Acting
Sean Astin
Born 1971-02-25
Santa Monica, California, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Sean Astin
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
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Stranger Things
2016
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The Big Bang Theory
2007
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50 First Dates
2004
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Click
2006
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The Goonies
1985
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Supergirl
2015
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (228 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Chili Finger | Ron | Movie | 2026 |
 | A Social Contract | Bennett Wilde | Movie | 2026 |
 | Little Lorraine | Fr. Williams | Movie | 2026 |
 | Matter of Time | Gibbs | Movie | 2026 |
 | Haha, You Clowns | Sean Astin (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Pet Investigators | Jimmy the Butcher / Special Agent Brennan | Movie | 2025 |
 | Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow | Self - 'Stranger Things' Bob Newby (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Guns of Redemption | Parson Dyer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Love Hurts | Cliff Cussick | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Man in the White Van | Richard Williams | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Invisible Raptor | William 'Willie' Walsh | Movie | 2024 |
 | A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Mighty Monsterwheelies | Invisible Van (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | The Dog (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Hard Miles | Speedy | Movie | 2024 |
 | Holiday Twist | Mr. Whitmer | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Shift | Gabriel | Movie | 2023 |
 | Vindicta | Rick | Movie | 2023 |
 | Go West | Narrator | Movie | 2023 |
 | iMordecai | Marvin | Movie | 2023 |
 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Master Sloth (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Charming the Hearts of Men | George | Movie | 2021 |
 | Hero Mode | Jimmy Tisdale | Movie | 2021 |
 | Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story | Narrator | TV Series | 2021 |
| Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Adverse | Frankie | Movie | 2021 |
 | Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space | Abraham Lincoln (voice) | TV Series | 2020 |
| The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2020 |
| The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space | Mr. Gigglenose (voice) | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Perry Mason | Sunny Gryce | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Billy Batson / Shazam (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters | Shazam (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama | Narrator / Putter Mulligan (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween | Narrator / Mr Gigglenose (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Sean Astin (voice) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | No Good Nick | Ed Thompson | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Gloria Bell | Jeremy | Movie | 2019 |
 | Minecraft: Story Mode | Reginal (voice) | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Conners | Tyler | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2018 |
 | eHero | Richard Brixton | Movie | 2018 |
 | Remember the Sultana | Narrator | Movie | 2018 |
| Remember the Sultana | Executive Producer | Movie | 2018 |
 | Ploey: You Never Fly Alone | Fox (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Beyond Stranger Things | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Espionage Tonight | Sam Jacobson | Movie | 2017 |
 | Dead Ant | Art | Movie | 2017 |
 | Unleashed | Carl | Movie | 2017 |
 | Not a War Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Lears | Tom Cornwall | Movie | 2017 |
 | Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder | Raphael (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Swing State | Bob Bernard | Movie | 2017 |
 | Bad Kids of Crestview Academy | Headmaster Nash | Movie | 2017 |
 | Justice League Action | Billy Batson / Shazam (voice) | TV Series | 2016 |
| Justice League Action | Shazam / Billy (voice) | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Stranger Things | Bob Newby | TV Series | 2016 |
| Stranger Things | Bob Newby (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Range 15 | Pilot Grigsby | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Do-Over | Ted-O | Movie | 2016 |
 | Bunnicula | Chester (voice) | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past | Raphael (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Supergirl | Pete Andrews | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Woodlawn | Hank | Movie | 2015 |
 | Con Man | Sean Astin | TV Series | 2015 |
 | New Looney Tunes | Actor Sean Astin (voice) | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Hatched: Chicks Gone Wild! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 |
 | Checkmate | Dyson | Movie | 2015 |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Pulverizer Power | Raphael (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Do You Believe? | Dr. Farell | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Dramatics: A Comedy | Alex Wilson Dixon | Movie | 2015 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage | Raphael (voice) | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Justice League: Throne of Atlantis | Shazam (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Librarians | The Amazing Mysterium / Kirby | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Blaze (voice) | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Surface | Mitch | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Hero of Color City | Horatio (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Ribbit | Ribbit | Movie | 2014 |
 | Video Games: The Movie | Self - Narrator | Movie | 2014 |
| Video Games: The Movie | Other | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Strain | Jim Kent | TV Series | 2014 |
 | A Long Run | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Moms' Night Out | Sean | Movie | 2014 |
 | Boys of Abu Ghraib | Tanner | Movie | 2014 |
 | Cabin Fever: Patient Zero | Porter | Movie | 2014 |
 | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Kid Kinergy (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Justice League: War | Shazam (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Naughty List | Winter (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Freemason | Leon Weed | Movie | 2013 |
 | Santa Switch | Eddie | Movie | 2013 |
 | A Monsterous Holiday | Spencer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Sergeant Knox | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Enter Shredder | Raphael (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Extraction | Kyle Black | Movie | 2013 |
 | Out West | Cal Calhoun | Movie | 2013 |
 | Sofia the First | Bengee (voice) | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Addicted to Fame | Matt Foster (archive footage) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Amazing Love | Stuart | Movie | 2012 |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Raphael (voice) | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Adopting Terror | Tim Broadbent | Movie | 2012 |
