#The ring in sleepless in seatle movie

In the early 2000s, Astin played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003). Astin continued to appear in films throughout the 1990s, including the Showtime science fiction film Harrison Bergeron (1995), the Gulf War film Courage Under Fire (1996), and the Warren Beatty political satire Bulworth (1998). In 1994, Astin directed and co-produced (with his wife, Christine Astin) the short film Kangaroo Court, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. Patrol, opposite Nia Long, Tim Thomerson, and Brian Keith Like Father Like Son (1987) White Water Summer with Kevin Bacon (1987), The War of the Roses (1989) the World War II film Memphis Belle (1990) Toy Soldiers (1991) Encino Man (1992) and the college football biopic Rudy (1993), about the life-changing struggles and rewards of the titular character, Daniel Ruettiger. He made his film debut at the age of 13 as Mikey in The Goonies (1985).Īfter The Goonies, Astin appeared in several more films, including the Disney made-for-TV movie, The B.R.A.T.

#The ring in sleepless in seatle movie

Career Early career Īstin's first acting role was in a 1981 television movie titled Please Don't Hit Me, Mom, in which he played an 8-year-old child with an abusive mother (portrayed by his real-life mother Patty Duke). An alumnus of Los Angeles Valley College, Astin served on the school's board of directors of the Patrons Association and the Arts Council. in History and English (American literature and culture). He graduated cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. Īstin attended the Crossroads High School for the Arts and undertook master classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles. He attended Catholic school and later became a Protestant. my four dads.' Īstin is of German and Irish ancestry through his mother and Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish through his biological father.

Astin is also close to his stepfather, Mike Pearce, saying, 'I can call any of them on the phone any time I want to. Science tells me that Mike Tell is.' Astin considers John his father, as John was the one who raised him.

Astin has maintained close relationships with all three, saying, 'Desi Arnaz Jr. Sean set out to find the truth about his biological father, and underwent genetic tests which showed Tell was his biological father. However, in his mid-20s, Astin met a relative of Michael Tell who suggested they were related. When Astin was 14, Duke told him that Arnaz was his father, and the two developed a relationship. Duke married Mike Pearce in 1986, and they adopted a son, Kevin, in 1989. In 1973, Duke gave birth to Astin's brother Mackenzie Astin, who also became an actor. When the wedding guests were invited to speak, 18-month-old Sean looked at John and cried, 'Daddy!', to which the Episcopal priest performing the ceremony remarked, 'Well, that about does it!' Astin subsequently adopted Sean. On August 5, 1972, Duke married actor John Astin, having been in a relationship with him for two years. The marriage only lasted 13 days in 1970, and ended before Astin was born. When Duke became pregnant, she was unsure whether Arnaz or Tell was the father, so Tell offered to marry her as a way out of the scandal. During that time, Duke also had a personal relationship with Michael Tell, a writer, music promoter, and publisher of the newspaper The Las Vegas Israelite. However, at the time, it was erroneously reported that entertainer Desi Arnaz Jr. Astin was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of actress Patty Duke (1946–2016) and Michael Tell.