Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was an American actor. Born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months as refugees due to religious and political oppression. His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were pair figure skaters who were stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet for 15 years. He attended the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Tarzana, California, and enrolled at the University of Southern California in the fall of 2007 to study film.

He began his career as a child actor, appearing as the lead of the film "Hearts in Atlantis" (2001) and a series regular on the TV show "Huff" (2004–2006). He maintained an active career until his accidental death in 2016 at the age of 27 when he was fatally injured by his SUV.

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