TMZ, who first reported the news of Yelchin’s death, write that friends of the young actor became alarmed after he didn’t arrive for a scheduled rehearsal, and arrived at his home in Studio City just after 1 a.m., where they “found him pinned between his auto and a brick mailbox, which was attached to a security gate”.
Advertisement
Prior to his breakout role in “Star Trek”, he had made his mark in films “Alpha Dog”, “Charlie Bartlett”, “Terminator Salvation”, “Only Lovers Left Alive”, “Hearts in Atlantis” and haunting romance “Like Crazy”, in which he co-starred with British actress Felicity Jones.
Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin has died at the age of 27.
His biggest role has been in the rebooted “Star Trek” films as navigator Chekov. Actor John Cho, who plays Sulu on the franchise, shared his thoughts over at Twitter.
Mr Yelchin died at 1am on Sunday morning after he got out of his vehicle in the steep driveway of his Los Angeles home and it rolled backwards. He was a true artist – curious, beautiful, courageous. But Anton Yelchin was someone who appeared to love performing – whether it was on screen or on the musical stage – and his impact was felt universally.
Director J.J. Abrams, who cast Yelchin in the franchise, wrote in a statement that he was “brilliant. kind. amusing as hell, and supremely talented”.
“He was a ferocious movie buff who put us all to shame”, said Gabe Klinger, who directed Yelchin in the upcoming film “Porto”, likely to be released this fall. I’ve seen every movie.
Night Manager actor Tom Hiddleston tweeted: “Absolutely devastated to hear about Anton Yelchin”.
Yelchin was born in St. Petersburg, the son of two figure skaters, and emigrated to the United States as an infant.
Yelchin’s publicist, Jennifer Allen, confirmed the actor’s death but provided no further details.
Advertisement
Born in Russian Federation, he came to America when he was 6 months old with his parents, who were star figure skaters with the Leningrad Ice Ballet.
