Sean Astin
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Santa Monica, California, USA
Sean Astin had starred in ten movies, directed a short film, and formed his own production company all before his 21st birthday. The elder son of actress Patty Duke and actor/director John Astin, he knew the hazards of Hollywood life: As a popular child star, Astin refrained from drinking, drugs, and narcissism. He juggled acting with attending classes at Crossroads High School for the Arts and Los Angeles Valley College, eventually graduating cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles with dual degrees in History and American Literature and Culture. When his younger brother, fellow kid actor Mackenzie Astin, temporarily fled Los Angeles to pursue journalism, Astin doggedly remained in town -- he once half-heartedly considered a law career, but could never part with being an entertainer. Astin was born in Santa Monica, CA, on February 25, 1971. His famous parents actively supported his childhood ambition to become an actor, and Astin was cast in TV specials, movies, and even series until 1983. Barely a year later, screenwriter Steven Spielberg handpicked the 13-year-old Astin to star as Michael "Mikey" Walsh in Richard Donner's children's adventure film The Goonies (1985). Astin earned his first Young Artist Award for his work on the film and went on to act in a host of teen pictures. He headlined the Disney Channel television movie The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986), joined Kevin Bacon for the wilderness adventure White Water Summer (1987), and appeared with Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron in the comedy Like Father, Like Son (1987).In 1988, Astin directed his first short film, a Vietnam picture about the unexpected relationship between an American GI and a Viet Cong soldier titled On My Honor. Astin's own production company, Lava Entertainment, financed the film. While continuing to develop projects through Lava Entertainment, Astin starred with Dermot Mulroney in 1989's Staying Together. He won his second Young Artist Award for his performance in the picture. Also in 1989, Astin portrayed the teenage son of feuding couple Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas in Danny DeVito's The War of the Roses. He finished off the '80s by enlisting in the all-star cast of Michael Caton-Jones' World War II drama Memphis Belle (1990). The film -- which also features Matthew Modine, Harry Connick Jr., Billy Zane, and Eric Stoltz -- followed the crew of the Memphis Belle bomber on their harrowing final run over Germany. Astin's stocky build and comic timing lent well to his incarnation as the group's tail gunner, Sergeant Richard "Rascal" Moore. When Astin initially lost the lead role in his next picture, Toy Soldiers (1991), to Wil Wheaton, he treated the film's director, Dan Petrie Jr., to a screening of Memphis Belle. Petrie was so impressed by his work that he relegated Wheaton to a supporting part and cast Astin as Toy Soldiers' hero, a rebellious student who saves his prep school from South American terrorists.In the spring of 1992, Astin starred with Pauly Shore and Brendan Fraser in Encino Man, a comedy about two California high school students who discover a caveman. He then reunited with Dermot Mulroney in the drama Where the Day Takes You (1992), which also stars Will Smith, Christian Slater, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Ricki Lake. 1993 saw Astin play the title character in Rudy, the memorable film about a tenacious boy determined to play football for Notre Dame despite the fact that he is too small. Football coaches around the United States still show the film before games to inspire their players, and, to this day, strangers still chant "Rudy! Rudy!" when they spot Astin on the street.After filming Safe Passage (1994) with Susan Sarandon and Sam Shepard, Astin appeared in the independent film The Low Life (1995), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 1995 Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. That same year, he wrote, directed, and produced his second short film, Kangaroo Court. The picture tells the story of a police officer who
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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83% | Adverse |
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— | 2021 |
No Score Yet | LEGO DC Shazam: Magic & Monsters |
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— | 2020 |
38% | Ploey |
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— | 2019 |
91% | Gloria Bell |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | The Lears |
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— | 2019 |
64% | Dead Ant |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | Remember the Sultana |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | eHero |
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— | 2018 |
75% | Unleashed |
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— | 2017 |
10% | Bad Kids of Crestview Academy |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Espionage Tonight |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Range 15 |
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$1.5k | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Swing State |
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— | 2016 |
9% | The Do-Over |
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— | 2016 |
73% | Woodlawn |
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$14.4M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | The Surface |
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— | 2015 |
25% | Do You Believe? |
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$9.2M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | Checkmate |
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— | 2015 |
29% | The Hero of Color City |
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$32.5k | 2014 |
24% | Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero |
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— | 2014 |
18% | Video Games: The Movie |
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$23.5k | 2014 |
20% | Moms' Night Out |
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— | 2014 |
30% | Boys of Abu Ghraib |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 |
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— | 2014 |
50% | Justice League: War |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | A Long Run |
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— | 2014 |
57% | Justice League: Throne Of Atlantis |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Ribbit |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Extraction |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The Freemason |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The Naughty List |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Dorothy and the Witches of Oz |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Adopting Terror |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Amazing Love |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | And They're Off... |
