Sean Astin stumping for Obama in region today
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NWI Times - Found Nov. 3, 2008 Actor Sean Astin will be campaigning for Barack Obama and other Democrats in Portage and East Chicago today.Astin, who starred in the movies 'Rudy' |
Sean Astin in Michiana
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WNDU - Found Nov. 3, 2008 Actor Sean Astin will meet with voters in LaPorte, South Bend, Michigan City and Portage Monday. |
Chasing Michigan: Sean Astin, Back On Our Radar
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Jaunted - Found Oct. 29, 2008 It's been more than a week since we had any Sean Astin sightings, and we were starting to worry. But now, all is right with the world. |
Sean Astin, Michael Vartan To Get 'Demoted'
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AndPop - Found Aug. 28, 2008 (andPOP) - Sean Astin will wade into the seamy world of office politics in 'Demoted.' The actor, who played Samwise Gamgee in the 'Lord of the Rings' |
_____ Mother of Jesus...
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The Cure for Bedbugs - Found Nov. 30, 2008 Corbin Bleu (Peter), Emily Osment (Mary, Mother of Jesus), Jordin Sparks (Elizabeth), Luke Benward (Mark), Sean Astin (Narrator) and more! |
Television movies for the week of Nov. 30 (Today)
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Nov. 30, 2008 PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired ALPHABETICAL LISTING |
Rudy - Movie Review
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TheCelebrityCafe.com - Found Nov. 28, 2008 This heartfelt inspirational drama tells the tale of Notre Dame?s unsung hero in the 1960s, Daniel E. ?Rudy? Ruettiger (Sean Astin). |
The Matrix Turns Blu
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DVDFile.com - Found Nov. 27, 2008 The Sean Astin football drama will arrive with a 1.85:1 1080p transfer, a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track, and three featurettes. This Week's Notable DVDs: Hancock, Carlin, and The Spy - DVD Talk Digigods Holiday Special '08 - IGN.com UK Theatrical and TV: Releases and Rereleases - DVDFile.com Some Tentpoles and Criterion Blu - DVDFile.com Explore All |
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Mom's small movie role turns into something extra
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The Detroit Free Press - Found Nov. 23, 2008 She answered a casting call for the movie 'Demoted,' starring actors Michael Vartan and Sean Astin. |
This Week on Hulu: Rudy, Call of the Wild, A League of Their Own
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JustPressPlay - Found Nov. 23, 2008 Rudy (1993) This movie is the true life story of Daniel 'Rudy' Ruettiger, about a boy (Sean Astin) who overcomes all odds to play for the... |
Sean Astin Biography
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Sean Astin
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Astin with his wife, Christine and their eldest daughter, Alexandra, in Wellington, New Zealand, for the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, December 2003 |
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| Born | Sean Patrick Duke February 25, 1971 Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. |
| Occupation | Actor, film actor |
| Years active | 1985 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Harrell (1992 – present) |
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Sean Astin (born Sean Patrick Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer best 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 guest starred as Lynn McGill on the fifth season of 24.
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Biography
Early life
Astin was born Sean Patrick Duke1 in Santa Monica, California, the son of actress Patty Duke. He discovered in 1994 that his biological father is Michael Tell, a music promoter and writer who edits and publishes the Jewish newspaper The Las Vegas Israelite.234 Tell's marriage to Patty Duke was annulled shortly before her marriage to John Astin. At the time of his birth, it was widely assumed that his biological father was Desi Arnaz, Jr., although this was later proven false. Astin is the older half-brother of Mackenzie Astin, also an actor (in The Facts of Life).
Astin graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in History and English (American literature and culture). He is an alumnus of and now serves on the Board of Directors of the Patrons Association and the Arts Council for Los Angeles Valley College. He attended St. Paul the Apostle Elementary School and the Crossroads High School for the Arts and participated in master classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles.
Career
At age thirteen, he debuted on the silver screen as Mikey in The Goonies (1985). He had a small role in 1989’s The War of the Roses and in 1990 he appeared in the World War II film Memphis Belle. One of Sean's most memorable roles was with Lou Gosset Jr. in Toy Soldiers (1991). In 1993 he received a memorable part as the title character in Rudy and in 1998 starred in the romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl. Astin recently played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He was Frodo's loyal companion on his quest to destroy the ring. He also played the brother of Lucy (Drew Barrymore) in the Adam Sandler film 50 First Dates. Astin provided the voice for Balto’s son, Kodi, in the second direct-to-video sequel of Balto.
In 1994, he directed and co-produced the Academy Award-nominated short film, Kangaroo Court, with his wife, Christine. In 1995, he starred in the Showtime sci-fi film, Harrison Bergeron, an adaptation of the short story by Kurt Vonnegut. In this futuristic film, the world focuses on the belief that “All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so.” The titular character, Harrison, is smarter than his peers and is unaffected by the standard technology used to handicap all Americans so that everyone is of equal ability.
