Anton Yelchin Trivia and Quotes

Anton Yelchin: Blurbs

Anton's television debut was a guest role playing Robbie Edelstein in a 2000 episode of ER called "Be Still My Heart". edit »
Anton is five feet and nine inches tall. edit »
Anton attended Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Tarzana, California. edit »
After doing the movie Alpha Dog, Anton, primarily a movie actor, revealed he would like to work on a show like 24 or do voices for the animation comedy Family Guy. edit »
Anton portrayed the son of Hope Davis' characters in two films: Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and Charlie Bartlett (2008). edit »
Anton's first on-screen kiss was in a ferris wheel scene in the movie Hearts in Atlantis. edit »
Anton considers Robin Williams, his co-star in House of D, to be the funniest person alive. edit »
Anton listens to a wide selection of music. Among the artists he listens to are The Beatles, Wu-Tang Clan, Charlie Parker, and Buena Vista Social Club. edit »
Anton plays the guitar. He used to get together with his friends in high school to jam. edit »
He loves playing chess and reading. edit »
Both of his parents are still involved in figure skating. His father Viktor coaches skaters in California and his mother Irina choreographs skating routines. edit »
Anton is an only child. edit »
Anton is in the October 2005 issue of Teen Vogue with Orlando Bloom on the cover. edit »
Anton is in the movie Delivering Milo playing Milo, the lead character. This is one of Anton's first lead roles. edit »
Anton is in the movie Rooftop Kisses playing Charlie. edit »
In 2002, Anton won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor for Hearts in Atlantis. edit »
In 2003, Anton was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special - Supporting Young Actor for Taken. edit »
In 2005, Anton was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor for Jack. edit »
Anton immigrated from Russia to the US when he was just six months old. edit »

Anton: (on being caught up in Hollywood's celebrity culture) My parents are really good at keeping me level-headed, not that I've ever had the desire to not be level-headed. That's really disgusted me in other people and I've always kept myself in check. I really see no reason in not being level headed. edit »
Anton: (talking about his native country) Russia is very complicated. It is one of the most complicated histories. I could go on about this forever. It produces Dostoyevsky and Rachmaninoff and then it produces Stalins and Lenins. It is such a strange combination. I don't know why that rant about Russia was necessary. edit »
Anton: To me high school is such an unhealthy place in general. Every teenager is [going through] this incredible hormonal explosion. Then they put a thousand of them in one place. It is like putting hot air in a balloon. edit »
Anton: (on being faced with the decision of leaving home, like his character in "House of D") I think it's such a difficult thing to do, and I don't know if I'm strong enough. edit »
Anton: (on doing a comedy, "Charlie Bartlett", after several dramatic roles) Everything that I've worked on, I've wanted to work on and it was a learning experience for me. But it was nice to get to be funny and stuff for a change. edit »
Anton: (on doing a movie based on a true story like "Alpha Dog") You always want to be as realistic as possible, to the full extent of my abilities or whatever, but I just felt sort of this really had to be as real as I could make it, as real as I could imagine. edit »
Anton: (about figure skating) My mom and dad would always tried to teach me, but I hated it! edit »