This is sad news as he was one of the best things about the reboot JJ Abrams   
   trek verse.  I doubt they will ever find a better Checkov than this.   
   Especially liked the accent he did... spot on.   
      
   RIP Anton Yelchin... ti's a shame you were taken from us this early age.   
      
   Allen   
      
   Just in on 6/19/2016   
      
   LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov   
   in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled backward   
   down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist said.   
   The car pinned Yelchin, 27, against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence   
   at his home in Studio City, according to Los Angeles police Officer Jenny   
   Hosier. He had gotten out of the vehicle momentarily, but police did not say   
   why he was behind it when it started rolling.   
      
   Yelchin was on his way to meet friends for a rehearsal, Hosier said. When he   
   didn't show up, the group came to his home and found him dead.   
      
   The freak accident tragically cuts short the promising career of an actor whom   
   audiences were still getting to know.   
      
   Yelchin began acting as a child, taking small roles in independent films and   
   various television shows, such as "ER," ''The Practice," and "Curb Your   
   Enthusiasm." His breakout big-screen role came opposite Anthony Hopkins in   
   2001's "Hearts in Atlantis."   
      
   He transitioned into teenage roles in films such as the crime thriller "Alpha   
   Dog" and the teen comedy "Charlie Bartlett." He also played a young Kyle Reese   
   in 2009's "Terminator Salvation."   
      
   Yelchin, an only child, was born in Russia. His parents were professional   
   figure skaters who moved the family to the United States when Yelchin was a   
   baby. He briefly flirted with skating lessons, too, before discovering that he   
   wasn't very skilled on the ice. That led him to acting class.   
      
   "I loved the improvisation part of it the most, because it was a lot like just   
   playing around with stuff. There was something about it that I just felt   
   completely comfortable doing and happy doing," Yelchin told The Associated   
   Press in 2011 while promoting the romantic drama "Like Crazy." He starred   
   opposite Felicity Jones.   
      
   "(My father) still wanted me to apply to college and stuff, and I did," Yelchin   
   said. "But this is what I wanted."   
      
   His biggest role to date has been in the rebooted "Star Trek" films as the   
   heavily accented navigator Chekov, for which he was able to draw on his Russian   
   roots. The third film in the series, "Star Trek Beyond," comes out in July.   
      
   "What's great about him is he can do anything. He's a chameleon. He can do   
   bigger movies or smaller, more intimate ones," ''Like Crazy" director Drake   
   Doremus told the AP in 2011. "There are a lot of people who can't, who can only   
   do one or the other. ... That's what blows my mind."   
      
   Yelchin transitioned between the big sci-fi franchise and voicing a part for   
   "The Smurfs." He also appeared in more eccentric and artier fare, like Jim   
   Jarmusch's vampire film "Only Lovers Left Alive" and Jeremy Saulnier's horror   
   thriller "Green Room," a cult favorite that came out earlier this year.   
      
   The actor's publicist, Jennifer Allen, confirmed his death and said his family   
   requests privacy.   
      
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