Claim: Anton Yelchin was born to a Russian Jewish family in 1989.
Evidence: Anton Viktorovich Yelchin -LRB- Анто́н Ви́кторович Ельчи́н March 11 , 1989 -- June 19 , 2016 -RRB- was an American actor.
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 -LRB- 2001 -RRB-.