Sean Astin

• Birthplace: Santa Monica, California
• Birthday: February 25, 1971

This son of actors John Astin and Patty Duke grew up in the limelight of his famous parents and was portrayed as a character in the TV-movie "Call Me Anna" (ABC, 1990), based on his mother's autobiographical account of her victory over manic depression.

Compact and good-looking, Sean Astin made his first significant appearance in front of the cameras alongside his mother, portraying a battered child in the "Please Don't Hit Me, Mom", a 1981 "ABC Afterschool Special". He segued to the big screen four years later playing one of the treasure-h…more