Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin has died at the age of 27, his publicist confirmed.<br />TMZ reported that the Russian-born actor was discovered by his friends about 1 a.m. Sunday pinned between his car and a brick mailbox at his San Fernando Valley home.<br />Police officials told TMZ the engine was running when Yelchin was found and that the vehicle was in neutral on the driveway's incline.<br />It's unclear why he got out of his car, but foul play is not suspected.<br />Yelchin started small with roles in indie films and various television shows, before breaking out in films like the crime thriller Alpha Dog and the teenage comedy Charlie Bartlett.<br />His biggest role to date had been in the rebooted Star Trek films — the third of which, Star Trek Beyond comes out in July.
