This son of actors John Astin and Patty Duke grew up in the limelight of his famous parents and was portrayed as a character in the TV-movie "Call Me Anna" (ABC, 1990), based on his mother's autobiographical account of her victory over manic depression.Sean Astin made his first significant appearance in front of the cameras alongside his mother, portraying a battered child in the "Please Don't Hit Me, Mom", a 1981 "ABC Afterschool Special". He segued to the big screen four years later playing one of the treasure-hunting kids in "The Goonies" (1985) and went on to play the son of divorcing
