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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