JOHN ASTIN

John Allen Astin is an American actor who has appeared in many movies and TV series, as well as a TV director and voice engineer. Astin has been married 3 times and has five children, including actor Sean Astin. Today, he is 90 years old and lives in Baltimore with his wife Valerie Ann Sandoval. John Astin is popularly known as one of the iconic characters in TV and movie history, like The Addams Family, where he played Gomez Addams.

His first appearance as Gomez was in the ‘60s, and again in the ‘70s when the character got reprised. Besides The Addams Family, he also appeared in different hit movies until the late ‘80s. Aside from doing what he loves, which is acting, he also got busy with the Studies Department at John Hopkins, where he holds a drama degree and running Theatre Arts. Based on some reports, he is now practicing Nichiren Buddhism as a member of the Soka Gakkai International, a worldwide association of Buddhists.