Directed credits
3
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Sean Astin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.3
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 2All crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 1328
IMDb ID: nm0000276
Known for: Acting
Born: February 25, 1971
Age: 54
Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1954 - 2026
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q189351
Also known as
Sean Patrick Duke
Frequent jobs
Director (3)Executive Producer (2)Co-Producer (1)Other (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Sean Astin.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Sean Astin.
Movies
Upcoming Movies
Next announced movie projects with Sean Astin.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Sean Astin.
8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Sam
2003 Movie
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Sam
2001 Movie
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Sam
2002 Movie
8.2
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice)
2020 Movie
7.5
The Goonies
as Mikey
1985 Movie
7.4
Justice League: War
as Shazam (voice)
2014 Movie
7.3
Rudy
as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger
1993 Movie
7.2
LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters
as Shazam (voice)
2020 Movie
7.1
Forever Strong
as Marcus Tate
2008 Movie
7.0
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
as Shazam (voice)
2015 Movie
6.9
Woodlawn
as Hank
2015 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Sean Astin.
8.6
Stranger Things
as Bob Newby • 10 eps
2016 Series
8.3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Raphael (voice) • 124 eps
2012 Series
8.2
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Sergeant Knox • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.0
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Sean Astin (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.9
Monk
as Paul Buchanan • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.9
The Big Bang Theory
as Greg Pemberton • 3 eps
2007 Series
7.9
Angel
Director • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.8
24
as Lynn McGill • 10 eps
2001 Series
7.7
Robot Chicken
as Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.7
My Name Is Earl
as Rick • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Tyler Elliott • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Master Sloth (voice) • 2 eps
2022 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Sean Astin.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Sean Astin.
8.6
Stranger Things
as Bob Newby • 10 eps
2016 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Wayne Hensley • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Tyler Elliott • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.8
24
as Lynn McGill • 10 eps
2001 Series
7.9
Monk
as Paul Buchanan • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.2
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Sergeant Knox • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.9
The Big Bang Theory
as Greg Pemberton • 3 eps
2007 Series
7.3
Supergirl
as Pete Andrews • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.7
Robot Chicken
as Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Angel
Director • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2005 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Sean Astin.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Sean Astin.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Sean Astin.
In 2 weeks
Matter of Time
as Gibbs
2026 Movie
Little Lorraine
as Fr. Williams
2025 Movie
5.8
Pet Investigators
as Jimmy the Butcher / Special Agent Brennan
2025 Movie
5.0
Guns of Redemption
as Parson Dyer
2025 Movie
5.7
Love Hurts
as Cliff Cussick
2025 Movie
5.9
The Man in the White Van
as Richard Williams
2024 Movie
6.3
The Invisible Raptor
as William 'Willie' Walsh
2024 Movie
6.7
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
as Self
2024 Movie
6.5
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
as The Dog (voice)
2024 Movie
6.8
Hard Miles
as Speedy
2024 Movie
6.3
Holiday Twist
as Mr. Whitmer
2023 Movie
6.4
The Shift
as Gabriel
2023 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Sean Astin.
8.3
Haha, You Clowns
as Sean Astin (voice) • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.6
Mighty Monsterwheelies
as Invisible Van (voice) • 26 eps
2024 Series
7.5
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
as Master Sloth (voice) • 2 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story
as Narrator • 5 eps
2021 Series
7.5
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space
as Abraham Lincoln (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.2
Perry Mason
as Sunny Gryce • 2 eps
2020 Series
5.5
Reunited Apart
as Self • 2 eps
2020 Series
8.0
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Sean Astin (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.7
No Good Nick
as Ed Thompson • 20 eps
2019 Series
8.2
Minecraft: Story Mode
as Reginal (voice) • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.1
The Conners
as Tyler • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.5
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
as Narrator (voice) • 39 eps
2018 Series