If you hit your formative years in the ’80s or ’90s, you probably had a crush on Sean Astin. As the head of a motley crew of kids in the ’80s cult classic The Goonies, he made preteen girls swoon (even if they hated to admit it). He did the same thing for the next generation of gals as an aspiring college football star in Rudy and, of course, as Sam, the cuddly hobbit in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Astin is Hollywood’s go-to sensitive male, the kind of guy who wins ladies’ hearts with his soft soul, not sexiness. Perhaps his pleasing personality stems from his unusual upbringing: His mom’s Oscar winner Patty Duke and his dad…well, he has four: biological father Mike Tell, adopted dad John Astin, stepfather Mike Pearce and Duke’s ex-boyfriend (and longtime presumed bio dad), Desi Arnaz Jr. Now a father himself to three daughters, Astin is, understandably, interested in doing family-friendly fare. His latest project is voicing the title character in the Disney Channel’s new animated series Special Agent Oso. Time Out Kids chatted with the actor about his new venture, his four fathers and, of course, the possibility of a Goonies reunion. Go, Mikey Walsh!

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