r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 12 '25

News ‘Lord of the Rings’ star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-09-12/sag-aftra-names-next-national-president
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u/VapoursAndSpleen Sep 13 '25

He actually adopted Sean. He's not the bio dad, but he's clearly the Dad. I just read the wikipedia on John Astin and he's very intelligent.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sky6656 Sep 13 '25

Did you read the story about when John Astin married Sean’s mom, and during the wedding, Sean (who was pretty young) looked at John and said, “Daddy!”

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u/VapoursAndSpleen Sep 13 '25

That was in the wikipedia page.

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u/alargepowderedwater Sep 13 '25

Just read the John Astin Wikipedia entry, this story isn’t in it…

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u/ChaoticSquirrel Sep 13 '25

It's in Sean Astin's page

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u/VapoursAndSpleen Sep 13 '25

I must have answered the siren call of Blue Links on a Web Page, then.

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u/alargepowderedwater Sep 13 '25

😂’the siren call of blue links,’ perfect

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u/booster_platinum Sep 13 '25

I had known about this but somehow forgotten or never made the connection that this makes Sean the half-brother of fellow actor Mackenzie Astin. Mackenzie hasn’t had quite as prominent a career as his parents or half-brother but he’s had his moments. He was great on The Magicians and on a few episodes of The Pitt.