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Sean
Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor,
director, and Oscar-nominated producer best known for his film
roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy,
and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Astin guest
starred as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of the FOX drama 24. He
also appeared in the first season of the NBC Show Las Vegas as a
gambler who wins one million dollars and his wife and best friend
want to take it away from him. He also had a role in Adam
Sandler’s 2006 film Click. Astin is the narrator of the US
version of Meerkat Manor, shown on the Discovery Channel-owned
cable TV channel Animal Planet. He most recently appeared as a
sales clerk in an episode of the TV series, My Name Is Earl, in
which he, along with co-stars Charles S. Dutton and Chelcie Ross,
parodied their hit movie, Rudy. Scenes included a motivational
speech by Dutton after Earl fails his chance at becoming a sales
rep, and all the dock workers turning in their credit cards to
Ross. Both of these are representations of famous “Rudy”
scenes. He substituted for Tate Donovan in voicing Hercules in the
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