Sean Astin Biography

Fast Facts

• Biological father is Michael Tell, who was married to Patty Duke for less than a month in 1970
• Referring to both Tell and John Astin, Sean told the New York Daily News, "I consider both men my fathers, and have learned a great deal from each
• " First professional acting job was at the age of 9, opposite his mother in the TV-movie Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
• Made his feature-film debut in the Steven Spielberg-produced The Goonies (1985)
• Graduated cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles
• In 2004, he published a memoir titled There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale
• Served as the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Navy during the Clinton administration, and on George W
• Bush's President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
• Has served on several nonprofit boards, including the Creative Coalition and the National Center for Family Literacy
• Along with his wife, founded Lava Entertainment, a production company that focuses on adapting literary works
• In June 2010, he attended a 25th-anniversary event held in honor of The Goonies in Astoria, Ore
• (the shooting locale for the movie)
• Is a vegetarian and a PETA supporter