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First sentence of this section says that Astin began his career in theatre, doing voice-over. That makes no sense. Voice-over is generally associated with broadcasting, mainly in advertising. You usually need an AFTRA card, which most theatrical actors don't have. It would also help to distinguish between "voice-over" (narration and TV commercials) and "voice acting" (such as voicing characters for animated films.)

Blogger1947 (talk) 14:12, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It says here Sean is his biological son, but on Sean's page, it says he isn't. What's the story here?

For what role was he nominated?--BenWoodruff 16:38, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He wasn't, actually. That needs to be reworded. He was nominated, in a sense, but not as an actor; a short film he produced, wrote, directed, and starred in, Prelude from 1968, was nominated for Best Live Action Short Subject. So the phrase "Oscar nominated actor" is thus misleading, since his nomination was for the short itself, or for his overall work as a filmmaker on that short, but not necessarily his performance in it. -- Aleal 21:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will somebody please add The Brothers O'Toole? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.227.2.19 (talk) 16:27, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also in season 2 of Mad About You, he was in the episode called "Up All Night". He tangoed with Jamie and flipped off the roof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jilley76 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The main page of this article would be improved if it mentioned whether he is a smoker, or if he ever did smoke, and whether he quit if he did. Dexter Nextnumber (talk) 02:04, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]