<Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Mackenzie Astin (brother) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.seanastin.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Sean Patrick Astin (born Sean Patrick Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, director and producer . He is known for his film roles as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001--2003), Mikey Walsh in The Goonies (1985), and the title character of Rudy (1993). In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in season five of 24 and voices Raphael in the 2012 Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, Oso in the Disney Junior show Special Agent Oso, and Chester The Cat in Bunnicula . </P> <P> Astin was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of actress Patty Duke (1946--2016). At the time, it was erroneously reported that entertainer Desi Arnaz Jr. was his biological father . When Michael Tell, a writer, music promoter and publisher of the newspaper The Las Vegas Israelite, came to sublet her apartment and offered to marry her as a way out of the scandal, Duke agreed . The marriage lasted only 13 days in 1970, and ended long before Astin was born . </P>

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