ROB LOWE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Rob Lowe was born on March 17th, 1964 in Charlottesville, Virginia with the birth name Robert Hepler Lowe as an only child, born to parents, Barbara K Helper and Charles Davis Lowe.  His family raised him in Dayton, Ohio and as a young boy he became involved in modeling and as a teenage boy he became involved in acting.  His family later relocated to Los Angeles, California and he graduated from Santa Monica High School.
 
In the mid 1980’s, he became part of a group of young actors known as, “The Brat Pack” which included other aspiring male and female actors such as, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson.
 
Prior to really establishing his career he had an issue with drug and alcohol abuse and even did twenty hours of community service for being involved sexually with a minor.
 
Early on in his career he was seen on the television movie, “Thursday’s Child” (1983) and earned his first Golden Globe nomination.  Other film roles that followed were, “Schoolboy”, “Class”, “The Outsiders”, “St. Elmo’s Fire”, “About Last Night” and “Square Dance” (1987) for which he earned another nomination for, “Best Supporting Actor”.
 
Hollywood had taken notice of him quite early on in his career.  He was listed as one of the twelve, “Promising Actors of 1984” in John Willis Screen World and was also voted in the year 2000 as, “One of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World” by People magazine.
 
Some of his more well known roles were appearances in such films as, “Wayne’s World” (1992), “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” (1997) and  “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” (1999).  He was also a regular on the hit television series, “The West Wing” (1999) but left the show to try two other pilots that both failed.
 
In the early 2000’s he did find success on television appearing on such series as, “Salem’s Lot” (2004) and “Beach Girls” (2005).  He was also cast in the independent film, “Thank You for Smoking” followed by the television movie, “The Perfect Day” (2006) and the films, “Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming” (2006).  Lowe also worked for the first three seasons on the series, “Brothers & Sisters” (2006-2010).
 
Rob Lowe’s latest appearances have been on the biography, “Brat Pack: Where Are They Now?" (2010), “Potomac”, a reality television series, the voice of Captain Marvel in, “Young Justice" and a regular on the series, “Parks and Recreation”.
 
He has been married only once to Sheryl Berkoff whom he wed on July 22nd, 1991 and has two children with and remains married today living in Santa Barbara, California.  He is involved in a number of charitable organizations such as being the spokesperson in 2000 for the Lee National Denim Day fundraiser which helps raise money for breast cancer research.

Filmography

2013 To Appomattox 
2012 Glide 
2012 The Drew Peterson Story
2012 Knife Fight 
2010-2011 Parks and Recreation 
2011 Young Justice 
2011 Breakaway 
2011 Californication
2011 I Melt with You
2006-2010 Brothers & Sisters 
2009 Too Late to Say Goodbye 
2009 The Invention of Lying 
2007 Brothers & Sisters: Family Album 
2007 Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming 
2007 Family Guy 
2006 A Perfect Day 
2004-2006 Dr. Vegas 
1999-2006 The West Wing 
2005 The Christmas Blessing 
2005 Thank You for Smoking 
2005 Beach Girls 
2004 Perfect Strangers 
2004 'Salem's Lot 
2003 The Lyon's Den 
2003 View from the Top 
2002 The Christmas Shoes 
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 Framed 
2001 Jane Doe
2001 Proximity 
2000 One Hell of a Guy 
2000 The Specials 
2000 Escape Under Pressure
1999 Winding Roads
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999 Atomic Train 
1999 Dead Silent 
1998 Crazy Six 
1998 For Hire 
1998 Outrage 
1998 Stories from My Childhood
1997 Hostile Intent 
1997 Midnight Man 
1997 Contact 
1997 Living in Peril s
1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 
1996 On Dangerous Ground 
1996 First Degree 
1996 Fox Hunt
1996 Mulholland Falls
1995 The Larry Sanders Show
1995 Tommy Boy 
1995 Frank & Jesse 
1994 The Stand
1993 Suddenly, Last Summer 
1993 Fox Hunt 
1992 Wayne's World 
1992 The Finest Hour
1991 The Dark Backward 
1990 If the Shoe Fits 
1990 Bad Influence 
1988 Illegally Yours 
1988 Masquerade 
1987 Square Dance 
1986 About Last Night... 
1986 Youngblood
1985 St. Elmo's Fire 
1985 Go-Go's: Prime Time 
1984 Oxford Blues 
1984 The Hotel New Hampshire 
1983 Class 
1983 The Outsiders
1983 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1981 Mean Jeans 
1980-1981 ABC Afterschool Specials 
1979-1980 A New Kind of Family