Anton Viktorovich Yelchin March 11 1989 June 19 2016 was an American film and television actor known for portraying Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series and for several other prominent roles Born to a Russian Jewish family in Leningrad Yelchin relocated to the United States as an infant He began performing in the late 1990s appearing in several television roles and the Hollywood films Along Came a Spider and Hearts in Atlantis both 2001 His role as Jacob Clarke in the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken was significant in furthering his career as a child actor He later appeared on the television series Huff and appeared in the films Terminator Salvation 2009 Charlie Bartlett 2007 Fright Night 2011 Like Crazy 2011 The Smurfs 2011 The Pirates Band of Misfits 2012 and Only Lovers Left Alive 2013 He appears in Star Trek 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 and will appear posthumously in Star Trek Beyond 2016 Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Yelchin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia