Rob Lowe (born March 17, 1964 in Charlottesville, Virginia,
USA) is an American actor who was a member of the Brat
Pack.
Raised in Dayton, Ohio, Rob Lowe became
famous after appearing in a string of popular movies
that included other members of the Brat Pack, the
most notable being St. Elmo's Fire. Lowe and his brother
Chad Lowe grew up on the Westside of Los Angeles and
attended Santa Monica High School, where one of their
classmates was fellow brat-packer, Emilio Estevez.
Today, Lowe makes his home with his wife and children
in Montecito, California.Lowe gained notoriety in
1988 after a video of him having sex with two women,
one of whom was underage, became public. He had met
the women at a bar while in Atlanta attending the
1988 Democratic National Convention, and later claimed
that he didn't know one of them was underage, and
that it was reasonable to assume that someone in a
bar was of legal age. The video that was widely circulated
was not the one with the underage girl and her lesbian
hairdresser girlfriend but that of a threesome with
a model called "Jennifer", a young friend
called "Justin Morris" and the actor himself,
shot in a hotel room in Paris. Lowe was sentenced
to twenty hours of community service. He was later
committed to a rehabilitation clinic for alcohol addiction.
He is perhaps best known for playing
Sam Seaborn in the television show The West Wing,
a role which was his from 1999 - 2003. When the show
premiered, Lowe's character was to be much more important.
But the extremely talented cast — including
Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Stockard Channing,
Bradley Whitford, and Martin Sheen (who was only supposed
to be a guest star) — soon made the show into
the hottest ensemble drama on TV, and Sam Seaborn
became possibly the character with the least screen
time. Lowe left the show in a highly publicized exit
during the fourth season. His exit was quickly followed
by that of series creator and writer Aaron Sorkin,
and director Thomas Schlamme - a move which saw the
show's style change greatly, to mixed reactions from
fans.
After leaving, he was star and executive
producer of a failed NBC drama The Lyon's Den (2003).
In 2004, he tried again in a series entitled Dr. Vegas,
but it also was quickly cancelled.
He is currently starring as Lieutenant
Daniel Kaffee in a London West End production of Sorkin's
play A Few Good Men, the first time the two have worked
together since The West Wing. Although Lowe had expressed
unhappiness about his role on that show at the time
of his departure, he has now repeatedly said that
any animosity between them is over and that he is
pleased to be working with Sorkin once more, whose
talents as a writer he highly regards.
Trivia
Rob Lowe is deaf in his right ear.
Lowe's sister-in-law is Academy Award-winning actress,
Hilary Swank (she is married to Rob's brother, actor
Chad Lowe).
Rob was voted and won most school spirit in high school.
Selected filmography
Schoolboy Father (1980)
Class (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Oxford Blues (1984)
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Youngblood (1986)
About Last Night... (1986)
Home is Where the Heart Is (1987)
Square Dance (1987)
Bad Influence (1990)
Wayne's World (1992)
The Stand (1994)
Tommy Boy (1995)
Frank and Jesse (1995)
On Dangerous Ground (1996) (TV)
Contact (1997)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Proximity (2000)
The Specials (2000)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
View from the Top (2003)
Framed (2003)
Beach Girls (TV Miniseries) (2005)
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