Sean Astin is an American actor. He is making his Broadway debut as Santa in Elf The Musical. His acting roles include Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, Billy Tepper in Toy Soldiers, Daniel Ruettiger in Rudy, Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Doug Whitmore in 50 First Dates, Bill in Click , Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24 , Oso in Special Agent Oso , Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Bob Newby in the second season of Netflix's Stranger Things, and Ed in No Good Nick.
Astin's acting awards include a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Young Artist Awards. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1994 for the short film Kangaroo Court.