Sean Astin
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PERSONAL DATA OF SEAN ASTIN
Age: 50 years
Height: 170 cm
Born in: SANTA MONICA, California (USA)
Born on: 02/25/1971
Spouse: Christine Harrell (b. 1992)
Sons: Alexandra Astin, Elizabeth Louise Astin, Isabella Louise Astin
BIOGRAPHY OF SEAN ASTIN
Actor and director. Son of art, his mother is the actress Patty Duke. Although her real father is rock promoter Michael Tell – found via DNA testing in 1994, Tell is Duke’s second husband, but the marriage was canceled after a few days – he bears the surname of actor John Astin, third. husband of the actress, who adopts him when Sean is 3 years old. He attended Crossroads High School for the Arts (Jack Black among his classmates), Los Angeles Valley College and later graduated with honors in American History and Culture from the University of California. He made his debut as a child alongside his mother in the TV film “Please Don’t Hit Me Mom” (1981, by Gwen Arner) while in the cinema he made his debut with the role of Mickey Walsh in “The Goonies” (1985) by Richard Donner. Among his other interpretations, “The War of the Roses” (1989 by Danny DeVito), “Memphis Belle” (1990 by Michael caton-Jones), “Reunion” (1994 by Robert Allan Ackerman), “The Courage of Truth” ( 1996 by Edward Zwick), “Bulworth the Senator” (1998, by Warren Beatty) and a series of independent films unreleased in Italy. The international success comes thanks to the interpretation of Sam Gamgee, the faithful servant and right hand of Frodo Baggins, in the trilogy taken from the famous book by JRR Tolkien “The Lord of the Rings” (“The Fellowship of the Ring”, 2001; “The two towers “, 2002;” The Return of the King “, 2003) directed by Peter Jackson. A member of the Directors Guild of America, he is also a promising director. At the end of the 80s he founded his production company, Lava Entertainment, and in 1988 he made his first short film “In My Honor”. In 1995 he received an Oscar nomination for his short film “Kangaroo Court” (1994) and later directed an episode of the Hbo anthology series “Perversions of Science” (1997). At the end of filming the ‘trilogy’ in New Zealand, he made “The Long and Short of It” (2003) – a short about how to overcome difficulties in the work environment thanks to friendship and camaraderie – together with some members of the cast & crew, including Peter Jackson himself. In 1992 he married Christine Harrell and in 1996 their first daughter Alexandra Louise was born. Both followed the actor to New Zealand, were with him throughout the filming of the ‘trilogy’ and the daughter appeared in a cameo as a young hobbit in Sam Gangee’s family. In 2002 the second daughter Elizabeth Louise was born.
SEAN ASTIN’S MOST RECENT FILMS
Gloria Bell (Gloria)
Role: Actor
Year: 2018
Dead Ant
Role: Actor
Year: 2017
The Do-Over
Role: Actor
Year: 2016
Unleashed
Role: Actor
Year: 2016 Go to the complete Filmography
SEAN ASTIN’S MOST RECENT TV SERIES
We only needed Nick (No Good Nick)
Role: Actor
Year: 2019
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Role: Actor
Year: 2018
Stranger Things
Role: Actor
Year: 2016
The Strain
Role: Actor
Year: 2014 Go to all TV series
SEAN ASTIN’S MOST RECURRING GENRES
Comedy: 29% Drama: 14% Adventure: 14% Fantasy: 14%
SEAN ASTIN’S STATISTICS ON COMINGSOON.IT
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RECENT ROLES PLAYED BY SEAN ASTIN
Movie | Role |
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Gloria Bell | Jeremy |
Dead Ant | Art |
The Do-Over | Ted-O |
Unleashed | Carl |
Woodlawn |