Sean Astin
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California, USA
- Active Years
- 1954–2026 (73 Years)
- Total Credits
- 226 credits in database
Acting Born Feb 25, 1971 Santa Monica, California, USA 226 credits
Biography
Sean Patrick Astin is an American film actor, director, and producer who was born on February 25, 1971, in Santa Monica, California. He is recognized for his film roles including Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character in Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. His television credits include appearing as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of the television series 24. Additionally, he provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso. Within the database, he is associated with two hundred thirteen known credits and is also known by the name Sean Patrick Duke.
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Career overview
Sean Patrick Astin is an American film actor, director, and producer who was born on February 25, 1971, in Santa Monica, California. He is also known as Sean Patrick Duke. Throughout his career, he has accumulated 213 known acting credits across film and television.
In film, Astin is best known for playing Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, taking on the title character role in Rudy, and portraying Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. His television work includes appearing as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of the series 24. Additionally, he provided the voice for the title character in the Disney production Special Agent Oso.
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Career timeline
Chili FingerMatter of TimeLittle LorraineA Social Contract
Love HurtsHaha, You ClownsGuns of RedemptionPet Investigators
Mighty MonsterwheeliesThe Invisible RaptorThe Man in the White VanA Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina CarpenterHard Miles
VindictaThe ShiftiMordecaiHoliday TwistGo West
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Charming the Hearts of MenPlaying with Power: The Nintendo StoryPlaying with Power: The Nintendo Story · Executive ProducerHero ModeAdverse
Perry MasonReunited ApartJustice League Dark: Apokolips WarThe Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in SpaceThe Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?No Good NickGloria BellThe Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
The ConnersThe Epic Tales of Captain UnderpantsMinecraft: Story ModeRemember the SultanaRemember the Sultana · Executive Producer
Beyond Stranger ThingsSwing StateDead AntBad Kids of Crestview AcademyNot a War Story
Stranger ThingsStranger ThingsJustice League ActionJustice League ActionBunnicula
SupergirlNew Looney TunesCon ManJustice League: Throne of AtlantisWoodlawn
The StrainThe LibrariansPenn Zero: Part-Time HeroJustice League: WarVideo Games: The Movie
Brooklyn Nine-NineSofia the FirstA Monsterous HolidayExtractionOut West
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesAddicted to FameAmazing LoveAdopting TerrorDorothy and the Witches of Oz
Franklin & BashAlphasStay CoolThe Witches of OzDemoted
With Great Power: The Stan Lee StoryWWII in HD: The Air WarMaking of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Special Agent OsoAlvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelPart Two: The Warm Mission
The Colour of MagicForever StrongThe Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
The Big Bang TheoryMasters of Science FictionMy Wife Is RetardedBorderlandThe Final Season
ClickMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolLove and Debate
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonRobot ChickenMy Name Is EarlThe Reichen ShowMeerkat Manor
The Tony Danza Show50 First DatesBest Week EverBalto III: Wings of ChangeParty Wagon
NCISReal Time with Bill MaherJimmy Kimmel Live!The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
MonkThe Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersJeremiahThe Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptA Day in the Life of a Hobbit
24The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingQuest for the RingThe Sky is FallingBeyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
DeterrenceThe Last ProducerDish DogsIcebreaker
Angel · DirectorKimberly
BulworthBoy Meets Girl
The ViewPerversions of SciencePerversions of Science · DirectorThe Long Way Home
Full Filmography
226 titles- Chili Finger (2026) as Ron
- Matter of Time (2026) as Gibbs
- Little Lorraine (2026) as Fr. Williams
- A Social Contract (2026) as Bennett Wilde
- Love Hurts (2025) as Cliff Cussick
- Haha, You Clowns (2025) as Sean Astin (voice)
- Guns of Redemption (2025) as Parson Dyer
- Pet Investigators (2025) as Jimmy the Butcher / Special Agent Brennan
- Mighty Monsterwheelies (2024) as Invisible Van (voice)
- The Invisible Raptor (2024) as William 'Willie' Walsh
- The Man in the White Van (2024) as Richard Williams
- A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (2024) as Self
- Hard Miles (2024) as Speedy
- Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps (2024) as The Dog (voice)
- Vindicta (2023) as Rick
- The Shift (2023) as Gabriel
- iMordecai (2023) as Marvin
- Holiday Twist (2023) as Mr. Whitmer
- Go West (2023) as Narrator
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (2022) as Master Sloth (voice)
- Charming the Hearts of Men (2021) as George
- Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story (2021) as Narrator
- Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story (2021) Executive Producer
- Hero Mode (2021) as Jimmy Tisdale
