Sean Astin

Career timeline

1. 1954 · Screen debut

   The Wonderful World of Disney (TV)

2. 1971 · Born

   Born in Santa Monica, California, USA

3. 1997 · Directing debut

   Perversions of Science (TV)

4. 2001 · Breakthrough

   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Movie)

5. 2025 · Latest release

   Haha, You Clowns (TV)

Career in numbers

1 1950s

3 1980s

11 1990s

23 2000s

28 2010s

9 2020s

• Comedy36
• Drama28
• Animation22
• Action & Adventure19
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy16
• Family11

Highest-rated title Stranger Things 2016 8.5 Most popular title The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Sean Astin in our catalogue.

Philippa Boyens

3 titles together

Ian McKellen

3 titles together

Viggo Mortensen

3 titles together

Andy Serkis

3 titles together

Peter Jackson

3 titles together

John Rhys-Davies

3 titles together

Dominic Monaghan

3 titles together

Fran Walsh

3 titles together

Orlando Bloom

3 titles together

Billy Boyd

3 titles together

1. 2025 Haha, You Clowns as Sean Astin (voice) TV
2. 2025 Love Hurts as Cliff Cussick 5.7 Movie
3. 2024 Mighty Monsterwheelies as Invisible Van (voice) TV
4. 2023 The Shift as Gabriel 6.4 Movie
5. 2022 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Master Sloth (voice) 7.5 TV
6. 2020 The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space as Narrator (voice) TV
7. 2020 Perry Mason as Sunny Gryce 7.2 TV
8. 2020 Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice) 8.2 Movie
9. 2020 LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters as Shazam (voice) 7.1 Movie
10. 2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Sean Astin (voice) 8.0 TV
11. 2019 No Good Nick as Ed Thompson 6.7 TV
12. 2019 Gloria Bell as Jeremy 5.9 Movie
13. 2018 Minecraft: Story Mode as Reginal (voice) 8.3 TV
14. 2018 The Conners as Tyler 6.9 TV
15. 2018 The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Narrator (voice) 7.6 TV
16. 2016 Justice League Action as Billy Batson / Shazam (voice) 7.2 TV
17. 2016 Stranger Things as Bob Newby 8.5 TV
18. 2016 The Do-Over as Ted-O 5.7 Movie
19. 2016 Bunnicula as Chester (voice) 6.1 TV
20. 2015 Supergirl as Pete Andrews 7.3 TV
21. 2015 Woodlawn as Hank 6.8 Movie
22. 2015 Con Man as Sean Astin 6.5 TV
23. 2015 New Looney Tunes as Actor Sean Astin (voice) 7.1 TV
24. 2015 Do You Believe? as Dr. Farell 6.8 Movie
25. 2015 Justice League: Throne of Atlantis as Shazam (voice) 7.0 Movie
26. 2014 The Librarians as The Amazing Mysterium / Kirby 7.2 TV
27. 2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Blaze (voice) TV
28. 2014 The Strain as Jim Kent 7.5 TV
29. 2014 Moms' Night Out as Sean 5.6 Movie
30. 2014 Cabin Fever: Patient Zero as Porter 5.0 Movie
31. 2014 Justice League: War as Shazam (voice) 7.4 Movie
32. 2013 Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Sergeant Knox 8.2 TV
33. 2013 Sofia the First as Bengee (voice) 7.2 TV
34. 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Raphael (voice) 8.3 TV
35. 2011 Alphas as Mitchel Morgan 6.8 TV
36. 2011 Franklin & Bash as Steven Piper 7.3 TV
37. 2011 The Witches of Oz as Frack 5.7 TV
38. 2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel as Meerkat Manor Narrator (voice) 5.7 Movie
39. 2009 Special Agent Oso as Special Agent OSO 7.4 TV
40. 2008 Forever Strong as Marcus Tate 7.1 Movie
41. 2008 The Colour of Magic as Twoflower 6.8 TV
42. 2007 Borderland as Randall 5.6 Movie
43. 2007 The Big Bang Theory as Greg Pemberton 7.9 TV
44. 2006 Click as Bill 6.3 Movie
45. 2005 My Name Is Earl as Rick 7.6 TV
46. 2005 Meerkat Manor as Narrator TV
47. 2005 Into the West as Martin Jarrett 8.0 TV
48. 2005 Hercules as Linus 5.2 TV
49. 2005 Robot Chicken as Steve Jobs / Gallagher (voice) 7.6 TV
50. 2004 Balto III: Wings of Change as Kodi (voice) 6.7 Movie
51. 2004 50 First Dates as Doug Whitmore 6.9 Movie
52. 2004 Best Week Ever TV
53. 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Sam 8.5 Movie
54. 2003 NCIS as Tyler Elliott 7.6 TV
55. 2003 Las Vegas as Lloyd Campbell 7.0 TV
56. 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Sam 8.4 Movie
57. 2002 Monk as Paul Buchanan 7.9 TV
58. 2002 Jeremiah as Mister Smith 6.9 TV
59. 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Sam 8.5 Movie
60. 2001 24 as Lynn McGill 7.8 TV
61. 1998 Bulworth as Gary 6.3 Movie
62. 1997 Perversions of Science as Taylor TV
63. 1996 Courage Under Fire as Patella 6.6 Movie
64. 1993 Rudy as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger 7.4 Movie
65. 1992 Where the Day Takes You as Greg 6.1 Movie
66. 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3 TV
67. 1992 Encino Man as Dave Morgan 5.9 Movie
68. 1991 Toy Soldiers as Billy Tepper 6.5 Movie
69. 1990 Law & Order as Wayne Hensley 7.3 TV
70. 1990 Memphis Belle as Richard "Rascal" Moore 6.8 Movie
71. 1989 The War of the Roses as Josh at 17 6.9 Movie
72. 1987 Like Father Like Son as Clarence / Trigger 5.7 Movie
73. 1985 The Goonies as Mikey 7.5 Movie
74. 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney as Leonard Kinsey 7.9 TV

1. 1999 Angel 7.8 TV
2. 1997 Perversions of Science TV

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