Sean Patrick Astin (born
Sean Patrick Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, director,
voice artist, and producer best known for his film roles as
Samwise Gamgee in
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, 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 and Oso in the
Disney Junior show
Special Agent Oso. Astin also served as the campaign manager for his friend, Democrat
Dan Adler, a businessman in the entertainment industry, for
California's 36th congressional district special election, 2011.