What is Anton Yelchin?
{{family name hatnote|Viktorovich|Yelchin|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Anton Yelchin | image = [[File:Anton Yelchin September 2013 (cropped).jpg|220px]] | caption = Yelchin at the ''Only Lovers Left Alive'' premiere in September 2013 | birth_name = Anton Viktorovich Yelchin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1989|03|11}} | birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|06|19|1989|03|11}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_cause = [[traumatic asphyxia|Blunt traumatic asphyxia]] after being crushed by his own [[SUV]] | resting_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2000–2016 | website = {{URL|antonyelchinofficial.com}} | relatives = [[Eugene Yelchin]] (uncle) }} '''Anton Viktorovich Yelchin''' ({{lang-ru|Анто́н Ви́кторович Ельчи́н}}; March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was a [[Soviet]]-born [[Americans|American]] movie, television and voice actor. ==Early life== Yelchin was born in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], present-day [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]], which was then the [[Soviet Union]]. His family was [[Jew]]ish. His family moved to [[Tarzana, California]] as [[refugee]]s. He studied at [[Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies]] and at the [[University of Southern California]]. ==Career== His career began in 2000. He was in the movies ''[[Along Came a Spider (movie)|Along Came a Spider]]'' and ''[[Hearts in Atlantis (movie)|Hearts in Atlantis]]'' (both 2001). His role as Jacob Clarke in the [[Steven Spielberg]] miniseries ''[[Taken (TV miniseries)|Taken]]'' was his most famous role as a child actor. He later appeared on the television series ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' and starred in the movies ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' (2009), ''[[Charlie Bartlett]]'' (2007), ''