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Astin has gained much of his acting fame from several major roles. At age 13, he debuted on the silver screen as Mikey in The Goonies ( 1985). Then he got the memorable part as the title character in Rudy ( 1993). Astin most recently played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings movies.

Films Sean Astin acted in:

• Mark Twain's Greatest Adventure: 'It's a Matter of Time' ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co)
• Party Wagon ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co) (TV)
• Elvis Has Left the Building ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co)
• Slipstream ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co)
• Smile ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co)
• 50 First Dates50 First Dates (2004) is a romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Henry Roth (Sandler), a marine veterinarian in Hawaii, meets Lucy Whitmore (Barrymore), a beautiful blonde, at breakfast. Usually a love-'em-and-leave-'em kind of guy, He ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co)
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• The Sky Is Falling ( 2000)
• The Last Producer ( 2000) (indie)
• Icebreaker ( 1999)
• Deterrence ( 1999) (indie)
• Kimberly ( 1999) (indie)
• Boy Meets Girl ( 1998) (indie)
• Bulworth ( 1998)
• The Long Way Home ( 1997)
• Courage Under Fire ( 1996)
• Safe Passage ( 1995)
• Harrison Bergeron( 1995)
• The Low Life ( 1994)
• Teresa's Tatoo ( 1994)
• Rudy ( 1993)
• Where the Day Takes You ( 1992)
• Encino Man ( 1992)
• The Willies ( 1991)
• Toy Soldiers ( 1991)
• Memphis Belle ( 1990)
• The War of the Roses ( 1989)
• Staying Together ( 1989)
• Like Father Like Son ( 1987)
• White Water Summer ( 1987)
• The Goonies ( 1985)

In 1994, he directed and co-produced (with his wife, Christine) the Academy Award nominated short film Kangaroo Court.

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.

His book There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale ( 2004), 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 of course derived from the subtitle of The Hobbit by Lord of the Rings creator J. R. R. Tolkien.