"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?'"
Sean Patrick Astin (born February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor, director, voice artist, and producer.
He is best known for his film roles as the hobbit Samwise "Sam" Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mikey Walsh in The Goonies and the title character in Rudy. He is the son of actress Patty Duke and her second husband Michael Tell, though he was officially adopted by John Astinnote . His half-brother Mackenzie Astin is also an actor.
Film roles:
- 1985 The Goonies as Mikey Walsh
- 1987 Like Father Like Son as Clarence/Trigger
- 1989 The War of the Roses as Josh (age 17)
- 1990 Memphis Belle as Sgt "Rascal" Moore
- 1991 Toy Soldiers as William Tepper
- 1992 Encino Man as Dave Morgan
- 1993 Rudy as Daniel Ruettiger
- 2000 Icebreaker as Matt
- 2001-2003 The Lord of the Rings as Samwise Gamgee
- 2004 50 First Dates as Doug Whitmore
- 2004 Balto III: Wings of Change as Kodi
- 2006 Click as Bill
- 2008 The Colour of Magic as Twoflower
- 2012 The Witches of Oz as Frack Muckadoo
- 2014 Cabin Fever: Patient Zero as Porter
- 2014 The Hero of Color City (2014) as Bumble Bee
- 2014 Justice League: War as Shazam
- 2015 Justice League: Throne of Atlantis as Shazam
- 2016: The Do Over as Ted-O
- 2023: Go West (2023) as the Narrator
Television Roles:
- 2003 Jeremiah as Mister Smith
- 2005 Hercules as Linus
- 2006 24 as Lynn McGill
- 2007 Monk as Paul Buchanan
- 2008 Law & Order as Pastor Hensley (in "Angelgrove")
- 2009–2012 Special Agent Oso as Agent Oso
- 2012–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Raphael
- 2014 The Strain as Jim Kent
- 2014? Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Blaze
- 2015 Sofia the First : Benji the wee sprite
- 2016-2017 Bunnicula as Chester
- 2016-2018 Justice League Action as Shazam / Billy Batson
- 2017 Stranger Things as Bob Newby
- 2018 The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Narrator
- 2019 The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Pemberton
- 2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Sergeant Knox
- 2019-2020 Supergirl (2015) as Pete Andrews
- 2021 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as himself
- 2023 Perry Mason as Sunny Gryce
Video Game Roles:
- 2002 Kingdom Hearts as Herculesnote
