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Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American film and television actor, known for portraying Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series, and for several other prominent roles. Born to a Russian Jewish family in Leningrad, Yelchin relocated to the United States as an infant. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles and the Hollywood films Along Came a Spider and Hearts in Atlantis (both 2001). His role as Jacob Clarke in the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken was significant in furthering his career as a child actor. He later appeared on the television series Huff and appeared in the films Terminator Salvation (2009), Charlie Bartlett (2007), Fright Night (2011), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). Yelchin frequently worked on independent and lower-profile films, headlining the romantic drama Like Crazy (2011), the 2011 remake of Fright Night, the supernatural thriller Odd Thomas (2013), the romance 5 to 7 (2014), the horror comedy Burying the Ex (2014), the neo-noir The Driftless Area (2015), and the thriller Green Room (2015). As a voice actor, he voiced Clumsy Smurf in the live-action Smurfs films (2011–2013) and lead role James 'Jim' Lake Jr. on the Netflix animated series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016–2018). He maintained an active career until his accidental death in 2016 when he was fatally injured by his SUV. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Yelchin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Anton Yelchin

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for Jimmy Olsen in Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2013)
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Clark Kent works as an unnoticed stringer at the Daily Planet while quietly tracking a wave of “miracles” reshaping Metropolis—feats Lex Luthor publicly claims as proof of his own genius. Clark’s investigation exposes Luthor’s hidden agenda: Project Steel, a cybernetic soldier built from John Corben and powered by a mysterious green mineral recovered from a Smallville crater. When Corben becomes Metallo, the unstable energy source twists him into a walking weapon who nearly ends Clark’s life. Forced into the open, Clark embraces the symbol he’s been afraid to become, drawing strength from both his Kryptonian legacy and the values instilled by the Kents. As Metallo rampages and Luthor unleashes drone forces to maintain control, Clark inspires Metropolis to resist fear and reclaim their city. Amid the chaos, a LexCorp janitor transformed into the ravenous Parasite becomes another pawn in Luthor’s schemes, adding to the threat. Clark ultimately proves himself a true guardian of tomorrow—one defined not by power, but by hope. Post‑Credits: Deep within a sealed S.T.A.R. Labs vault, the containment cube that once held the green mineral begins to pulse with an eerie ping. Dr. Silas Stone observes the readings and notes the energy signature matches a signal originating from far beyond Earth, hinting at a looming cosmic arrival.