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Sean Astin: Biography
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.
In 1994, he directed and co-produced (with his wife, Christine) the Academy Award nominated short film
Kangaroo Court.
While working on ' 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, ISBN 0312331460), 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 author J. R. R. Tolkien.
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