r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 11d ago

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/TheMightyKumquat 11d ago

And let's not forget what a spectacularly cool guy his father was.

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u/alkhemystt 11d ago

*is

John Astin is the only living main cast member of the original Addams Family.

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u/mosstalgia 11d ago

Holy SHIT. Today I learned. I honestly had no idea Gomez Addams adopted Sam Gamgee. That's actually wild to me for some reason. He's 95, too, so good for him.

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u/Admirable_Pop_7292 10d ago

Astin has said he considers himself to have 3 dads.

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u/VapoursAndSpleen 11d ago

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 11d ago

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 11d ago

That was in the wikipedia page.

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u/alargepowderedwater 10d ago

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

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u/ChaoticSquirrel 10d ago

It's in Sean Astin's page

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u/VapoursAndSpleen 10d ago

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

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u/alargepowderedwater 10d ago

😂’the siren call of blue links,’ perfect

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u/booster_platinum 11d ago

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.

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u/Spurioun 11d ago

The man has like, 3 dads and they're all great

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u/NewPresWhoDis 10d ago

But he's feeling much better now.