Anton Yelchin obit

‘Star Trek’ actor Anton Yelchin dies 

at 27

He was not on the list.

Russian Jewish actor Anton Yelchin, who starred in the new “Star Trek” movies, was killed by his own car rolling down the driveway. He was 27.

Friends found Yelchin at his home in Studio City, a suburb of Los Angeles, on June 19 pinned between his jeep and a brick pillar; the vehicle was in neutral and running, TMZ reported.

The 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee that killed him was in the process of being recalled for a problem that may have led to his fatal accident. According to the Associated Press, the jeep was part of a global recall of 1.1 million vehicles announced by Fiat Chrysler in April, following complaints from drivers that a problem with the gear shift made it difficult to tell whether the car was in park.

In a June 20 statement, Fiat Chrysler expressed condolences to Yelchin’s friends and family, but said it was premature to speculate on the cause of his crash.

Yelchin began acting in the late 1990s, when he was a child, appearing in a number of television roles. In 2000, he appeared on an episode of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” playing Cheryl David’s teenage cousin who dresses in a Superman cape and calls himself a magician (and declares in perfect deadpan that Larry is not a magician). “Because you do one trick that makes you a magician?” Larry asks in a very funny sequence.

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Yelchin moved to the United States when he was an infant. His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were pairs figure skaters who qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics but were not permitted by Soviet authorities to compete for reasons that are not clear, according to a 1989 article in the Los Angeles Times.

In a 2011 interview with the Daily Beast, Yelchin said, “I don’t exactly know what that was — because they were Jewish or because the KGB didn’t want them to travel.”

Yelchin starred as Chekov in the two latest “Star Trek” movies and will be seen in the third film in the series, “Star Trek Beyond,” set for release next month. A tribute to him was posted on the official Star Trek website.


Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes

2000 A Man Is Mostly Water Augie

2001 Delivering Milo Milo

15 Minutes Boy in Burning Building

Along Came a Spider Dimitri Starodubov

Hearts in Atlantis Bobby Garfield

2002 A Time for Dancing Jackson

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 New York, I Love You Boy in the Park Segment: "Brett Ratner"

Middle of Nowhere Dorian Spitz

2009 Star Trek Pavel Chekov

Terminator Salvation Kyle Reese

2010 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Ace Zuckerman

2011 Like Crazy Jacob Helm

You and I Edvard Nikitin

The Beaver Porter Black

From Up on Poppy Hill Shun Kazama Voice (English dub)

The Smurfs Clumsy Smurf Voice

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol Clumsy Smurf Short film; Voice

Fright Night Charley Brewster

2012 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists Albino pirate Voice (American dub)

2013 Movie 43 Necrophiliac worker at morgue Deleted scene

Odd Thomas Odd Thomas

Star Trek Into Darkness Pavel Chekov

Only Lovers Left Alive Ian

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow Clumsy Smurf Short film; Voice

The Smurfs 2 Clumsy Smurf Voice

2014 Rudderless Quentin

5 to 7 Brian Bloom

The Apprentice Wayne Short

Cymbeline Cloten

Burying the Ex Max

Dying of the Light Milton Schultz

2015 Court of Conscience Father James Short

Experimenter Rensaleer

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang Dr. Jack Stewart Short

Broken Horses Jacob Heckum

The Driftless Area Pierre

Green Room Pat

Unity Narrator Documentary

2016 Rise Basil Short

Star Trek Beyond Pavel Chekov Posthumous release

Porto Jake Kleeman

2017 Thoroughbreds Tim

Rememory Todd

We Don't Belong Here Maxwell Green

2019 Love, Antosha Himself (archived footage)



Television

Year Title Role Notes

2000 ER Robbie Edelstein Episode: "Be Still My Heart"

Geppetto Featured Television film

2002 Judging Amy Davis Bishop Episode: "The Justice League of America"

Taken Jacob Clarke – Child 2 episodes

The Practice Justin Langer 2 episodes

2003 Without a Trace Johnny Atkins Episode: "The Bus"

2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm Stewart Episode: "The Blind Date"

NYPD Blue Evan Grabber Episode: "Take My Wife, Please"

Jack Jack Television film

2004–2006 Huff Byrd Huffstodt 25 episodes

2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Keith Tyler Episode: "Tru Love"

Criminal Minds Nathan Harris Episode: "Sex, Birth, Death"

2011 The Life & Times of Tim Trent Voice role; episode: "The Caddy's Shack/The Sausage Salesman"

2015–2016 SuperMansion Dudley Voice role; 2 episodes

2016–2018 Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Jim Voice role; 39 episodes; posthumous release