- Adverse (2021) as Frankie
- Perry Mason (2020) as Sunny Gryce
- Reunited Apart (2020) as Self
- Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020) as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice)
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space (2020) as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space (2020) as Narrator (voice)
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space (2020) as Mr. Gigglenose (voice)
- LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters (2020) as Shazam (voice)
- Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas (2020) as Narrator (voice)
- Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama (2020) as Narrator / Putter Mulligan (voice)
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019) as Sean Astin (voice)
- No Good Nick (2019) as Ed Thompson
- Gloria Bell (2019) as Jeremy
- The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween (2019) as Narrator / Mr Gigglenose (voice)
- The Conners (2018) as Tyler
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018) as Narrator (voice)
- Minecraft: Story Mode (2018) as Reginal (voice)
- Remember the Sultana (2018) as Narrator
- Remember the Sultana (2018) Executive Producer
- Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018) as Fox (voice)
- eHero (2018) as Richard Brixton
- Beyond Stranger Things (2017) as Self
- Swing State (2017) as Bob Bernard
- Dead Ant (2017) as Art
- Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017) as Headmaster Nash
- Not a War Story (2017)
- Unleashed (2017) as Carl
- Espionage Tonight (2017) as Sam Jacobson
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder (2017) as Raphael (voice)
- The Lears (2017) as Tom Cornwall
- Stranger Things (2016) as Bob Newby
- Stranger Things (2016) as Bob Newby (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Justice League Action (2016) as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice)
- Justice League Action (2016) as Shazam / Billy (voice)
- Bunnicula (2016) as Chester (voice)
- The Do-Over (2016) as Ted-O
- Range 15 (2016) as Pilot Grigsby
- Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed (2016) as Self
- Supergirl (2015) as Pete Andrews
- New Looney Tunes (2015) as Actor Sean Astin (voice)
- Con Man (2015) as Sean Astin
- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015) as Shazam (voice)
- Woodlawn (2015) as Hank
- Do You Believe? (2015) as Dr. Farell
- The Dramatics: A Comedy (2015) as Alex Wilson Dixon
- Hatched: Chicks Gone Wild! (2015)
- Checkmate (2015) as Dyson
- Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past (2015) as Raphael (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage (2015) as Raphael (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Pulverizer Power (2015) as Raphael (voice)
- The Strain (2014) as Jim Kent
- The Librarians (2014) as The Amazing Mysterium / Kirby
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014) as Blaze (voice)
- Justice League: War (2014) as Shazam (voice)
- Video Games: The Movie (2014) as Self - Narrator
- Video Games: The Movie (2014) Other
- Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014) as Porter
- Moms' Night Out (2014) as Sean
- The Hero of Color City (2014) as Horatio (voice)
- Stan Lee's Mighty 7 (2014) as Kid Kinergy (voice)
- Ribbit (2014) as Ribbit
- Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014) as Tanner
- The Surface (2014) as Mitch
- A Long Run (2014) as Self
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) as Sergeant Knox
- Sofia the First (2013) as Bengee (voice)
- A Monsterous Holiday (2013) as Spencer
- Extraction (2013) as Kyle Black
- Out West (2013) as Cal Calhoun
- The Naughty List (2013) as Winter (voice)
- Santa Switch (2013) as Eddie
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Enter Shredder (2013) as Raphael (voice)
- The Freemason (2013) as Leon Weed
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) as Raphael (voice)
- Addicted to Fame (2012) as Matt Foster (archive footage)
- Amazing Love (2012) as Stuart
- Adopting Terror (2012) as Tim Broadbent
- Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012) as Frack
- Franklin & Bash (2011) as Steven Piper
- Alphas (2011) as Mitchel Morgan
- Stay Cool (2011) as Big Girl
- The Witches of Oz (2011) as Frack
- Demoted (2011) as Mike
- And They're Off (2011) as Dusty Sanders
- Love's Christmas Journey (2011) as Mayor Wayne
- Deep Blue Breath (2011) as The Father
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) as Self
- WWII in HD: The Air War (2010) as Steve Pisanos (voice)
- Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' (2010) as Self
- Special Agent Oso (2009) as Special Agent OSO
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) as Meerkat Manor Narrator (voice)
- Part Two: The Warm Mission (2009) as Sean
- The Colour of Magic (2008) as Twoflower
- Forever Strong (2008) as Marcus Tate
- The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (2008) as Twoflower
- The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (2008) as Twoflower
- The Big Bang Theory (2007) as Greg Pemberton
- Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
- My Wife Is Retarded (2007) as Jeff
- Borderland (2007) as Randall
- The Final Season (2007) as Kent Stock
- What Love Is (2007) as Geroge
- Click (2006) as Bill
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006) as Kip Kipling
- Love and Debate (2006) as Coach Amal
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self - Guest
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice)
- My Name Is Earl (2005) as Rick
