Sean Astin

Acting · Born 1971-02-25 in Santa Monica, California, USA

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.

Filmography

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Sam
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Sam
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Sam
• Forever Strong as Marcus Tate
• The Goonies as Mikey
• Rudy as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger
• Justice League: War as Shazam (voice)
• Justice League: Throne of Atlantis as Shazam (voice)
• Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Pulverizer Power as Raphael (voice)

TV

• Monk as Paul Buchanan
• 24 as Lynn McGill
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Raphael (voice)
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Sean Astin (voice)
• The Big Bang Theory as Greg Pemberton
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Sergeant Knox
• Stranger Things as Bob Newby
• NCIS as Tyler Elliott
• Robot Chicken as Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice)
• My Name Is Earl as Rick