Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin

actor, camera and electrical department, soundtrack

Anton Yelchin was born on Mar 11, 1989 in Russia]. Anton Yelchin's big-screen debut came with A Man Is Mostly Water directed by Fred Parnes in 2000, strarring Augie. Anton Yelchin is known for Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia directed by Rodrigo Blaas, Charlie Saxton stars as Toby Domzalski and Lexi Medrano as Claire Nuñez. Anton Yelchin has got 9 awards and 18 nominations so far. The most recent award Anton Yelchin achieved is Hollywood Critics Association. The upcoming new movie Anton Yelchin plays is Thoroughbreds which will be released on Mar 09, 2018.

Anton Yelchin was an American actor, known for playing Bobby in Coeurs perdus en Atlantide (2001), Chekov in the Star Trek (2009) reboot, Charlie Brewster in the Fright Night (2011) remake, and Jacob in À la folie (2011).He was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, USSR, to a Jewish family. His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were a successful pair of professional figure skaters in Leningrad, and his grandfather was also a professional sportsman, a soccer player. Anton was a six-month-old baby when he emigrated to the United States, where his parents settled in California and eventually developed coaching careers. He demonstrated his strong personality from the early age of four, and declined his parents' tutelage in figure skating because he was fond of acting and knew exactly what he wanted to do in his life.Yelchin attended acting classes in Los Angeles, and eventually was noticed by casting agents. In 2000, at the age of 10, he made his debut on television, appearing as Robbie Edelstein in the medical drama Urgences (1994). At the age of 11, he shot to fame as Bobby Garfield, co-starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in Coeurs perdus en Atlantide (2001), and earning himself the 2002 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film as Leading Young Actor. Over the course of his acting career, Yelchin has already played roles in more than 20 feature films and television productions, including Pavel Chekov in the hugely successful reboot Star Trek (2009), and its sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).Outside of his acting profession, Anton loved reading, and was also fond of playing chess. He wrote music and performed with a band, where he also played piano and guitar.Anton lived in Los Angeles, California, until his death on the evening of June 19, 2016, outside his LA home, when his parked Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled backward on his steep driveway, pinning him against a brick pillar and security fence. This was due to badly designed shifter that indicated park when it was in neutral. This death, along with reports of other near-misses, resulted in a recall of that model.

  • Birthday

    Mar 11, 1989
  • Place of Birth

    Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

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Awards

9 wins & 18 nominations

Hollywood Critics Association
2020
Winner - Actor Achievement Award
Behind the Voice Actors Awards
2017
Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series
Winner - BTVA Television Voice Acting Award
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