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Sean Astin

Sean Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, producer, family man, author, marathon runner, political activist and philanthropist who is well known for his film debut portraying Mikey in Steven Spielberg's The Goonies (1985), for playing the title role in the critically acclaimed Rudy (1993), and for his role as the beloved Sam Gamgee in the Academy Award winning trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The L

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  • Born In Santa Monica, CA
  • Born February 25, 1971
  • Gender Male
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Race White or Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)
  • Created April 1, 2021 by
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  • Modified June 27, 2022 by
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003
as Samwise

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001
as Samwise

The Goonies

1985
as Mikey Walsh

Click

2006
as Bill

Stranger Things

2016
as Bob Newby

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002
as Samwise

50 First Dates

2004
as Doug Whitmore

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

2009
as Meerkat Manor Narrator (voice)

The Strain

2014
as Jim Kent

Justice League: War

2014
as Shazam

No Good Nick

2019
as Ed

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

2012
as Raphael

Justice League Action

2016
as Shazam

The Do-Over

2016
as Ted-O

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

2015
as Shazam (voice)

J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth

2003
as Self - Sam

Cameras in Middle-Earth

2004
as Sean Astin

Gloria Bell

2019
as Jeremy

Where the Day Takes You

1992
as Greg

Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed

2016
as Himself

Rudy

1993
as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger

Forever Strong

2008
as Marcus Tate

Special Agent Oso

2009
as Special Agent Oso

Balto III: Wings of Change

2004
as Kodi (voice)

Unleashed

2017
as Carl

National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings

2001
as Himself

Video Games: The Movie

2014
as Himself / Narrator

Elvis Has Left the Building

2004
as Aaron

Love's Christmas Journey

2011
as Mayor Wayne

Bigger Than the Sky

2005
as Ken Zorbell

Bad Kids of Crestview Academy

2017
as Headmaster Nash

Hero Mode

2021
as Jimmy

Slipstream

2005
as Stuart Conway

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

2010
as Himself

Designing Middle-Earth

2004
as Self

Bulworth

1998
as Gary

Staying Together

1989
as Duncan McDermott

50 Cutest Child Stars: All Grown Up

2005
as Sean Astin

A Day in the Life of a Hobbit

2002
as Sean Astin

The Passing of an Age

2004
as Sean Astin

The Final Season

2007
as Kent Stock

Memphis Belle

1990
as Sgt. Richard "Rascal" Moore

Like Father Like Son

1987
as Clarence / Trigger

WWII in HD: The Air War

2010
as Steve Pisanos (voice)

The Man In The White Van

Range 15

2016
as Pilot Grigsby

Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past

2015
as Raphael

Woodlawn

2015
as Hank

Checkmate

2015
as Dyson

Sift Heads vs TMNT Movie

as Leonardo

The B.R.A.T. Patrol

1986
as Leonard Kinsey

The Low Life

1995
as Andrew

Hercules (2005)

2005
as Linus

And They're Off

2011
as Dusty

The War of the Roses

1989
as Josh at 17

Demoted

2011
as Mike

Hard Miles

2024
as Speedy

Grojband: The Movie

2023
as Raphael

Do You Believe?

2015
as Dr. Farell

Man & Witch

as The dog

Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story

2021
as Narrator

Safe Passage

1994
as Izzy Singer

The Shift

2023
as Gabriel

Hatched: Chicks Gone Wild!

2015

The Taming of Sméagol

2003
as Sean Astin

Quest for the Ring

2001
as Himself

Charming the Hearts of Men

2021
as George

Vindicta

2023

Adverse

2020
as Frankie

Deterrence

2000
as Ralph

The Dramatics: A Comedy

2015
as Alex Wilson Dixon

Dead Ant

2017
as Art

The Last Producer

2000
as Bo Pomerantz

Pure Flix and Chill: The David A.R. White Story

2018
as Sean Astin

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

2019
as Narrator / Mr Gigglenose

Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-rama

2020
as Narrator

The Naughty List

2013
as Winter

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

as Sean Astin

The Wayward Guide For The Untrained Eye

2020
as Lesly Stone

The Hero of Color City

2014
as Horatio

Extraction

2013
as Kyle Black

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero

2014
as Porter

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'

2010
as Sean Astin

Not a War Story

2017

A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

2001
as Himself

K-9 World Cup

2015

Kimberly

1999
as Bob

Encino Man

1992
as Dave Morgan

White Water Summer

1987
as Alan

The Lears

2017
as Tom Cornwall

From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter

2004
as Sean Astin

Moms' Night Out

2014
as Sean

Dish Dogs

2000
as Morgan

The Willies

1990
as Michael

Bar Mitzvah Bash!