While working on The Two Towers, he persuaded a number of fellow cast and crew members, including director Peter Jackson, to act in or work as crew on his short film, The Long and Short of It (2003), which takes place on a street in Wellington, New Zealand. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, 2003, and appears on the “standard edition” DVD of The Two Towers as an extra feature together with a “making of” video.
In 2003, he directed the Angel episode Soulless.
Astin guest starred as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of the FOX drama 24. He also appeared in the first season of the NBC Show Las Vegas as a gambler who wins one million dollars and his wife and best friend want to take it away from him. He also had a role in Adam Sandler’s 2006 film Click. Astin has also appeared as a wealthy manor-owner thought to have killed his father in the dramedy Monk on the USA Network owned by television conglomerate NBC Astin is the narrator of the US version of Meerkat Manor, shown on the Discovery Channel-owned cable TV channel Animal Planet. He most recently appeared as a sales clerk in an episode of the TV series, My Name Is Earl, in which he, along with co-stars Charles S. Dutton and Chelcie Ross, parodied their hit movie, Rudy. Scenes included a motivational speech by Dutton after Earl fails his chance at becoming a sales rep, and all the dock workers turning in their credit cards to Ross. Both of these are representations of famous Rudy scenes.
He substituted for Tate Donovan in voicing Hercules in the first Kingdom Hearts game for Playstation 2.
On Easter 2008, he appeared on British television channel Sky One in a TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's novel The Colour of Magic along with British actors Sir David Jason, Tim Curry, Jeremy Irons and Christopher Lee.
Personal life
Astin married Christine Harrell on July 11, 1992. They have three daughters: Alexandra (born November 27, 1996), Elizabeth (born August 6, 2002), and Isabella (born July 22, 2005), all with the same middle name of Louise. His wife held the Miss Indiana Teen USA title in 1984.
His book, There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale (2004, ISBN 0-312-33146-0), co-written by Joe Layden, is an account of his experiences before, during and after filming the Lord of the Rings movies. The title is derived from the subtitle of The Hobbit by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. He jumped at the chance to work in New Zealand again in 2004, as the mythical “Linus,” tutor of Hercules, in Robert Halmi, Sr.'s Hallmark-sponsored remake.
Astin has a tattoo of the Elvish word for "nine", a reference to his involvement in the Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. The other actors of "The Fellowship" (Elijah Wood, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, and Orlando Bloom) got the same tattoo with the exception of John Rhys-Davies whose stunt double got the tattoo instead.5
Astin lent his support to Senator Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Presidential Elections, and joined Clinton's daughter Chelsea Clinton for the first stop of her Indiana tour on March 24, 2008, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. In April, he and Dylan Frick toured parts of North Carolina to campaign also. Astin joined Chelsea Clinton at Ball State University on March 25, 2008.6 His website is www.Seanastin.com.
Astin is a vegetarian.7
Filmography
Films
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 1981 | Please Don't Hit Me, Mom | Brian Reynolds | Appeared with his mother, Patty Duke, who also played his mother |
| 1986 | The B.R.A.T. Patrol | Leonard Kinsey | |
| 2003 | Jeremiah | Mister Smith | 2005 |
| 2005 | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | United States |
| 2006 | 24 | Lynn McGill | Deceased |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | Charlie Kramer | Watchbird |
| Monk | Paul Buchanan | ||
| My Name Is Earl | Sales Clerk | ||
| 2008 | Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic | Twoflower | United Kingdom |
| Law & Order | Pastor Hensley | 18th season episode Angelgrove |
References
- ^ He was born under his mother’s name, according to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
- ^ reviewjournal.com - News: NORM: Local publisher's son in spotlight
- ^ "Sean Astin Q&A at GenCon 2003". TheOneRing.net (2003-08-01). Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ "I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend all my life", Guardian Unlimited (2003-12-19). Retrieved on 13 December 2006.
- ^ "The stars of The Lord of the Rings trilogy reach their journey's end". SciFi.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
- ^ "Chelsea Clinton, 'Rudy' start to stump at IU". Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ Sean Astin as a vegetarian from International Vegetarian Union
External links
- Sean Astin at the Internet Movie Database
- Sean Astin at Allmovie
Sean Astin Videos and Clips
Description: Sean Astin answering whats the most annoying/oddest fan moment he has had. One of the DragonCon staff was buzzing him when he ran over 3 minutes ...
Description: Orange Hobbit
Description: Well, Sam is an awesome character. I made this video for my friend, Jamey, because she is an awesome person. I hope this does them both justice ...
Description: Sean Astin Music Video with clips from his many movies. I did this for Ring*Con 06 which he attended. He asked one con staff member to thank me ...
Description: lord of the ringtones orange comercial with sean astin [sam lord of the rings].
Description: If you ever watched the commentary on The Goonies DVD, you probably wondered what Sean wanted to say to Cindi Lauper. Well here it is!
Description: Orange film Sean Astin
Description: The ending of Sean and Mackenzie Astin on the kids/teens game show; Im Telling from 1987 (or 1988 Im not sure which)




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