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Sean Patrick Astin was born on
February 25th, 1971 in Santa Monica, California (USA). His
parents (John
Astin -who played Gomez in The Adams Family- and Patty
Duke) are both actors. Due to his famous parents's, Sean
was brought up on acting. His first job as an actor was when
he was 9 but The Goonies (1985) was his first success.
Sean Astin attended Crossroads High School For The Arts and he
also studied acting at the famous Stella Adler Conservatory in
Los Angeles. He is graduated with honors from UCLA (B.A in
history, B.A in English).
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Height : 5'7" |
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Hair : light brown |
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Family : a younger brother
(Mackenzie, born in 1973) , 4 half brothers (David, Allen, Tom, Kevin.)
Married to Christine Astin (Harrell) with whom he has three daughters, named Alexandra Louise
Astin (born on November 23, 1996), Elisabeth Louise Astin (born
on August 06, 2002) and Isabella Louise Astin (born in July
2005).
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Particularity : he is also a
director ('On My Honor', 'Kangooroo Court') and
a producer. With Christine, his wife, he founded Lava
Entertainment, an entertainment company. Elvish tattoo meaning
"Nine" (for 9 members of the Fellowship) on his right
ankle, almost on the foot.
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: one of the short films that he directed and
co-produced ('Kangooroo Court') was nominated in the
Best Short Film category at the 67th Annual Academy Awards in
1995. Sean was nominated at the Young Artist Award in 1992 for
Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Toy
Soldiers and won the Award for Best Starring Performance
by a Young Actor for The Goonies in 1986 and for Best
Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture for Staying
Together in 1990. He won a 2003 MTV Movie Award with
co-star Elijah Wood for Best On-Screen Team in The Two
Towers.
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Casting on LOTR : he sent Peter Jackson an audition
tape after word got out
that the director was casting The Lord Of The Rings.
Sean Astin said : "I'd never heard of The Lord of the
Rings, actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,
three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I
was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on ?"
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Astin and LOTR : see quotes
from the actor on the movies |
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Career performances : complete
filmography on IMDB |
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Cate Tale (2006) as Voice :
Rover |
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The Final Season (2006) as Kent
Stock |
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Before The Devil Knows You're
Dead (2005) as Bobby |
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Thanks To Gravity (2005) as Coach
Amal |
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Slipstream (2004) as Stuart
Conway |
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Smile (2004) as Mr.
Matthews |
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50 First Dates (2004) as Doug
Whitmore |
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The Lord Of The Rings :
The Return Of The King
(2003) as Samwise
Gamgee |
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The Lord Of The Rings :
The Two Towers
(2002) as Samwise
Gamgee |
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The Lord Of The Rings :
The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) as Samwise Gamgee |
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The sky is falling (2000) as
Mr Shwartz |
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The Last Producer (2000) as
Bo Pomerants |
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Icebreaker (1999) as
Matt Foster |
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Deterrence (1999) as
Ralph |
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Kimberly (1999) as
Bob
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Dish Dog (1998) as
Morgan
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Courage Under Fire (1996) as
Patella |
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Harrison Bergeron (1995-TV) as
Harrison Bergeron |
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Rudy (1993) as
Rudy Ruettiger |
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The Ballad Of Litle Jo (1993) as
Percy Corcoran |
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Where The Day Takes You (1992) as
Greg
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Encino Man (1992) as
Dave Morgan |
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Walker and June (1996) as
Walker
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Toy Soldier (1991) as
William 'Billy' Tepper
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Memphis Belle (1990) as
Sgt. Richard 'Rascal' Moore, Ball Turret |
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The War Of The Roses (1989) as
Josh at 17 |
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The Goonies (1985) as Michael
'Mikey' Walsh |
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Mom, Please Don't Hit Me (1981-TV) as
Brian Reynolds |
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Sean Astin on the WWW : check
out AHT
links |
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Write to Sean Astin : |
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Sean Astin, 4000 Norwich
Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 90403, USA |
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Sean Astin, c/o Samantha
Crisp, William Morris Agency, 151 S. El Camino Dr, Beverly
Hills, CA 90212- 2775, USA
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