Sean Astin and his adoptive father, John Astin, are Hollywood royalty. Sean is best known, of course, for his role as Samwise in The Lord of the Rings movies (which you can watch with an HBO Max subscription) and for playing the lead role in The Goonies. John famously brought the comic strip character Gomez Addams to life in the original Addams Family TV show.
While both have had careers that have lasted decades at this point, neither has ever been nominated for an Academy Award. Well, in an acting category at least. Both have been nominated in another category: Best Live Action Short Film. The nominations came 26 years apart, John in 1968, Sean in 1994, but sadly, neither took home the Oscar.
