторович Е́льчин, IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈjelʲtɕɪn]

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  6. ^ a b LaGambina, Gregg (2009). "The Wanderlust of Anton Yelchin". Flaunt. Retrieved April 6, 2010. The Star of David has been in my family for a long time, and obviously I'm Jewish.
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  19. ^ Sciretta, Peter (April 5, 2010). "Anton Yelchin and Fred Armisen Join The Smurfs". Archived from the original on July 14, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  21. ^ Simpson, Rob (2012). "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (Review)". Vulture Hound Magazine. Vulture Hound Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
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  41. ^ McNary, Dave (April 22, 2015). "Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
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