2004
as Sean Astin

Spirit of the Forest

2008
as Furi (voice)

Boys of Abu Ghraib

2014
as Tanner

Adopting Terror

2012
as Tim Broadbent

Courage Under Fire

1996
as Patella

Smile

2005
as Mr. Matthews

Icebreaker

2000
as Matt Foster

Espionage Tonight

2017
as Sam Jacobson

The Fellowship of the Cast

2002
as Self - Sam

Toy Soldiers

1991
as William 'Billy' Tepper

Bunnicula

2016
as Chester

Weta Workshop

2002
as Self - Sam

Love and Debate

2006

The Surface

2014
as Mitch

Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic

2008
as Twoflower

Harrison Bergeron

1995
as Harrison Bergeron

Remember the Sultana

2018
as Narrator (voice)

Please Don't Hit Me, Mom

1981
as Brian Reynolds

Borderland

2007
as Randall

Dorothy and the Witches of Oz

2012
as Frack

eHero

2018
as Richard Brixton

Amazing Love

2012
as Stuart

Santa Switch

2013
as Eddie

Addicted To Fame

2012
as Matt Foster

Swing State

2017
as Bob Bernard

Stan Lee's Mighty 7

2014
as Kid Kinergy (voice)

Jeremiah

2002
as Mr. Smith

The Witches of Oz

2011
as Frack

The Freemason

2013
as Leon Weed

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

2005
as Sean Astin

What Love Is

2007
as Geroge

The Long Way Home

1997
as Voice

Stay Cool

2009
as Big Girl

Director

Episode Angel
Soulless 		2003
Movie Kangaroo Court 2001
Movie The Long and Short of It 2003
Episode Perversions of Science
Snap Ending 		1997

Writer

Movie The Long and Short of It 2003
Movie The Long and Short of It 2003

Producer

Movie Kangaroo Court 2001
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
Education, Mocap & Hospitals 		2016
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
History, E-Sports (Pt. 1) & Performance 		2016
Movie The Long and Short of It 2003
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
Game Journalism, Nintendo and Violence 		2016
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
E-Sports (Pt. 2), Franchises & Rehabilitation 		2016
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
Game Brain, Production & Gearbox 		2016
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
Future, Innovation & Champions 		2016
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
Indies, Psychology & Dev Community 		2016
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
Unlocked: Behind the Scenes 		2016
Movie Remember the Sultana 2018

Guest Star

Episode Hallmark Countdown to Christmas
Santa Switch 		2013
Episode IRrelevant Astronomy
Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide 		2009
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Simon Cowell/Emily Procter 		2005
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Norman Reedus, Sean Astin, Pat McGann 		2017
Episode Higglytown Heroes
Twinkle's Wish 		2004
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Noah Wylie/Sean Astin 		2005
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Tom Skerritt, Sean Astin, Sean Donohue, Tag Team 		1993
Episode Con Man
Retarding It All Up 		2015
Episode Hollywood Hold 'Em
Zachary Levi 		2005
Episode Celebrity Poker Showdown
Tournament 2 Game 4 		2004
Episode NCIS
The Tell 		2012
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Geena Davis, Sean Astin, C. Everett Koop 		1991
Episode IRrelevant Astronomy
Behind the Scenes: Dead Stars 		2010
Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Plagiarism Schism 		2019
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
January 30, 2004 		2004
Episode Supergirl
The Missing Link 		2020
Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Laureate Accumulation 		2019
Episode The Librarians (2014)
And the Tears of a Clown 		2016
Episode Inside Of You
Sean Astin 		2019
Episode Bull
A Beautiful Lie 		1970
Episode The Loud House
One of the Boys 		2016
Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Confirmation Polarization 		2019
Episode Con Man
Stalled 		2015
Episode Con Man
Behind the Lines 		2015
Episode Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Returning of the Key Ring! 		2021
Episode Alphas
If Memory Serves 		2012
Episode Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
Unlocked: Behind the Scenes 		2016
Episode Reunited Apart
The Goonies Are Back!! 		2020
Episode The Strain
Fallen Light 		2015
Episode WIGS
Christine: Art 		2012
Episode Inside Of You
LOTR Sean Astin Talks Identity, Destigmatizing Anxiety, and Social Stigmas 		2021
Episode Alphas
Need to Know 		2012
Episode The Noite com Danilo Gentili
Sean Astin; Édgar Vivar 		2014
Episode Las Vegas
You Can't Take It with You 		2004
Episode Reunited Apart
One Zoom to Rule Them All (Lord of the Rings) 		2020