FrameThrower · Actors · Sean Astin
Sean Astin
7 films · 857 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2001–2020
Born 25 February 1971 · Santa Monica, California, USA
Sean Patrick Astin is an American film actor, director, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24. He also provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 857 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2001–2020
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor2003
How their films are shot
Measured across 857 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sean takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Sean takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 857 frames from Sean Astin's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.