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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-02-25 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, California, USA

Sean Astin

Biography:

Sean 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

Acting

2025

Love Hurts as Cliff Cussick
Pet Investigators as Jimmy the Butcher / Special Agent Brennan
Guns of Redemption as Parson Dyer

2024

The Man in the White Van as Richard Williams
Hard Miles as Speedy
The Invisible Raptor as William 'Willie' Walsh
Mighty Monsterwheelies as Invisible Van (voice)

2023

The Shift as Gabriel
iMordecai as Marvin
Go West as Narrator
Vindicta as Rick
Holiday Twist as Whitmer

2022

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Master Sloth (voice)

2021

Adverse as Frankie
Hero Mode as Jimmy Tisdale

2020

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice)
Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-rama as Narrator / Putter Mulligan (voice)
Perry Mason as Sunny Gryce

2019

Gloria Bell as Jeremy
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween as Narrator / Mr Gigglenose (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Sean Astin (voice)
No Good Nick as Ed Thompson

2018

eHero as Richard Brixton
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Teachertrons (voice)
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (voice)
The Conners as Tyler
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as TV Caesar / TV Cruelius Sneezer (voice)
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Pinches the Purple Penguin (voice)
Minecraft: Story Mode as Reginal (voice)

2017

Unleashed as Carl
Swing State as Bob Bernard
The Lears as Tom Cornwall
Espionage Tonight as Sam Jacobson
Dead Ant as Art

2016

The Do-Over as Ted-O
Range 15 as Pilot Grigsby
Bunnicula as Chester (voice)
Stranger Things as Bob Newby
Justice League Action as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice)
Justice League Action as Shazam / Billy (voice)

2015

Do You Believe? as Dr. Farell
The Dramatics: A Comedy as Alex Wilson Dixon
Woodlawn as Hank
Checkmate as Dyson
New Looney Tunes as Actor Sean Astin (voice)
Supergirl as Pete Andrews
Con Man as Sean Astin

2014

Ribbit as Ribbit
Justice League: War as Shazam (voice)
Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Kid Kinergy (voice)
Video Games: The Movie as Self - Narrator
The Surface as Mitch
The Hero of Color City as Horatio (voice)
A Long Run as Self
The Strain as Jim Kent
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Blaze (voice)
The Librarians as The Amazing Mysterium / Kirby

2013

Extraction as Kyle Black
The Naughty List as Winter (voice)
Out West as Cal Calhoun
The Freemason as Leon Weed
Santa Switch as Eddie
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Sergeant Knox
Sofia the First as Bengee (voice)

2012

Amazing Love as Stuart
Adopting Terror as Tim Broadbent
Addicted to Fame as Matt Foster (archive footage)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Raphael (voice)

2011

Demoted as Mike
Deep Blue Breath as The Father
Alphas as Mitchel Morgan
Franklin & Bash as Steven Piper

2010

WWII in HD: The Air War as Steve Pisanos (voice)

2009

Stay Cool as Big Girl
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel as Meerkat Manor Narrator (voice)
Special Agent Oso as Special Agent OSO

2008

Forever Strong as Marcus Tate
The Colour of Magic as Twoflower

2007

What Love Is as Geroge
Borderland as Randall
The Final Season as Kent Stock
The Big Bang Theory as Greg Pemberton

2006

Click as Bill
Love and Debate as Coach Amal

2005

Slipstream as Stuart Conway
Smile as Mr. Matthews
Bigger Than the Sky as Ken Zorbell
Meerkat Manor as Narrator
Into the West as Martin Jarrett
Hercules as Linus
Robot Chicken as Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice)

2004

50 First Dates as Doug Whitmore
Party Wagon as Randall P. McDuff / Josiah (voice)

2003

NCIS as Tyler Elliott

2002

Jeremiah as Mister Smith
Monk as Paul Buchanan

2001

The Sky is Falling as Mr. Schwartz
24 as Lynn McGill

2000

Deterrence as Ralph
Dish Dogs as Morgan
Icebreaker as Matt Foster
The Last Producer as Bo Pomerantz

1999

Kimberly as Bob

1998

Bulworth as Gary

1997

The Long Way Home as Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)
The View as Self

1996

1995

Harrison Bergeron as Harrison Bergeron
The Low Life as Andrew

1994

Safe Passage as Izzy
Teresa's Tattoo as Step-Brother (uncredited)

1993

Rudy as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger

1992

Encino Man as Dave Morgan

1991

Toy Soldiers as Billy Tepper

1990

The Willies as Michael
Memphis Belle as Richard "Rascal" Moore
Law & Order as Wayne Hensley

1989

Staying Together as Duncan McDermott
The War of the Roses as Josh at 17

1987

Like Father Like Son as Clarence / Trigger

1986

The B.R.A.T. Patrol as Leonard Kinsey

1985

The Goonies as Mikey Walsh

1983

Please Don't Hit Me, Mom as Brian Reynolds

1982

The Rules of Marriage as Charlie Hagen

1981

1954

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A Social Contract as Bennett Wilde
Little Lorraine as Fr. Williams
Oh, the Guilt as Dormazestrin Spokesman
American Men as Sean Wilson

Production

2021

2015

Remember the Sultana as Executive Producer

2005

Slipstream as Co-Producer

2003

Directing

2003

1999

Angel as Director

1997

1994

Kangaroo Court as Director

Writing

Art