Anton Yelchin
Anton Yelchin · Arts & Literature
Actor who played Chekov in the rebooted Star Trek films.
1989, Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) — 2016, Los Angeles, California, United States
Soviet Union · United States
Anton Yelchin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Actor who played Chekov in the rebooted Star Trek films.
Yelchin was an American actor acclaimed for his versatility, best known for playing the young Pavel Chekov in the rebooted 'Star Trek' films and for roles in 'Green Room', 'Like Crazy' and 'Charlie Bartlett'. He died at 26 in a car accident, cutting short a widely admired career. He was born in Leningrad to a Jewish family that emigrated to the United States as refugees, seeking to escape Soviet antisemitism.
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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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Actor who played Chekov in the rebooted Star Trek films.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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