Actor: Sean Astin

Sean Astin played Mikey in The Goonies at thirteen and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy two decades later, which is an unusual pair of enduring roles to bracket a career.

Rudy gave him a sports lead, and Stranger Things gave him a late television part. He is the son of Patty Duke and John Astin, and gained weight deliberately for Samwise, which he has described as the hardest physical part of the shoot.