Sean Astin-becklex

Sean Astin, son of John Astin (famous for having played Gomez in the series The Adams Family) and Clara Astin, also an actress, began by studying arts and graphics before embarking in turn in a acting career. At only 13 years old, the young teenager gets his first role, as a band leader in The Goonies. In 1989, he played under the direction of Danny DeVito in The War of the Roses. He is the young Mat in Memphis Belle by Michael Caton-Jones in 1990 and shares, in 1992, the poster of Where the day takes you with another debutant, Will Smith.

At the same time, Astin continued his career on television and broadened his field of action by directing and producing episodes of television series. In 1998, he was featured in Bulworth by Warren Beatty. He continued the following year with Deterrence in the arms of Clotilde Courau. In 1999, he went into exile in New Zealand for 16 months for the Lord of the Rings adaptations.from Tolkien's universe: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The actor plays there, the now very famous, Sam Gamegie, a faithful friend of Frodo, who, not very brave at the start, is essential in the destruction of the unique ring. While the shooting of the second part is short, Sean Astin takes advantage of the means at hand to make his short film Haut et court, with Peter Jackson in co-production, and Elijah Wood, as assistant director, affirming his desire to "touch at all "at the cinema. In 2004, already aware of the importance of the saga in his career, the actor wrote a book on his experience, and was inspired by the subtitle of The Hobbit to call it "There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale " .

With this notoriety, the artist quickly returns to the screens in season 2 of Jeremiah, where J. Michael Straczynski, future screenwriter of World War Z, already depicts a post-apocalyptic world. Then, the actor connects the supporting roles in romantic comedies, alongside famous duets, such as Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in Love & Amnesia, or Kim Basinger and John Corbett in But where is Elvis? Sean Astin meanwhile, co-produced and starred in the thriller Slipstream, with young model Ivana Milicevic. In 2006, an unexpected meeting with Joel Nickow, a 24-hour screenwriter, earned him the chance to join the cast of season 5 as an agent of the Anti-Terrorist Cell.

Subsequently, Sean Astin continues to appear in comedies, and, as a guest, in the series Monk, Earl or New York Police Judiciaire, before returning to the headliner with The Final Season. Soon after, Sean Astin evolves alongside a magician again, this time in Terry Pratchett's Discworld adaptation. But the spectator can also discover another of its facets through the comedies Stay Cool, Bad Boss, and And They're Off, where he plays more crazy characters. In 2010, the artist found Billy Boyd, alias Pippin from The Lord of the Rings , in The Witches of Oz, where Christopher Lloyd occupies the place of the magician.

The actor's career is supported by leading roles in television films, where we discover him successively as a disoriented father in Adoption at risk, or as an organized elf in Christmas at your fingertips. On the cinema side, Sean Astin plays in several films that do not meet with great success, such as Amazing Love, Efraction and Freemason , with the exception, later, of The Surface, selected in several American festivals, which he co-produced. also.

In 2014, Guillermo Del Toro's successful series The Strain gave him the opportunity to further show his talents as he played the controversial character of Jim Kent. The same year, while the comedian can be seen in parody episodes of Con Man with Alan Tudyk, he also plays a coach engaged in Woodlawn, retracing the fight of a black footballer in the 70s. an ability to change register, Sean Astin is offered an important role in season 2 of Stranger Things in 2017. He puts himself in the shoes of the sympathetic Bob Newby, lover of Will's mother, a character who, at like Sam Gamegie, shows unsuspected courage.

Following this filming, Sean Astin does not immediately reappear on screen, but young audiences can hear his voice in the narration of The Extraordinary Adventures of Captain Superslip, the Dreamworks animated series distributed by Netflix. Far from being his first dubbing experience, since he continued to lend his voice in Lord of the Rings video games , the comedian has also brought Raphael to life in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since 2012, or Shazam in Justice League Action. .

Sean Astin finally returned to the cinema in 2018, as he joined the charismatic Julianne Moore, and the iconic John Turturro in the cast of the rehab of Gloria by Chilean director Sebastian Lelio.

Maelle Merle-Delavault