“Goonies” and “Lord of the Rings” star Sean Astin elected SAG-AFTRA president

• Sean Astin has been elected the Nationwide President of SAG-AFTRA.
• The Lord of the Rings star obtained over 79% of the general vote within the election.
• Astin was endorsed by earlier president Fran Drescher, who served within the place from 2021 to 2025.

A brand new day has come!

Sean Astin has been elected the Nationwide President of SAG-AFTRA, the labor union representing round 160,000 actors and media professionals worldwide.

Union voters overwhelmingly favored the actor, finest identified for enjoying Samwise Gamgee within the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Mikey Walsh in The Goonies. Astin obtained over 79% of the general vote in Friday's election, together with his 16,143 votes beating the 4,228 votes obtained by opponent Chuck Slavin.

Astin will serve a two-year time period starting on Friday, the identical day that his victory was made official.

The Rudy star — whose mom, Patty Duke, beforehand held the identical place within the Display Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988 — celebrated his victory in an announcement shared by SAG-AFTRA.

"Now’s a time for optimism and creativity," Astin started. "I’m thrilled that the members have allowed me to steer our storied group out of this difficult second and right into a future outlined by confidence, progress and fierce advocacy."

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Astin went on to congratulate his operating mate, Michelle Hurd, who was elected the Nationwide Secretary-Treasurer of the guild, and likewise thanked his spouse and youngsters for his or her help.

"Lastly, I’m the primary second era president of our union," he concluded. "My mom, Patty Duke, modeled for me the superior accountability of caring for each member of our union. I'm excited to get to work."

Astin introduced his candidacy for the place in July. The next month, Fran Drescher — who served as SAG-AFTRA Nationwide President for 2 phrases from 2021 to 2025 and led the guild by means of its 2023 labor strike — introduced that she wouldn’t run for reelection.

Drescher ultimately endorsed Astin, urging her fellow union members to vote for the Stranger Issues actor as her successor. "In the event you're a sag aftra member like me, your finest vote for nationwide President is fellow actor Sean Astin," she wrote on Instagram. "This dude has acquired the creds to rep us all with coronary heart, brains & expertise. I've identified him since he was 10 and he actually cares and has true character. In my humble opinion he’s the ONLY candidate to vote for."

Astin already had important SAG-AFTRA management expertise earlier than Friday's election. He beforehand served on 5 separate negotiating committees for the union, and likewise labored as a member of quite a few nationwide and native Los Angeles committees.

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Astin not too long ago reunited together with his Goonies costar Ke Huy Quan within the action-comedy Love Hurts. He additionally recurred on the ultimate season of The Conners and appeared within the crime drama Little Lorraine. Different outstanding credit embrace movies like Encino Man, The Battle of the Roses, Click on, 50 First Dates, and Gloria Bell, in addition to visitor appearances on The Large Bang Principle, Brooklyn 9-9, and Monk.

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