sean astin played samwise gamgee in lord of the rings.
sean astin played samwise gamgee in lord of the rings.
who does sean astin play in lord of the rings?
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sean patrick astin (né duke; born february 25, 1971) is an american actor, voice actor, director, and producer. his acting roles include samwise gamgee in "the lord of the rings" trilogy (2001–2003), mikey walsh in "the goonies" (1985), daniel "rudy" ruettiger in "rudy" (1993), and bob newby in the second and third season of "stranger things" (2017–2019).









































section::::early life.
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in june 1970, duke learned she was pregnant and married michael tell on june 26, 1970, during a manic phase, in order to "give (her child) a name". their marriage lasted 13 days before ending in an annulment on july 9, 1970; her son, actor sean astin, was born on february 25, 1971. duke said in her 1987 autobiography that the marriage to tell was never consummated and that astin was the actual biological father of sean. there were several chapters emphasizing the lie about her relationship with tell and the paternity of her son. she later told sean that arnaz jr. was sean's biological father. it turned out that all three statements were incorrect: in 1994, sean astin underwent biological testing to determine his paternity and the results showed that astin's biological father is actually tell.
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