"Anton Yelchin"
Stars in "Star Trek 11"
by Wild About Movies
August 10, 2007
"Anton Yelchin" was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia to Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, figure skaters who were national celebrities as stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet for fifteen years. "Anton Yelchin's" parents qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics but because they were Jewish, were not permitted to participate by the Soviet authorities. "Anton Yelchin's" family moved to the United States in September of 1989, (when "Anton Yelchin" was a mere babe, six months old), receiving status as refugees from political and religious oppression.
"Anton Yelchin's" mother now works as a figure skating choreographer and his father as a figure skating coach, having been Sasha Cohen's first trainer. "Anton Yelchin" enjoys playing the guitar, saying that it gives him "a lot of fulfillment", and is a fan of acoustic blues music. "Anton Yelchin" attended the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, in Tarzana, California and began acting at the age of nine, in the independent film A Man is Mostly Water.
"Anton Yelchin's" earliest roles include playing Jackson in A Time for Dancing, Milo in Delivering Milo, Tommy Warshaw in House of D, and "Jacob Clarke" in the mini-series Taken - with Dakota Fanning.
"Anton Yelchin" made a guest appearance as Stewart, Cheryl David's nephew and a self-described magician (who only knows one card trick), in a season four episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and starred as Byrd Huffstodt, the fourteen year-old son of Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt (Hank Azaria) on the television series Huff, which ran from 2004 to 2006.
In 2006, "Anton Yelchin" also had a role on an episode of the series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, playing the son of a dead doctor. His biggest film recognition came for the role of Bobby Garfield in Hearts in Heats In Atlantis - opposite Anthony Hopkins (2001), for which he won Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor at the 2002 Young Artist Awards.
"Anton Yelchin's" most recent big screen role was in "Alpha Dog," a crime thriller that received a U.S. release on January 12, 2007. In the film, he played Zack Mazursky, who is based on real-life kidnap and murder victim Nicholas Markowitz. USA Today's review described the performance as heartbreakingly endearing.
"Anton Yelchin" felt awkward appearing in the swimming pool sexual scene in the film, specifying that he felt "uncomfortable" for his co-stars and that he could not "imagine enjoying it or taking pleasure" in filming the scene. (But he did it, anyway!)
During the summer of 2006, "Anton Yelchin" filmed "Charlie Bartlett," in which he plays the title role of a wealthy teenager in a public high school, opposite actors Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis and Kat Dennings; the film is scheduled to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and was scheduled by MGM to be released in August 2007 but was pushed back, is the case, for the most part, with MGM movies of late, until TBD 2008.
"Anton Yelchin" has also completed another film, Fierce People, a drama starring Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland and scheduled for a limited release later in 2007.
We've saved the best for last. "Anton Yelchin" has just been cast by J.J. Abrams, the director of "Star Trek 11," in a major role in "Star Trek XI."
Do stay tuned for more news about "Anton Yelchin," who just may become the "2008" or "2009" ShoWest Star Of Tomorrow!
Below: "Anton Yelchin's" Filmography!
"Star Trek 11" (2008)
"Charlie Bartlett" (2008) .... Charlie Bartlett
"Fierce People" (2007) .... Finn Earl
"Criminal Minds" .... Nathan Harris (1 episode, 2006)
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Keith Tyler (1 episode, 2006)
"Huff" .... Byrd Huffstodt (24 episodes, 2004-2006)
- Which Lip Is the Cervical Lip? (2006) TV Episode .... Byrd Huffstodt
- Tapping the Squid (2006) TV Episode .... Byrd Huffstodt
- Bethless (2006) TV Episode .... Byrd Huffstodt
- Radio Silence (2006) TV Episode .... Byrd Huffstodt
- A Cornfield Grows in L.A. (2006) TV Episode .... Byrd Huffstodt
(19 more)
"Alpha Dog" (2006) .... Zack Mazursky
House of D (2004) .... Tommy
"NYPD Blue" .... Evan Grabber (1 episode, 2004)
Jack (2004) (TV) .... Jack
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" .... Stewart (1 episode, 2004)
"Without a Trace" .... Johnny Atkins (1 episode, 2003)
"The Practice" .... Justin Langer (2 episodes, 2002)
"Taken" .... Jacob Clarke - Child (2 episodes, 2002)
Rooftop Kisses (2002) .... Charlie
"Judging Amy" .... Davis Bishop (1 episode, 2002)
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) .... Bobby Garfield
Along Came a Spider (2001) .... Dimitri Starodubov
15 Minutes (2001) .... Boy in Burning Building
"ER" .... Robbie Edelstein (1 episode, 2000)