 | Dorothy and the Witches of Oz | Frack | Movie | 2012 |
 | Love's Christmas Journey | Mayor Wayne | Movie | 2011 |
 | And They're Off | Dusty Sanders | Movie | 2011 |
 | Stay Cool | Big Girl | Movie | 2011 |
 | Alphas | Mitchel Morgan | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Franklin & Bash | Steven Piper | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Witches of Oz | Frack | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Deep Blue Breath | The Father | Movie | 2011 |
 | Demoted | Mike | Movie | 2011 |
 | WWII in HD: The Air War | Steve Pisanos (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | Movie | 2010 |
 | Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' | Self | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Color of Magic 2in1 | Dvoukvítek | Movie | 2010 |
 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Meerkat Manor Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2009 |
| Part Two: The Warm Mission | Sean | Movie | 2009 | |
 | Special Agent Oso | Special Agent OSO | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Forever Strong | Marcus Tate | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Colour of Magic | Twoflower | TV Series | 2008 |
 | The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 | Twoflower | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 | Twoflower | Movie | 2008 |
 | Borderland | Randall | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Final Season | Kent Stock | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Big Bang Theory | Greg Pemberton | TV Series | 2007 |
 | What Love Is | Geroge | Movie | 2007 |
 | My Wife Is Retarded | Jeff | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Making of 'The Two Towers' | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Making of 'The Return of the King' | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Click | Bill | Movie | 2006 |
 | Love and Debate | Coach Amal | Movie | 2006 |
 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Kip Kipling | Movie | 2006 |
| The Reichen Show | Self | TV Series | 2005 | |
 | The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | My Name Is Earl | Rick | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Into the West | Martin Jarrett | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Collectormania 7 | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Hercules | Linus | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Smile | Mr. Matthews | Movie | 2005 |
 | Robot Chicken | Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Bigger Than the Sky | Ken Zorbell | Movie | 2005 |
 | Slipstream | Stuart Conway | Movie | 2005 |
| Slipstream | Co-Producer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2005 |
 | A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' | Self | Movie | 2004 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | Elvis Has Left the Building | Aaron | Movie | 2004 |
 | Balto III: Wings of Change | Kodi (voice) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Party Wagon | Randall P. McDuff / Josiah (voice) | Movie | 2004 |
 | 50 First Dates | Doug Whitmore | Movie | 2004 |
 | Best Week Ever | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2004 |
 | The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Sam | Movie | 2003 |
 | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | NCIS | Tyler Elliott | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Las Vegas | Lloyd Campbell | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Long and Short of It | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| The Long and Short of It | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| The Long and Short of It | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
| The Long and Short of It | Story | Movie | 2003 |
 | Snowflake Bentley | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Sam | Movie | 2002 |
 | A Day in the Life of a Hobbit | Self | Movie | 2002 |
| The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script | Self | Movie | 2002 |
| The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design | Self | Movie | 2002 |
| The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast | Self | Movie | 2002 |
| The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Monk | Paul Buchanan | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Jeremiah | Mister Smith | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Sam | Movie | 2001 |
 | Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | Quest for the Ring | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | 24 | Lynn McGill | TV Series | 2001 |
 | The Sky is Falling | Mr. Schwartz | Movie | 2001 |
 | Dish Dogs | Morgan | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Last Producer | Bo Pomerantz | Movie | 2000 |
 | Icebreaker | Matt Foster | Movie | 2000 |
 | Deterrence | Ralph | Movie | 2000 |
 | Kimberly | Bob | Movie | 1999 |
 | Angel | Director | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Boy Meets Girl | Mike | Movie | 1998 |
 | Bulworth | Gary | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Long Way Home | Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Perversions of Science | Taylor | TV Series | 1997 |
| Perversions of Science | Director | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Courage Under Fire | Patella | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Low Life | Andrew | Movie | 1995 |
 | Harrison Bergeron | Harrison Bergeron | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA | Self | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Safe Passage | Izzy | Movie | 1994 |
 | Teresa's Tattoo | Step-Brother (uncredited) | Movie | 1994 |
 | Kangaroo Court | Director | Movie | 1994 |
 | Rudy | Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger | Movie | 1993 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Where the Day Takes You | Greg | Movie | 1992 |
 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Encino Man | Dave Morgan | Movie | 1992 |
 | Toy Soldiers | Billy Tepper | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Willies | Michael | Movie | 1990 |
 | Law & Order | Wayne Hensley | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Memphis Belle | Richard "Rascal" Moore | Movie | 1990 |
 | The War of the Roses | Josh at 17 | Movie | 1989 |
 | Staying Together | Duncan McDermott | Movie | 1989 |
 | Like Father Like Son | Clarence / Trigger | Movie | 1987 |
 | White Water Summer | Alan | Movie | 1987 |
 | The B.R.A.T. Patrol | Leonard Kinsey | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Goonies | Mikey | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Making Of The Goonies | Self | Movie | 1985 |
 | Please Don't Hit Me, Mom | Brian Reynolds | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Rules of Marriage | Charlie Hagen | Movie | 1982 |
 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Leonard Kinsey | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Oh, the Guilt | Dormazestrin Spokesman | Movie | — |
 | The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past | Sam | Movie | — |
 | Scruggs | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |
| Will to Win | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| American Men | Sean Wilson | TV Series | — |