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2->''"I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands."''
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4Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (Russian: Анто́н Ви́кторович Ельчи́н; March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was a Russian-born Jewish American film and television actor, best known for playing Pavel Chekov in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reboot films. His parents, champion figure skaters, fled the former Soviet Union when he was 6 months old. Immediately sucking at figure skating, Anton found a calling in acting, in which his parents supported him. He played mostly in intense dramas, and developed his career playing cute little boys, and then complex young men [[ComingOfAgeStory coming of age]].
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6He was born with cystic fibrosis, an illness he struggled with his whole life, yet managed to keep secret while building a prolific acting career and pursuing other artistic endeavors like music and photography. However, tragedy struck when he died in an auto-related incident on June 19, 2016, at the [[ShortLivedBigImpact age of 27]].[[note]]He was crushed by his own car, which he had parked it on his driveway with a significant slope. The particular model of car was later subject to a recall to fix an issue that could leave the driver thinking he'd put the automatic transmission in Park when it was in Neutral or Reverse; the car rolled down the slope and pinned him against a brick pillar. Two months later, his parents filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful death; it was later settled on March 22, 2018.[[/note]]
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8A documentary chronicling his life and career, ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9351746/ Love, Antosha]]'', premiered in 2019.
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10!!Notable film credits:
11* ''Film/FifteenMinutes'' (2001): as Boy in Burning Building
12* ''Film/AlongCameASpider'' (2001): as Dimitri Starodubov
13* ''Film/HeartsInAtlantis'' (2001): as Bobby Garfield
14* ''Series/{{Huff}}'' (2004-2006): as Byrd Huffstodt
15* ''Film/AlphaDog'' (2006): as Zack Mazursky
16* ''Film/CharlieBartlett'' (2007): as Charlie Bartlett
17* ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' (2009): as Kyle Reese
18* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' Kelvin Timeline film series as Ensign Pavel Chekov
19** ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'' (2009)
20** ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' (2013)
21** ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' (2016) - Shared an InMemoriam dedication with the late Creator/LeonardNimoy.
22* ''Film/TheBeaver'' (2011): as Porter Black
23* ''Film/{{Fright Night|2011}}'' (2011): as Charley Brewster
24* ''Film/LikeCrazy'' (2011): as Jacob Matthew Helm
25* ''Anime/FromUpOnPoppyHill'' (2011): as Shun Kazama (English dub)
26* ''Film/TheSmurfs'' live-action films (2011-2013): as Clumsy Smurf; also voiced the role in two [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAChristmasCarol short]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsTheLegendOfSmurfyHollow films]]. He also voiced the character for two video game tie-ins [[note]] The Nintendo Wii game ''[[VideoGame/JustDance Smurfs Dance Party]]'' gave him a single line for the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFp2X8wtZyo "More Than A Name"]] and ''[[VideoGame/TheSmurfs2 The Smurfs 2 Video Game]]''[[/note]]
27* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'': as Larry's cousin.
28* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesBandOfMisfits'' (2012): The Albino Pirate (dubbed over Creator/RussellTovey for the American release of the film)
29* ''Film/OddThomas'' (2013): as Odd Thomas
30* ''Film/OnlyLoversLeftAlive'' (2013): as Ian
31* ''Film/BuryingTheEx'' (2014): as Max
32* ''Film/GreenRoom'' (2015): as Pat
33* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' (2016): as James Lake
34* ''Film/{{Rememory}}'' (2017): Todd
35* ''{{Film/Thoroughbreds}}'' (2018): as Tim - this was his last role; he died two weeks after filming
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37!!This actor's roles provide examples of:
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39* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Many of his early roles. He still had it when he plays Chekov.
40* ChildrenAreInnocent: Of his earliest works, this trope is most noticeable in ''Film/DeliveringMilo'' and ''Literature/HeartsInAtlantis''.
41* ComingOfAgeStory: Many of his roles were in these.
42* CrazyPrepared: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Trollhunters: by the time he died, Yelchin had performed two and a half seasons' worth of dialogue, though he had to be recast with Creator/EmileHirsch midway through season 3. Unfortunately, he wouldn't live to see the series premiere.
43* EndearinglyDorky: Yelchin would commonly play characters who are either sensitive, shy, or quiet ones such as his take on Clumsy in the Live-Action films based on ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' by Sony Pictures between 2011 and 2013.
44* OhCrap: Anton built his career on this facial expression (he gets a particularly awesome one in ''Film/NewYorkILoveYou'').
45* OohMeAccentsSlipping: He had a tendency to speak extra slowly and clearly in some of his earlier roles to mask his very thick California accent.
46* VocalDissonance: He had a surprisingly deep, raspy voice that contrasted his boyish appearance.

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