Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (Russian: Рнтон Ð'икторович
Ельчин, IPA: [É nˈton ˈjelʲtɕɪn]; March 11, 1989 â€" June
19, 2016) was a Russian-born American actor. He played Pavel Chekov in
three Star Trek films: Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness
(2013), and the posthumously released Star Trek Beyond (2016) and
voiced Clumsy Smurf in the Smurfs films. Born to a Russian Jewish
family in Leningrad, Yelchin and his family moved to the United States
when he was a baby. In the late 1990s, Yelchin began appearing in
television and film roles. His role in Steven Spielberg's miniseries
Taken helped further his career. Yelchin also starred in Huff, the
films Fright Night, Hearts in Atlantis, Alpha Dog, Like Crazy, Green
Room, and the posthumously released Trollhunters.Yelchin was born on
March 11, 1989, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint
Petersburg, Russia). His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin,
were pair figure skaters who were stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet
for 15 years. His family is Jewish and were subjected to religious and
political oppression in the Soviet Union. Yelchin said that his
grandparents "suffered in ways [he] can't even begin to understand
under Stalin". Nationally, Yelchin's parents were the third-ranked
pair team; they thus qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics, but were
not permitted to participate by the Soviet authorities. Yelchin said
the reason was unclear: "I don't exactly know what that was â€"
because they were Jewish or because the KGB didn't want them to
travel."Yelchin's family left for the United States in September 1989,
when Anton was six months old, and were thereafter granted refugee
status from the Department of State. His mother worked as a figure
skating choreographer and his father as a figure skating coach, having
been Sasha Cohen's first trainer. Yelchin's uncle is the children's
author and painter Eugene Yelchin. In an article published in the Los
Angeles Times in December 1989, Yelchin's mother stated, "A woman came
up, saw Anton, and said, 'He's beautiful. He will be actor.'" Yelchin
stated that he "wasn't very good" at figure skating, his parents'
profession.
Ельчин, IPA: [É nˈton ˈjelʲtɕɪn]; March 11, 1989 â€" June
19, 2016) was a Russian-born American actor. He played Pavel Chekov in
three Star Trek films: Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness
(2013), and the posthumously released Star Trek Beyond (2016) and
voiced Clumsy Smurf in the Smurfs films. Born to a Russian Jewish
family in Leningrad, Yelchin and his family moved to the United States
when he was a baby. In the late 1990s, Yelchin began appearing in
television and film roles. His role in Steven Spielberg's miniseries
Taken helped further his career. Yelchin also starred in Huff, the
films Fright Night, Hearts in Atlantis, Alpha Dog, Like Crazy, Green
Room, and the posthumously released Trollhunters.Yelchin was born on
March 11, 1989, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint
Petersburg, Russia). His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin,
were pair figure skaters who were stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet
for 15 years. His family is Jewish and were subjected to religious and
political oppression in the Soviet Union. Yelchin said that his
grandparents "suffered in ways [he] can't even begin to understand
under Stalin". Nationally, Yelchin's parents were the third-ranked
pair team; they thus qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics, but were
not permitted to participate by the Soviet authorities. Yelchin said
the reason was unclear: "I don't exactly know what that was â€"
because they were Jewish or because the KGB didn't want them to
travel."Yelchin's family left for the United States in September 1989,
when Anton was six months old, and were thereafter granted refugee
status from the Department of State. His mother worked as a figure
skating choreographer and his father as a figure skating coach, having
been Sasha Cohen's first trainer. Yelchin's uncle is the children's
author and painter Eugene Yelchin. In an article published in the Los
Angeles Times in December 1989, Yelchin's mother stated, "A woman came
up, saw Anton, and said, 'He's beautiful. He will be actor.'" Yelchin
stated that he "wasn't very good" at figure skating, his parents'
profession.
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