Anton Yelchin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1989 and came to the United States as an infant with his parents, who were Russian national pairs figure skating champions. Over the past four years he's gone from appearing in television commercials to starring in movies such as "Hearts In Atlantis," based on Stephen King's novel, for which he won a 2001 Young Artists Award for 'Best Performer.'

Yelchin's acting career began when he was nine years old. After appearing in commercials for McDonald's, Citibank and RadioShack, he landed a number of prominent guest-starring roles on the television shows "ER," "The Practice," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and most recently "NYPD Blue." He also appeared in the David Lynch movie "Mulholland Drive" and worked alongside Drew Carey on the Disney movie-of-the-week "Geppetto."

After landing a role in the as-yet unreleased "A Man Is Mostly Water," Anton was cast in a supporting role in "15 Minutes," which starred Robert De Niro and Ed Burns. Since then, he has played the title role in director Nick Castle's indie film "Delivering Milo" with Albert Finney, Bridget Fonda and Campbell Scott, and he starred with Morgan Freeman in "Along Came A Spider." Yelchin has also appeared in the indie film "A Time For Dancing." Most recently, he co-starred with Robin Williams in David Duchovny's directorial debut "House Of D" and the Showtime Original Picture For All Ages "Jack" with Stockard Channing and Ron Silver.

Off screen, Yelchin manages to live the life of a regular American teenager: playing chess, learning to play Beatles songs and honing his skills on the guitar and piano.