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My Take
Anton Yelchin's death in 2016 still feels like one of cinema's most painful unfinished sentences. Here was an actor who immigrated as an infant, grew up on film sets, and never lost his curiosity — equally convincing as Star Trek's endearing Chekov and in small, thorny independent films. What I admired most was his intelligence: you could sense a genuine artist who photographed, read, and thought deeply, treating acting as one craft among many. At twenty-seven he was just entering the phase where talent becomes mastery. I revisit his performances not with sadness but with gratitude; few actors gave so much honest work in so little time.
Overview
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (Russian: Антон Викторович Ельчин; March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anton Yelchin
- Name (Japanese)
- アントン・イェルチン
- Reading
- あんとん・いぇるちん
- Born
- March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Southern California
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast
- 2002 Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film
- 2002 Young Artist Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from Russia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.