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Sean Astin

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Sean Patrick Astin is an American actor, serving since 2025 as president of the SAG-AFTRA. Within the industry, he is known for portraying Mikey Walsh in The Goonies and Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. On top of being a prolific screen actor, he has also had many roles as a voice actor, voicing Raphael in the 2012 iteration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the title character of Special Agent Oso.

In the Minecraft franchise

In 2016, Astin provided the voice of the character Reginald in Minecraft: Story Mode, serving as a one-off supporting character.[1] He would return in the 2020s, providing narration for the audiobooks of two novels, Minecraft: The Mountain and Minecraft: The Village.[2][3][4]

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ "Lords of the Rings Actor Sean Astin Joins Minecraft Story Mode in New Chapter" by Eddie Makuch – Gamespot, March 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Minecraft: The Mountain" – Audible.
  3. ↑ "Minecraft: The Village" – Audible.
  4. ↑ "Minecraft: The Village: An Official Minecraft… by Max Brooks · Audiobook preview" – Google Play Books on YouTube, January 27, 2024
  5. ↑ "The Mountain" by Alex Wiltshire – Minecraft.net, March 2, 2021.
  6. ↑ "High School Buddies Max Brooks and Sean Astin Climb Minecraft: The Mountain Together" by Molly Templeton – Reactor, February 23, 2021.

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