<Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Mackenzie Astin (half - brother) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.seanastin.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Sean Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, director and producer . He portrayed the roles of Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001--2003), Mikey Walsh in The Goonies (1985), the title character of Rudy (1993), Doug in 50 First Dates (2004), Jim Kent in the first season of The Strain (2014), and Bob Newby in the second season of Stranger Things (2017). </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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