Sean Astin

Sean Astin
Birth name	Sean Patrick Duke
Born	February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California, USA
Notable Roles	Samwise "Sam" Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings.
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Jeremiah	Mr. Smith	2003–2004		2
Into the West	Martin Jarrett	2005	miniseries
Hercules	Linus	2005	miniseries
Meerkat Manor	Narrator	2006–2007	1	2	3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Raphael	2012–2017	1	2	3	4
The Strain	Jim Kent	2014	1
Stranger Things	Bob Newby	2017		2
No Good Nick	Ed	2019	1

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The Wonderful World of Disney	Leonard Kinsey	31x04 - The B.R.A.T. Patrol	October 26, 1986
The Legend of Prince Valiant	Dylan	1x16 - The Turn of the Wheel	January 14, 1992
The Legend of Prince Valiant	Dylan	1x22 - The Battle of Greystone	February 25, 1992
The Legend of Prince Valiant	Dylan	1x25 - The Triumph	March 16, 1992
Perversions of Science	Taylor	1x08 - Snap Ending	July 9, 1997
Bull	Larry Snow	1x20 - A Beautiful Lie	2000
Las Vegas	Lloyd Campbell	1x17 - You Can't Take It with You	March 1, 2004
Higglytown Heroes	Pix the Elf Hero	1x12 - Twinkle's Star	December 12, 2004
24	Lynn McGill	5x04 - Day 5: 10:00AM - 11:00AM	January 16, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x05 - Day 5: 11:00AM - 12:00PM	January 23, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x06 - Day 5: 12:00PM - 1:00PM	January 30, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x07 - Day 5: 1:00PM - 2:00PM	February 6, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x08 - Day 5: 2:00PM - 3:00PM	February 13, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x09 - Day 5: 3:00PM - 4:00PM	February 20, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x10 - Day 5: 4:00PM - 5:00PM	February 27, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x11 - Day 5: 5:00PM - 6:00PM	March 6, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x12 - Day 5: 6:00PM - 7:00PM	March 6, 2006
24	Lynn McGill	5x13 - Day 5: 7:00PM - 8:00PM	March 13, 2006
Monk	Paul Buchanan	5x12 - Mr. Monk Is at Your Service	January 26, 2007
My Name Is Earl	Rick	2x22 - Get a Real Job	May 3, 2007
Masters of Science Fiction	Charlie Kramer	1x05 - Watchbird	unaired, 2007
Law & Order	Pastor Hensley	18x13 - Angelgrove	March 19, 2008
Alphas	Mitchell Morgan	2x11 - If Memory Serves	October 8, 2012
Alphas	Mitchell Morgan	2x12 - Need To Know	October 15, 2012
The Librarians	The Amazing Mysterium / Kirby Goulding	3x05 - And the Tears of a Clown	December 18, 2016

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom	Brian Reynolds	January 19, 1983	ABC Afterschool Specials
The B.R.A.T. Patrol	Leonard Kinsey	October 26, 1986	The Disney Sunday Movie

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Show 30	October 22, 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Show 1685	January 3, 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Show 86	January 19, 2004
Real Time with Bill Maher	Episode 23	January 30, 2004
Late Show with David Letterman	Show 2150	February 3, 2004
Celebrity Poker Showdown	Tournament 2, Game 4	June 17, 2004
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Show 34	February 17, 2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Show 279	February 17, 2005
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Show 3108	March 16, 2006
Today		October 14, 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Show 444	November 8, 2017

Director

Episode Director

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
Angel	4x11 - Soulless	February 5, 2003

Awards and Accolades

MTV Movie Awards

(1 Win)

Trivia

• Son of John Astin and Patty Duke
• Younger brother is Mackenzie Astin
• Starred as Samwise "Sam" Gamgeein the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings with Dominic Monaghan (as Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck. His brother, MacKenzie Astin had a guest role on Lost which also stars Dominic (in a leading role as Charlie).