Anton Yelchin

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.

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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

Origin

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

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

• Official sitehttps://www.antonyelchinofficial.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/antonyelchinphoto/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Yelchin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314133

Tags

• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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