- The Reichen Show (2005) as Self
- Meerkat Manor (2005) as Narrator
- Into the West (2005) as Martin Jarrett
- Hercules (2005) as Linus
- Smile (2005) as Mr. Matthews
- Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005) as Self
- Slipstream (2005) as Stuart Conway
- Slipstream (2005) Co-Producer
- Bigger Than the Sky (2005) as Ken Zorbell
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (2005) as Self
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
- 50 First Dates (2004) as Doug Whitmore
- Best Week Ever (2004)
- Balto III: Wings of Change (2004) as Kodi (voice)
- Party Wagon (2004) as Randall P. McDuff / Josiah (voice)
- Elvis Has Left the Building (2004) as Aaron
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004) as Self
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2004) as Self
- NCIS (2003) as Tyler Elliott
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Sam
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Las Vegas (2003) as Lloyd Campbell
- Snowflake Bentley (2003)
- The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2003)
- The Long and Short of It (2003) Director
- The Long and Short of It (2003) Writer
- The Long and Short of It (2003) Producer
- The Long and Short of It (2003) Story
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (2003) as Self
- Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003) as Self
- The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' (2003) as Self
- The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003) as Self
- Monk (2002) as Paul Buchanan
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Sam
- Jeremiah (2002) as Mister Smith
- The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (2002) as Self
- A Day in the Life of a Hobbit (2002) as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (2002) as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002) as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design (2002) as Self
- The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2002)
- 24 (2001) as Lynn McGill
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Sam
- Quest for the Ring (2001) as Self
- The Sky is Falling (2001) as Mr. Schwartz
- Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Self
- Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001) as Self
- Deterrence (2000) as Ralph
- The Last Producer (2000) as Bo Pomerantz
- Dish Dogs (2000) as Morgan
- Icebreaker (2000) as Matt Foster
- Angel (1999) Director
- Kimberly (1999) as Bob
- Bulworth (1998) as Gary
- Boy Meets Girl (1998) as Mike
- The View (1997) as Self
- Perversions of Science (1997) as Taylor
- Perversions of Science (1997) Director
- The Long Way Home (1997) as Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)
- Courage Under Fire (1996) as Patella
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA (1995) as Self
- Harrison Bergeron (1995) as Harrison Bergeron
- The Low Life (1995) as Andrew
- Teresa's Tattoo (1994) as Step-Brother (uncredited)
- Safe Passage (1994) as Izzy
- Kangaroo Court (1994) Director
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Rudy (1993) as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self
- Encino Man (1992) as Dave Morgan
- Where the Day Takes You (1992) as Greg
- Toy Soldiers (1991) as Billy Tepper
- Law & Order (1990) as Wayne Hensley
- Memphis Belle (1990) as Richard "Rascal" Moore
- The Willies (1990) as Michael
- The War of the Roses (1989) as Josh at 17
- Staying Together (1989) as Duncan McDermott
- Like Father Like Son (1987) as Clarence / Trigger
- White Water Summer (1987) as Alan
- The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986) as Leonard Kinsey
- The Goonies (1985) as Mikey
- The Making Of The Goonies (1985) as Self
- Please Don't Hit Me, Mom (1983) as Brian Reynolds
- The Rules of Marriage (1982) as Charlie Hagen
- Entertainment Tonight (1981) as Self
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Leonard Kinsey
- Scruggs
- The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past as Sam
- Will to Win
- American Men as Sean Wilson
- Oh, the Guilt as Dormazestrin Spokesman
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Sean Astin best known for?
Sean Astin is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Little Lorraine (2026), Love Hurts (2025), Pet Investigators (2025), Mighty Monsterwheelies (2024).
When and where was Sean Astin born?
Sean Astin was born on February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
How many credits does Sean Astin have?
Sean Astin has accumulated over 226 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1954 to 2026.
What is Sean Astin's background in cinema and television?
Sean Patrick Astin is an American film actor, director, and producer who was born on February 25, 1971, in Santa Monica, California. He is recognized for his film roles including Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character in Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. His television credits include ...
Sean Astin by the numbers
226credits
159films
67TV series
1954–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Stranger Things (2016) as Bob Newby — aged about 45
- Stranger Things (2016) as Bob Newby (archive footage) (uncredited) — aged about 45
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Sam — aged about 32
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Sam — aged about 31
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Sam — aged about 30
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) as Raphael (voice) — aged about 41
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