Sean Astin
American actor
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| March 2025 | Partnered with LEGO to launch The Shire, creating a commemorative video of himself building the set. |
| 2025 | Potential appearance in 'Love Hurts', currently listed as post-production |
| 2024 | Received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from American University and served as the keynote speaker at the Fall graduation. |
| 2024 | Completed a master's degree in public administration and policy at American University. |
| 2024 | Scheduled to appear in 'Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps' as Dog |
| 2024 | Set to voice Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wrath of the Mutants |
| 2024 | Appeared in Netflix Holiday Special A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter as Himself/Santa Claus |
| November 2024 | Making Broadway debut as Santa Claus in a revival of Elf the Musical at the Marquis Theatre, running until January 2025. |
| September 2024 | Urged California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign SB 1047, a bill requiring advanced AI models to undergo safety testing. |
| August 20 2024 | Appeared at the Democratic National Convention during the nominating roll call vote, representing Indiana. |
| July 29 2024 | Appeared in the White Dudes for Harris Zoom call, expressing support for Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. |
| 2023 | Narrated the comedy film Go West, the first theatrical film from the original cast of Studio C. |
| 2023 | Played Sunny Gryce in 8 episodes of Perry Mason Season 2 and joined The Conners in a recurring role |
| 2023 | Appeared in multiple films including documentary short 'The AD-X2 Controversy', 'iMordecai', 'Go West', 'Hard Miles', 'The Shift', 'Holiday Twist', and 'The Man in the White Van' |
| 2023 | Sean Astin appeared in the film or project 'Third Eye', portraying the character Frank |
| 2022 | Awarded the honorary Emeritus Civilian Aide designation. |
| 2020 | Voiced Shazam in 'Lego DC: Shazam!: Magic and Monsters' and appeared in the film 'Adverse' |
| 2020 | Sean Astin acted in the production 'Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye', playing the character Lesly Stone |
| 2020 | Voiced support for Democratic nominee Joe Biden via a Twitter post. |
| May 2020 | Joined Josh Gad's YouTube series Reunited Apart, reuniting with The Lord of the Rings cast via video-conferencing. |
| 2019 | Reprised role as Bob Newby in flashback scenes in Stranger Things season three, played Dr. Greg Pemberton on The Big Bang Theory, guest-appeared on Supergirl, starred in Netflix dramedy 'No Good Nick', and appeared in Brooklyn Nine-Nine season six. |
| 2019 | Reprised the role of Bob Newby in flashback scenes in Stranger Things season three, played Dr. Greg Pemberton on The Big Bang Theory, and guest-appeared on Supergirl's fifth season. |
| 2019 | Played Ed in No Good Nick. |
| 2017 | Appeared as Bob Newby in the second season of Netflix's Stranger Things. |
| November 12 2017 | Completed his role voicing Raphael in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. |
| 2016 | Voiced Reginald in Minecraft: Story Mode |
| 2016 | Campaigned for Hillary Clinton in midwestern states including Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. |
| 2015 | Sean Astin appeared in the TV series 'Con Man' as himself |
| 2015 | Reprised role as Samwise Gamgee in Lego Dimensions video game |
| 2015 | Continued voicing Shazam in 'Justice League: Throne of Atlantis' and appeared in multiple films including 'Do You Believe?' and 'Woodlawn' |
| October 2015 | Played Hank Erwin in the film Woodlawn, a story about a high school football team overcoming racism. |
| October 10 2015 | Competed in the Ironman World Championship in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, finishing with a time of 15:30:31. |
| January 2015 | Completed the Dopey Challenge at Walt Disney World Resort, running a 5k, 10k, half-marathon, and full marathon on four consecutive days. |
| 2014 | Ended voice role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. |
| 2014 | Astin voiced Shazam in 'Justice League: War' and narrated the documentary 'Video Games: The Movie' |
| 2014 | Sean Astin won Best Actor at the Utah Film Awards for his performance in The Freemason |
| June 2014 | Began playing the role of Jim Kent on the FX drama The Strain. |
| March 2014 | Played a soldier in the military thriller Boys of Abu Ghraib. |
| 2013 | Voiced Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| August 2013 | Publicly discussed his Lutheran Christian faith in an interview. |
| 2012 | Provided archive recordings for Samwise Gamgee in Lego The Lord of the Rings video game |
| September 29 2012 | Began voicing Raphael in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series on Nickelodeon. |
| March 2012 | Played a cosmetic surgeon named Takin Mastuhmik in a Funny or Die fake trailer called Boobathon. |
| 2011 | Served as campaign manager for Democrat Dan Adler in California's 36th congressional district special election. |
| 2011 | Sean Astin starred in the direct-to-VOD film 'Demoted' as Mike |
| 2010 | Joined the Stella Adler Los Angeles Theatre Collective acting company. |
| 2010 | Sean Astin voiced Samwise Gamgee in the video game 'The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest' |
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