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The Goonies actor Sean Astin made a rare move on Sunday evening while at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA in .
The 55-year-old star looked proud as he posed with his wife and three daughters while on the red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall.
Astin married Christine Harrell, who was Miss Teen USA in 1984, in 1992.
Their three daughters are Alexandra, 28, Elizabeth, 22, and Isabella, 19. All the girls have the same middle name: Louise.
He was at the Actor Awards because he serves as the 4th national president of SAG-AFTRA.
Astin posed with , and Leslie Bibb at the splashy awards show.
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The Goonies actor Sean Astin made a rare move on Sunday evening while at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA in Los Angeles
The 55-year-old star looked proud as he posed with his wife and three daughters while on the red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall
Astin is known for his roles as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001 until 2003), the title character in Rudy and 's 50 First Dates.
The star is the son of the late 1960s actress Patty Duke who was best known for the films Billie (1965), Valley of the Dolls (1967) and Me, Natalie (1969).
His father is the late Michael Tell.
At the time of Sean's birth, it was incorrectly reported that Desi Arnaz Jr, who was wed to Lucille Ball, was his biological father.
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Astin's first acting role was in a 1981 television film titled Please Don't Hit Me, Mom, which also starred his mother Duke.
He made his film debut at age 13 as Mikey Walsh in 1985's The Goonies.
Next came The B.R.A.T. Patrol and Like Father Like Son.
He then appeared in White Water Summer with Kevin Bacon (1987), The War of the Roses (1989); the World War II film Memphis Belle (1990); Toy Soldiers (1991); Encino Man (1992); and the college football biopic Rudy (1993), about Daniel Ruettiger.
Astin continued to appear in films throughout the 1990s, including Harrison Bergeron (1995), Courage Under Fire (1996), and Bulworth (1998).
Astin married Christine Harrell, who was Miss Indiana Teen USA in 1984, in 1992
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Here he is seen with two of his three daughters
He posed with Star Wars vet Harrison Ford
Seen with Timothée Chalamet and his mother Nicole Flender
One of his biggest Hollywood successes came in the early 2000s.
Astin played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
The three movies were The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003).
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His costars were Elijah Wood (Frodo), Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) and Orlando Bloom (Legolas).
Other major stars included Andy Serkis (Gollum), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Christopher Lee (Saruman), and John Rhys-Davies (Gimli).
He was in the 91985 movie The Goonies with Martha Plimpton and Corey Feldman
Elijah Wood, Sean Astin in The Lord Of The Rings
He played Drew Barrymore's brother in 50 First Dates and also worked with Sandler in Click.
Astin played the role of Malibu High School principal Mike Matthews in the film Smile.
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As far as TV, he has been on 24, Monk, Las Vegas, My Name Is Earl, Law & Order, Jeremiah and The Strain.
In 2017, Astin played the role of Bob Newby in season two of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Two years later he was in The Big Bang Theory, then Supergirl and also Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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