Sean Astin (Sean Patrick Duke) was born on February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Sean's mother is an actress, his father is a writer. After the divorce of his parents, his mother remarried, and Sean was adopted by his stepfather, actor and director John Astin. Sean has a brother McKenzie, also an actor by profession.
As a child, Sean Astin starred with his mother in the film “Don’t hurt me, Mom”, after which he had no doubts about choosing a future profession. In 1984 (at the age
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Sean Astin (Sean Patrick Duke) was born on February 25, 1971 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Sean's mother is an actress, his father is a writer. After the divorce of his parents, his mother remarried, and Sean was adopted by his stepfather, actor and director John Astin. Sean has a brother McKenzie, also an actor by profession.
As a child, Sean Astin starred with his mother in the film “Don’t hurt me, Mom”, after which he had no doubts about choosing a future profession. In 1984 (at the age of 13), the actor got a role in Steven Spielberg's film "Indiana Jones Childhood", immediately after this role he was invited to the filming of the film "What is father, so is son". Then went the roles in the films “Rudy”, “Toy soldiers”, “Harrison Bergeron”.
At the age of twenty Sean had more than ten roles in films, he owned his own film studio and made several films as a director.
As an adult, Sean’s first role was in the film Beauty of Memphis, then Frozen Californian and When Day Finds You.
Sean Astin's most famous role is in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
In addition to acting, Sean Astin successfully worked as a director and producer in the films “Kangaroo Courtyard” and many others.
Sean graduated from the University in California with honors, studied English literature and history, after graduation received a bachelor’s degree.
In 1992 he married Christina Harrell (the title of "Young Miss Indiana" in the beauty pageant 1984). The couple had three daughters: Alexandra, Elizabeth, Isabella.
In 2004, Sean co-wrote a book with Joe Layden, There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale, which he published the same year. In this book, Sean Astin and his co-author talk about the shooting of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and share their impressions.
Sean, Christina and their daughters live in Los Angeles, and Sean remains a highly sought after actor.
