• Name: Anton Yelchin
  • Date of Birth: March 11, 1989
  • Place of Birth: Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Mini-bio: His father, Viktor Yelchin, and his mother, Irina, were a successful pair of professional figure-skaters in Leningrad, and his grandfather was also a professional sportsman, a soccer player. Yelchin w...( read more)as only a 6-month-old baby when he emigrated to the United States, were his parents eventually developed coaching careers. Young Anton Yelchin demonstrated his strong personality from the early age of 4, he declined his parent's tutelage in figure skating, because he was fond of acting, and he knew exactly what he wanted to do in his life. Since his school years, he attended acting class in Los Angeles, and eventually he was noticed by casting agents. In 2000, at the age of 10, Yelchin made his debut on television, appearing as Robbie Edelstein in _ER: Be Still My Heart (2000 TV episode)_. At the age of 11, Yelchin shot to fame as Bobby Garfield co-starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), and earning himself the 2002 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film as Leading Young Actor. Over the course of his short acting career, he already played roles in more than twenty feature films and television productions. He is billed as Pavel Chekov in the upcoming installment of the 'Star Trek' franchise, Star Trek (2009). Outside of his acting profession, Anton Yelchin loves reading, he is also fond of playing chess. He writes music and performs with a band where he also plays piano and guitar. He is living in Los Angeles, California
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Replace this image with an actor photoAnton Yelchin mini-bio: His father, Viktor Yelchin, and his mother, Irina, were a successful pair of professional figure-skaters in Leningrad, and his grandfather was also a professional sportsman, a soccer player. Yelchin was only a 6-month-old baby when he emigrated to the United States, were his parents eventually developed coaching careers. Young Anton Yelchin demonstrated his strong personality from the early age of 4, he declined his parent's tutelage in figure skating, because he was fond of acting, and he knew exactly what he wanted to do in his life. Since his school years, he attended acting class in Los Angeles, and eventually he was noticed by casting agents. In 2000, at the age of 10, Yelchin made his debut on television, appearing as Robbie Edelstein in _ER: Be Still My Heart (2000 TV episode)_. At the age of 11, Yelchin shot to fame as Bobby Garfield co-starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), and earning himself the 2002 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film as Leading Young Actor. Over the course of his short acting career, he already played roles in more than twenty feature films and television productions. He is billed as Pavel Chekov in the upcoming installment of the 'Star Trek' franchise, Star Trek (2009). Outside of his acting profession, Anton Yelchin loves reading, he is also fond of playing chess. He writes music and performs with a band where he also plays piano and guitar. He is living in Los Angeles, California

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  • LeadingMenCollection

    Loved him in Alpha Dog, Huff and Charlie Bartlett. Amazing guy. We got a lot of his wardrobe from Charlie Bartlett and we already got it inventoried and uploaded to the site.

    Cant wait to see how he does in Star Trek.
    posted 48 days ago
  • Simontbh
    Looks like Ben Barnes in House of D
    posted 156 days ago
  • yinshanwong
    Happy Birhtday to Anton!!
    posted 268 days ago
  • SophieVengeance
    Anton is a great actor :D Seriously, I love him!! He rocks in Charlie Bartlett
    posted 282 days ago
  • phantom1106
    i love him, house of d was my favorite, but david ducoffney--spelled wrong probably--isnt as great as ANTON
    posted 555 days ago
  • CplShemonek
    Just watched Alpha Dog, thought he did a pretty good job in the movie. If u haven't seen it i guess i would recommend it, however, the ending i woulda changed. Plus they pretty much forgot about the older brother...
    posted 575 days ago
  • lsucourtney07
    i can't wait for Charlie Bartlett... and i can't wait for Alpha Dog to come out on DVD!!! I LOVE ANTON!!!!
    posted 591 days ago
  • jellietotz
    omg hes so fit n all!!! hes well cute! hehe
    posted 593 days ago
  • amazinalice1
    hello eb xx duno hu u r lol xx
    posted 665 days ago
  • patriciapaladin
    <3
    posted 737 days ago