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— | 2011 |
14% | Stay Cool |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Demoted |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Love's Christmas Journey |
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— | 2011 |
20% | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel |
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$219.4M | 2009 |
29% | Forever Strong |
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$0.6M | 2008 |
15% | What Love Is |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | The Colour of Magic |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Spirit of the Forest (Espíritu del bosque) |
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— | 2008 |
100% | Borderland |
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— | 2007 |
25% | The Final Season |
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$1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Masters of Science Fiction |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Sea Lions: A California Adventure |
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— | 2007 |
34% | Click |
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$137.4M | 2006 |
22% | Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School |
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$0.2M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Love and Debate |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Hercules |
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— | 2005 |
15% | Smile |
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— | 2005 |
12% | Bigger Than the Sky |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Balto III: Wings of Change |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Slipstream |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Thanks to Gravity |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Daddy Who? |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Ringers - Lord of the Fans |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Party Wagon |
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— | 2004 |
45% | 50 First Dates |
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$120.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Elvis Has Left the Building |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Ringers: Lord of the Fans |
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— | 2004 |
93% | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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$364.1M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | The Long and Short of It |
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— | 2003 |
95% | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
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$339.8M | 2002 |
33% | The Last Producer |
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— | 2002 |
91% | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
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$314.1M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Dish Dogs |
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— | 2000 |
46% | Deterrence |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | The Final Hit |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Icebreaker |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Daddy Who? (Kimberly) |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Boy Meets Girl |
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— | 1998 |
76% | Bulworth |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | The Long Way Home |
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— | 1997 |
85% | Courage Under Fire |
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— | 1996 |
56% | The Low Life |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron |
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— | 1995 |
54% | Safe Passage |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Teresa's Tattoo |
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— | 1994 |
78% | Rudy |
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— | 1993 |
80% | Where the Day Takes You |
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— | 1992 |
15% | Encino Man |
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— | 1992 |
33% | Toy Soldiers |
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— | 1991 |
67% | Memphis Belle |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | The Willies |
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— | 1990 |
85% | The War of the Roses |
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— | 1989 |
80% | Staying Together |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Like Father, Like Son |
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— | 1987 |
29% | White Water Summer |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The B.R.A.T. Patrol |
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— | 1986 |
76% | The Goonies |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Please Don't Hit Me, Mom |
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TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story
2021
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60% |
No Good Nick
2019
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81% |
The Big Bang Theory
2007-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
2018-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
Con Man
2015-2017
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No Score Yet |
The Loud House
2016
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79% |
The Strain
2014-2017
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No Score Yet |
Sofia the First
2013-2019
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No Score Yet |
Face Off
2011-2017
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No Score Yet |
Hollywood Treasure
2010-2012
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
NCIS
2003
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61% |
Franklin & Bash
2011-2014
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No Score Yet |
Special Agent Oso
2009-2012
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87% |
24
2001-2014
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No Score Yet |
Meerkat Manor
2005-2013
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91% |
Monk
2002-2009
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No Score Yet |
Las Vegas
2003-2008
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No Score Yet |
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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0% |
Jeremiah
2002-2004
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88% |
Angel
1999-2004
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The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
1996
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