Anton Yelchin

Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (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. He began his career as a child actor, appearing as the lead of the mystery drama film ''Hearts in Atlantis'' (2001) and a series regular on the Showtime comedy-drama ''Huff'' (2004–2006). His fame grew when he guest-starred in a 2004 episode of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''.

Yelchin landed higher-profile film roles in 2009, portraying Pavel Chekov in the ''Star Trek'' reboot and Kyle Reese in ''Terminator Salvation''. He reprised his role as Chekov in the sequels ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013) and ''Star Trek Beyond'' (2016).

Yelchin frequently worked on independent and lower-profile films, headlining the romantic drama ''Like Crazy'' (2011), the 2011 remake of ''Fright Night'', the supernatural thriller ''Odd Thomas'' (2013), the romance ''5 to 7'' (2014), the horror comedy ''Burying the Ex'' (2014), the neo-noir ''The Driftless Area'' (2015), and the horror thriller ''Green Room'' (2015). As a voice actor, he voiced Clumsy Smurf in the live-action ''Smurfs'' films (2011–2013) and the lead role James Lake Jr. on the Netflix animated series ''Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia'' (2016–2018). He maintained an active career until his accidental death in mid-2016 when he was fatally injured by his SUV at the age of 27. Provided by Wikipedia