?Star Trek? (chekov) Actor Anton Yelchin Dies at 27
 

Anton Yelchin, known for roles in ?Star Trek? and ?Alpha Dog,? died early Sunday morning in a freak accident, a spokeswoman confirmed to Variety. He was 27.

?Actor Anton Yelchin was killed in a fatal traffic collision early this morning,? said a statement from his representative. ?His family requests you respect their privacy at this time.?

The LAPD said he was pinned by his own car at his Studio City home. Friends apparently became concerned when Yelchin did not show up for a band performance. They found him at his home pinned between his car and a brick mailbox pillar.

?It appears he had exited his car and was behind it when the vehicle rolled down a steep driveway,? the LAPD said in a statement.

Police reportedly told TMZ that the engine was still running when he was found, and that his car was in neutral. It?s not clear why he got out of his car with the engine running.

His most prominent role was as Pavel Chekhov, the Russian ensign in the rebooted ?Star Trek? film series. The most recent film in the franchise, ?Star Trek Beyond,? debuts on July 22.

Paramount Pictures released a statement, saying, ?All of us at Paramount join the world in morning the untimely passing of Antony Yelchin. As a member of the Star Trek family, he was beloved by so many and he will missed by all. We share our deepest condolences with his mother, father and family.?

Born in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, Yelchin and his family emigrated to the United States when he was just six months old, seeking political asylum. His parents were both star figure skaters. He began acting at an early age, launching his professional career as a 9 year-old. He impressed critics and audiences with a series of prominent roles, holding his own against the likes of Anthony Hopkins and Robin Williams while playing shy or emotionally damaged kids in the likes of ?House of D? and ?Hearts in Atlantis.? For two seasons he co-starred opposite Hank Azaria in the Showtime series ?Huff,? playing a precocious teenager whose life is upended by his father?s personal and professional crisis.

As a young adult, he justified that early acclaim, turning in mature, sensitively wrought performances as drug-peddling title character in ?Charlie Bartlett? and as Jacob, a lovelorn college student in Drake Doremus? ?Like Crazy.? In the Los Angeles Times, critic Kenneth Turan praised Yelchin?s work in ?Like Crazy? as ?fearless,? writing that he ??expertly delineates the core quietness of Jacob, his tangible seriousness and sincerity.?

Yelchin also brushed with mainstream success, appearing in ?Terminator Salvation? and doing voice work on ?The Smurfs? movies. Critics noted that his performance in ?Odd Thomas,? based on the Dean Koontz book, was superior to the rest of the movie.

After news of Yelchin?s death broke Sunday, friends and co-stars reacted on Twitter and social media.

John Cho, who worked with Yelchin on ?Star Trek,? tweeted, ?I loved Anton Yelchin so much. He was a true artist ? curious, beautiful, courageous. He was a great pal and a great son. I?m in ruins.?

And Kat Dennings added, ?Anton Yelchin was one of my best friends. Can?t say anything that conveys what this feels like.?

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He must of put he red shirt on by mistake..

Can fly the USS Enterprise.

Has trouble with reversing automobiles.

Last movie I watched with him in it was Rudderless

Thanks for copy pasting death news, Mr. Undertaker.

Just saw in local news, and came here to see did brassmonkey posted it already

One of my favorites bites the dust.... What an insane way to go :( RIP

Waiting on Green Room to drop. Jeez...

I knew I can count of GFY dumbfuck reposing this

Somebody beat brassmonkey to the orlando gay club shooting post, he had to post his own because the need to post death news is strong in him LOL

Thanks for another fucking obituary, you ignorant death obsessed retard :thumbsup

:1orglaugh:helpme

A very weird and fucked up way to die... RIP.

sad :disgust:disgust:disgust

.............. smash n grab?

Way too young.RIP Anton Yelchin

RIP Anton Yelchin. I enjoyed your work.

is he going to join the 27 club with Hendricks? don't thinks so

Well he was run over by his OWN car.

I'd rather be run over by my own car than someone else's car, any day.

Alpha Dog was pretty good.

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I do not mourn celebrities ...

That's another talented actor dead in a freak car accident... :(

It was... ! I've seen it 2 or 3 times.

That's sad :(

Is it wrong that I was relieved it wasn't Walter Koenig?

Sad news.He was to young to die

RIP Anton, what a waste.

More information is coming out that his car is under recall and had a faulty transmission ( I guess the jeeps do not go into park even though it shows P ), talk about some bad luck...

WOW! Fucking bulshit car recalls and for something so fucking basic! I hope they pay tens of millions to his family, minimally

guess you didn't read the other article. ?rollaway? after intended transmission shifts to the ?Park? gear. the jeep changes gears by itself. having a brick mailbox killed him. he may have been able to escape a regular mailbox.

I don't think you read the recall. The car shifts from park to neutral by itself, that's the malfunction causing injury, most likely his death, and the recall.

"FCA?s Monostable shift lever acts unlike a traditional gear shifter. When it?s shifted into park, the lever returns to the middle position, regardless of whether it was placed in park or not.

The design flaw prompted a recall that included 2014-15 Jeep Grand Cherokees as well as 2012-14 Dodge Chargers and Chrysler 300s as affected models. At the time of the recall, 121 accidents and 41 injuries were attributed to the flaw."

No, a sigh of relief was hard round the world. :thumbsup

What a horrible way to go. I wonder if he was still alive for a few moments looking at his own car crushing him to death and being unable to do anything.

That sucked. My butt still hurts sometimes.

If you have Star Trek money, why are you driving a Jeep Cherokee? Get a German engineered car like all the other rich people.

What is it with guys in their 20's and their hardons for Jeep Grand Cherokees? It's a douche-mobile.

that's brutal (

Tragic.

My cousin died in the same way, also at age 27, but by a tractor/barndoor. :(

sorry to hear that :( :helpme:helpme

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For god's sake, save the sphincter!

haha he died by his own car backing over him.. dumbass