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.