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MacKenzie Astin

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May 12, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA
Biography:The offspring of actress "Patty Duke" and actor/director/writer "John Astin" and brother of actor {Sean Astin, "MacKenzie Astin" was perhaps destined to be a performer. Born and raised in L.A., Astin began as a child and teen actor on TV in the early 1980s with roles in the TV movie "Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal" (1982), and the girls' prep school sitcom "The Facts of Life". Astin moved to feature films in the 1990s with a spate of roles in Hollywood studio films, including the lead in the Disney adventure "Iron Will" (1994). After substantial parts in two high-profile box office disappointments, "Terms of Endearment" (1983) sequel "The Evening Star" (1996) and the "Sandra Bullock"-"Chris O'Donnell" historical romance "In Love and War" (1996), Astin focused on work in more idiosyncratic independent films. Astin's boyish good looks made him deceptively "perfect boyfriend" material in the romantic... Full Biography
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