Sean Astin
Known for Acting · 211 credits
- Born
- 1971-02-25 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Also known as
- Sean Patrick Duke
Biography
Sean Patrick Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24. He also provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso.
Known For
TV Shows (60)
Law & Order
1990
as Wayne Hensley
Stranger Things
2016
as Bob Newby / Bob Newby (archive footage) (uncredited)
NCIS
2003
as Tyler Elliott
24
2001
as Lynn McGill
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self - Guest
New Looney Tunes
2015
as Actor Sean Astin (voice)
Monk
2002
as Paul Buchanan
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Sergeant Knox
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Supergirl
2015
as Pete Andrews
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Greg Pemberton
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
as Raphael (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Robot Chicken
2005
as Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice)
Las Vegas
2003
as Lloyd Campbell
The Strain
2014
as Jim Kent
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Rick
Bunnicula
2016
as Chester (voice)
Justice League Action
2016
as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice) / Shazam / Billy (voice)
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
Sofia the First
2013
as Bengee (voice)
Con Man
2015
as Sean Astin
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Steven Piper
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self
The Librarians
2014
as The Amazing Mysterium / Kirby
The Conners
2018
as Tyler
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
2022
as Master Sloth (voice)
Perry Mason
2020
as Sunny Gryce
Alphas
2011
as Mitchel Morgan
Best Week Ever
2004
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Sean Astin (voice)
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Mighty Monsterwheelies
2024
as Invisible Van (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
as Blaze (voice)
Special Agent Oso
2009
as Special Agent OSO
Meerkat Manor
2005
as Narrator
Into the West
2005
as Martin Jarrett
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Twoflower
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Leonard Kinsey
No Good Nick
2019
as Ed Thompson
Jeremiah
2002
as Mister Smith
Perversions of Science
1997
as Taylor
Minecraft: Story Mode
2018
as Reginal (voice)
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space
2020
as Narrator (voice) / Abraham Lincoln (voice) / Mr. Gigglenose (voice)
Beyond Stranger Things
2017
as Self
Haha, You Clowns
2025
as Sean Astin (voice)
Hercules
2005
as Linus
The Witches of Oz
2011
as Frack
Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story
2021
as Narrator
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
2016
as Self
American Men
as Sean Wilson
Movies (151)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Sam
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Sam
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Sam
50 First Dates
2004
as Doug Whitmore
Click
2006
as Bill
The Goonies
1985
as Mikey
Love Hurts
2025
as Cliff Cussick
Chili Finger
2026
as Ron
Justice League: War
2014
as Shazam (voice)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
as Meerkat Manor Narrator (voice)
A Monsterous Holiday
2013
as Spencer
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
2020
as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice)
Extraction
2013
as Kyle Black
The Do-Over
2016
as Ted-O
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
2014
as Porter
Stay Cool
2011
as Big Girl
LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters
2020
as Shazam (voice)
The Invisible Raptor
2024
as William 'Willie' Walsh
Scruggs
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Patella
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self
Rudy
1993
as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger
The War of the Roses
1989
as Josh at 17
Charming the Hearts of Men
2021
as George
Vindicta
2023
as Rick
Swing State
2017
as Bob Bernard
Ploey: You Never Fly Alone
2018
as Fox (voice)
Bulworth
1998
as Gary
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
2024
as Self
Encino Man
1992
as Dave Morgan
Moms' Night Out
2014
as Sean
Video Games: The Movie
2014
as Self - Narrator
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
2015
as Shazam (voice)
Matter of Time
2026
as Gibbs
Remember the Sultana
2018
as Narrator
Gloria Bell
2019
as Jeremy
The Hero of Color City
2014
as Horatio (voice)
Little Lorraine
2026
as Fr. Williams
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
as Kid Kinergy (voice)
Demoted
2011
as Mike
Out West
2013
as Cal Calhoun
The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past
as Sam
Party Wagon
2004
as Randall P. McDuff / Josiah (voice)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self
Memphis Belle
1990
as Richard "Rascal" Moore
And They're Off
2011
as Dusty Sanders
My Wife Is Retarded
2007
as Jeff
Boys of Abu Ghraib
2014
as Tanner
Ribbit
2014
as Ribbit
The Last Producer
2000
as Bo Pomerantz
The Long Way Home
1997
as Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
The Making Of The Goonies
1985
as Self
The Rules of Marriage
1982
as Charlie Hagen
Amazing Love
2012
as Stuart
The Man in the White Van
2024
as Richard Williams
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Kip Kipling
Adverse
2021
as Frankie
Like Father Like Son
1987
as Clarence / Trigger
Addicted to Fame
2012
as Matt Foster (archive footage)
Love's Christmas Journey
2011
as Mayor Wayne
Dead Ant
2017
as Art
Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama
2020
as Narrator / Putter Mulligan (voice)
Range 15
2016
as Pilot Grigsby
Woodlawn
2015
as Hank
Kimberly
1999
as Bob
Adopting Terror
2012
as Tim Broadbent
Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self
Deterrence
2000
as Ralph
The Naughty List
2013
as Winter (voice)
Smile
2005
as Mr. Matthews
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Kodi (voice)
Do You Believe?
2015
as Dr. Farell
Part Two: The Warm Mission
2009
as Sean
The Dramatics: A Comedy
2015
as Alex Wilson Dixon
Toy Soldiers
1991
as Billy Tepper
The Low Life
1995
as Andrew
A Day in the Life of a Hobbit
2002
as Self
Teresa's Tattoo
1994
as Step-Brother (uncredited)
The Shift
2023
as Gabriel
Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
2017
as Headmaster Nash
Borderland
2007
as Randall
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002
as Self
Not a War Story
2017
Bigger Than the Sky
2005
as Ken Zorbell
Santa Switch
2013
as Eddie
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
2019
as Narrator / Mr Gigglenose (voice)
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
as The Dog (voice)
Where the Day Takes You
1992
as Greg
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz
2012
as Frack
Forever Strong
2008
as Marcus Tate
Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Hatched: Chicks Gone Wild!
2015
Snowflake Bentley
2003
The Surface
2014
as Mitch
Espionage Tonight
2017
as Sam Jacobson
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002
as Self
A Social Contract
2026
as Bennett Wilde
Will to Win
The Sky is Falling
2001
as Mr. Schwartz
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
as Twoflower
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
as Self
iMordecai
2023
as Marvin
White Water Summer
1987
as Alan
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
2010
as Self
Hard Miles
2024
as Speedy
Boy Meets Girl
1998
as Mike
Love and Debate
2006
as Coach Amal
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Self
Safe Passage
1994
as Izzy
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
2008
as Twoflower
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002
as Self
Hero Mode
2021
as Jimmy Tisdale
WWII in HD: The Air War
2010
as Steve Pisanos (voice)
Elvis Has Left the Building
2004
as Aaron
eHero
2018
as Richard Brixton
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002
as Self
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder
2017
as Raphael (voice)
About Sean Astin
Sean Patrick Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24. He also provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso. With 211 credits spanning from 1954 to 2026, Sean Astin has appeared in 151 films and 60 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sean Astin Movies
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — as Sam
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — as Sam
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — as Sam
- 50 First Dates (2004) — as Doug Whitmore
- Click (2006) — as Bill
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