Walter Koenig learned he earned the part of Chekov after a strange encounter. The Monkees' Davy Jones inspired the character. 'The Monkees' and 'Star Trek' became ... until my hair grew out ...

The Original Series season 2, episode 15, "The Trouble With Tribbles," Walter Koenig highlighted the winning performances of ...

By Tim Appelo At last, at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on TV’s original 1966-69 Star Trek series ... Most of my vanity, along with my hair, has pretty much vanished.

LOS ANGELES-- Anton Yelchin, a charismatic and rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films ... the romantic drama "Like Crazy." He starred opposite Felicity Jones.

YOU CANNOT knowledgeably watch “Star Trek Beyond” without the pang of awareness that this is the last we’ll see of Anton Yelchin’s Chekov ... “Like Crazy” and the TV series “Huff.” ...

Walter Koenig, shown portraying Pavel Chekov ... “Star Trek” was not a viable possibility. What were your options at that time? I had none. None. Out of necessity, because I was going crazy ...

Anton Yelchin, an actor best known for playing Chekov in the Star Trek reboots and Jacob in Like Crazy, has died in a freak car accident. He was just 27 years old. Anton died early Sunday morning.

I’ve been on a lifetime search it seems to develop Chekov ... hair and in effect, almost somebody else as opposed to the young character that I played when I first started on Star Trek.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films ... promoting the romantic drama "Like Crazy." He starred opposite Felicity Jones.

Here are 3 surprising wig and toupee stories from the set of Star Trek ... until his real hair grew to an appropriate length. The mop-topped Ensign Chekov, added in the original Trek's second ...

In just a few weeks, the 27-year-old should have been publicizing his latest tour of duty aboard the “Star Trek” franchise as Chekov — the ... “Just Crazy” (2011), as a lovelorn American ...