John Astin is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, as well as a television director and voice artist and is best known for the roles of Gomez Addams on ABC’s The Addams Family.

Film credits include What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole, The Frighteners, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, European Vacation, Freaky Friday, Bunny O’Hare, Viva Max, The Spirit is Willing, The Wheeler Dealers, Period of Adjustment, That Touch of Mink, Billy Rose’s Jumbo, West Side Story, The Pusher, and Move Over, Darling.

Theatre credits include John’s Broadway debut as Readymoney Matt in Threepenny Opera (Theatre de Lys), Collins in Tall Story (Belasco Theatre), Francisco/Prisoner in The Power and the Glory (Phoenix Theatre), and Morrison in Major Barbara (Martin Beck/Morosco Theatres); Off-Broadway, as Philip Beaufoy/Long John Fanning/Elisah/Others in Ulysses in Nighttown (Rooftop Theatre); and regionally, as Doc Myers in Leading Ladies (Ford’s Theatre).