Anton Yelchin played roles in films.
Alpha Dog is a 2006 American crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes , first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27 , 2006 , with a wide release the following year on January 12 , 2007 . Anton Yelchin . He played Pavel Chekov in three Star Trek films , including the 2009 reboot film of the same name , along with the sequels , Star Trek Into Darkness and the posthumously released Star Trek Beyond ( 2016 ) . Born to a Russian Jewish family in Leningrad , Yelchin relocated to the United States , where he began performing in the late 1990s , appearing in several television and film roles , and received recognition in Hearts in Atlantis ( 2001 ) .