Anton Yelchin died within a minute of his freak car accident on Sunday, June 19, according to the Los Angeles County’s coroner office. His family is Jewish and were subjected to religious and political oppression in the Soviet Union. Early life. Actor Anton Yelchin was found dead at his home on Sunday, June 19th. Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin reportedly died of his injuries less than a minute after he was pinned between his SUV and a security fence. He was 27. His parents, Irina Korina and Viktor Yelchin, were pair figure skaters who were stars of the Leningrad Ice Ballet for 15 years. Anton Yelchin, best known for playing Chekov in the recent "Star Trek" movies, was found dead early Sunday morning after apparently being pinned between his … Anton Yelchin, the US Russian-born actor who played Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles. brightcove.createExperiences(); Actor Anton Yelchin, who appeared in the Star Trek films and Terminator Salvation, died early Sunday morning in … Anton Yelchin's body was pinned with such force, it bent a metal security gate leading to his home ... and photos obtained by TMZ show the fury of impact.. As we reported, Yelchin… Somethingv Is Wrong With The Anton Yelchin Story INTRO: For any who don't know, a week ago (June 19th, 2016) 27 year old Anton Yelchin -- a skilled and talented actor with over 40 credits to his short career, who was by all accounts, a universally beloved and highly intelligent individual-- died in a freak accident at home. Anton Yelchin’s tragic death at the age of 27 is made even more horrifying by the fact that he was found dead by his friends. When he was late to a rehearsal, Yelchin's friends reportedly found … Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was born on March 11, 1989, in Leningrad, Russian SFSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia).