Trivia

The 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee that rolled into him was part of a 2016 recall for that exact same issue. Incredibly, the recall notice was mailed to Yelchin seven days after his untimely death.

The producers of Star Trek said that the role of Pavel Chekov would not be recast and the character would be written out of any following movies. Star Trek Beyond (2016) was dedicated to his memory.

In October 2017, a bronze statue of Anton Yelchin was erected at his grave in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Celebrities present at the unveiling ceremony included Jennifer Lawrence, Zoe Saldaña, J.J. Abrams, Emile Hirsch, Demi Moore, Jon Voight, Drake Doremus, and Jeremy Saulnier.

The only child of Viktor Yelchin and Irina Korina, Anton's parents are still involved in figure skating. The family emigrated to the United States from Russia when he was six months old. His father is a coach in California and his mother, Irina, is a figure skating choreographer. His parents and Viktor Yelchin and Irina Yelchin, were both well-known figure skaters in the Soviet Union, considered national celebrities as stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet for 15 years. The two qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics but were not permitted to participate by the Soviet authorities. Anton had said, "I don't exactly know what that was - because they were Jewish or because the KGB didn't want them to travel".

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) was dedicated to his memory, as he had provided the voice of Clumsy Smurf in the live-action Smurfs films. Additionally, We Don't Belong Here (2017), Rememory (2017), Porto (2016), Newness (2017), and the first two episodes of Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016) are dedicated to his memory.

Loved playing chess, reading, played piano and played guitar.

He and Walter Koenig, who preceded him as Pavel Chekov, are both of Russian Jewish ancestry.

Suffered from the genetic disease Cystic Fibrosis, which was not revealed publicly until after his untimely death.

Was a huge fan of acoustic blues music.

In a way, he played younger versions of two classic science fiction film characters. He played Pavel Chekov in Star Trek (2009) and Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation (2009). In Star Trek, the original Chekov was actually 31 whereas Yelchin was 20, despite their characters being the same age. In The Terminator, [name=nm0000299] was 28 whereas Yelchin - whose character actually was younger - was 20.

Anton Yelchin's uncle is Eugene Yelchin, an illustrator, character designer, and storyboard artist for movies and television, who is also a novelist and children's books author.

Following his untimely death, he was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His body was later moved to Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

In the movie, Burying The Ex, while walking on a date with actress, Alexandra Daddario, they go into The Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where he was shortly buried in real life.

Named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World (2009).

He and Mika Boorem were on-screen sweethearts in two completely unrelated movies in the same year: Dimitri and Megan in Along Came a Spider (2001) and Bobby and Carol in Hearts in Atlantis (2001).

Had auditioned for Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four (2015), both based on Marvel Comics heroes that are reboots.

Attended and graduated from high school at Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Reseda, California.

He was cast as Wally West/The Flash in a proposed Justice League movie to be directed by George Miller in 2007, but the project was cancelled.

Ranked #12 on Moviefone's "The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25" (2008).

Hope Davis has played his on-screen mother in two movies: Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and Charlie Bartlett (2007).

Was an avid fan of the Los Angeles Kings.