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Also known as John Allen Astin

American actor and director (born 1930)

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  • This Extraordinary Moment
  • Measuring EU Inflation
  • CHiPs
  • This is Always Enough
  • Too Intimate for Words

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Origin
Bologna

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John Astin holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Irvine and completed post-doctoral training from 1998-2000 at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a nationally recognized researcher in the field of mind-body medicine and is presently serving as the Executive Director of the newly formed Baumann Institute, a grant-making organization founded by Bay area philanthropist Peter Baumann. The Institute is dedicated to the experiential and scientific investigation

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5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 200,620x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 41,691x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,354x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 34,324x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 28,853x

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Born
John Allen Astin , ( 1930-03-30 ) March 30, 1930 (age 96) , Baltimore , Maryland , U.S.
Alma mater
Washington & Jefferson College Johns Hopkins University
Occupation
Actor director
Years active
1954–present
Television
The Addams Family
Spouses
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Children
5, including Sean and Mackenzie
Parents
Allen V. Astin (father) Margaret Astin (mother)
Relatives
Alexander Astin (brother)

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John Astin Operation Petticoat 1977.JPG
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date of birth
1930-03-30
start of work period
1954-00-00
birth name
John Allen Astin
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John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is widely known for his role as patriarch Gomez Addams in TV series The Addams Family (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993).

Astin starred in the TV film Evil Roy Slade (1972). Other notable film roles include West Side Story (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962), Move Over, Darling (1963), Freaky Friday (1976), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Frighteners (1996). Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968).

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