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Sean Astin is an American actor, producer, and director who is most popularly known for his work in the trilogy of Lord of the Rings and The Goonies. His total wealth is valued at $20 million. He has earned this wealth by extensively working in the film and television industry.
His major breakthrough role was the character of Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings. In the final installment of the movie, The Return of The King, Astin won a lot of awards. He won the Seattle Film Critics’ awards, Utah Film Critics’ Association, Phoenix Films’ Critics’ award and the Screen Actors’ Guild award as well. Currently, he voices over for Nickelodeon’s show “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. Sean has amassed his fortune through the film industry and the highly successful Peter Jackson trilogy.
Born to actress Patty Duke and the music writer Michael Tell, he grew up in California’s Santa Monica area. He studied in a Catholic institution although he follows a Protestant church. His father was a Jewish man who was the publisher of The Las Vegas Israelite. He has been married to his wife, Christine Harrell from 1992 onwards and they have three daughters. All his daughters have the middle name “Louise”. He has a tattoo that says “nine” in the Tengwar writing language. The rest of the cast of the movie The Lord of The Rings has also gotten this tattoo on their bodies. In 2004, he supported the US Presidential candidate John Kerry and in 2008, he backed Hillary Clinton.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Sean Astin's sports car Toyota Mirai that runs solely on Hydrogen |
$58,400 |
|
2018 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Sean Astin's 4,061-square-foot home in Beverly Hills, Calabasas, California |
$1,990,000 |
|
2018 |
Salary |
Salary for every episode of the Netflix series Stranger Things as Bob Newby |
$30,000 |
|
2017 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Unleashed as Carl |
$28,340 |
|
2017 |
Salary |
Salary from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy as Samwise Gamgee |
$250,000 |
|
2016 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Range 15 as Grigsby |
$621,740 |
|
2015 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Do You Believe? as Dr. Farell, Ribbit as the voice of Ribbit and box office sales of the movie Woodlawn as Hank |
$29,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Justice League: Throne of Atlantis as the voice of Shazam, The Surface as Mitch and Checkmate as Dyson |
$4,390,000 |
|
2014 |
Others |
Sales of the video Cabin Fever: Patient Zero as the voice of Porter |
$168,860 |
|
2014 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Mom's Night Out as Sean, Video Games: The Movie as the film's narrator and The Hero of Color City as the voice of Horatio |
$10,540,000 |
|
2013 |
Others |
Sales of the video game Kingdom Hearts as the voice of Hercules (approximately 20 million copies sold) |
$26,000,000 |
|
2008 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Forever Strong as Marcus |
$719,560 |
|
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies The Final Season as Kent Stock, Slipstream as Stuart Conway and What Love Is as George |
$1,190,000 |
|
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Click as Bill and Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Kip Kipling |
$238,080,000 |
|
2005 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Smile as Mike Matthews and Bigger Than the Sky as Ken Zorbell |
$54,230 |
|
2004 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie 50 First Dates as Doug Whitmore |
$196,480,000 |
|
2003 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Samwise Gamgee |
$1,120,000,000 |
|
2003 |
Others |
Sales of the video game The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as the voice of Samwise Gamgee (approximately 300 thousand copies sold) |
$390,000 |
|
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Samwise Gamgee |
$926,050,000 |
|
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Samwise Gamgee |
$871,530,000 |
|
2000 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Deterrence as Ralph |
$145,070 |
|
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Bulworth as Gary |
$29,200,000 |
|
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Wag the Dog as Singer |
$64,260,000 |
|
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Courage Under Fire as Patella and box office sales of the movie The Low Life as Andrew |
$100,910,000 |
|
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Safe Passage as Izzy Singer |
$1,620,000 |
|
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Rudy as Daniel Ruettiger |
$22,750,000 |
|
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Encino Man as Dave Morgan and Where the Day Takes You as Greg |
$41,090,000 |
|
1991 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Toy Soldiers as William Tepper |
$15,070,000 |
|
1990 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Memphis Belle as Sergeant Richard "Rascal" Moore |
$27,440,000 |
|
1989 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Staying Together as Duncan McDermott and The War of the Roses as Josh Rose |
$164,540,000 |
|
1987 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies White Water Summer as Alan and Like Father Like Son as Clarence or Trigger |
$69,060,000 |
|
1985 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Goonies as Mikey Walsh |
$61,500,000 |