A Great Debate Version 1.0

Ok people. Hugely important issue at hand...

I got into a debate over the weekend as to whether Chris O'Donnell played the character Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in the film Rudy. I said "No way in hell that the guy who played Robin in the worst Batman movie ever played Rudy. It was the same guy who played Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy".

As you can expect, since this was being hashed out over pints of black beer, it turned into a shouting match, and I vowed to bring the truth to light. Thirty-six hours (approximately) later I completely forgot about it until I was reminded that this timeless debate needed to be settled once and for all.

Sean Astin Filmography

You'll note credits for Rudy in 1994 and LOTR in 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Now, since that's settled...