Immigrated to the United States from Russia with his figure-skater parents when he was 6 months old.
Dad, Victor, mom, Irina.
Is an only child.
Loves playing chess and reading.
Plays the piano and the guitar.
Both his parents are still involved in figure skating. His father Viktor is a coach in California and his mother Irina is a figure skating choreographer.
His parents were both well-known figure skaters in the Soviet Union, considered national celebrities as stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet for 15 years. The two qualified for the 1972 Winter Olympics, but because they were Jewish, were not permitted to attend by the Soviet authorities.
Hope Davis has played his on-screen mother in two movies: Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and Charlie Bartlett (2008).
Was ranked #12 on Moviefone’s ‘The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25’(2008).
One of People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People 2009.
He graduated high school at Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Reseda, California.
He andWalter Koenig, who preceded him as Pavel Chekov, are both of Russian and Jewish ancestry.
Has played younger versions of two classic science fiction film characters. Played Pavel Chekov in “Star Trek”(2009) and Kyle Reese in “Terminator: Salvation” (2009).
Anton Yelchin’s uncle is Eugene Yelchin, an illustrator, character designer and story board artist for movies and television, who is also a novelist and children’s books author.
