Rob Lowe
Department: Acting
Biography
Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor. Lowe came to prominence after appearing in films such as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, About Last Night..., and St. Elmo's Fire. On television, Lowe is known for his roles as Sam Seaborn on The West Wing, Senator Robert McCallister on Brothers & Sisters, and Chris Traeger on Parks and Recreation.
Known For
The Outsiders
1983
Contact
1997
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
Mulholland Falls
1996
Oxford Blues
1984
Class
1983
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
The Christmas Shoes
2002
The Invention of Lying
2009
Bad Influence
1990
Wayne's World
1992
Thank You for Smoking
2005
Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming
2007
Framed
2002
The Specials
2000
Masquerade
1988
Frank & Jesse
1994
One Hell of a Guy
2000
If the Shoe Fits
1990
Proximity
2001
Escape Under Pressure
2000
Youngblood
1986
About Last Night...
1986
Illegally Yours
1988
Too Late to Say Goodbye
2009
Breakaway
2011
The Dark Backward
1991
On Dangerous Ground
1996
Midnight Man
1997
A Perfect Day
2006
Jane Doe
2001
I Melt with You
2011
The Christmas Blessing
2005
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
2014
Calgary '88
2018
Square Dance
1987
Dead Silent
1999
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993
The Finest Hour
1992
Knife Fight
2013
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Crazy Six
1997
Perfect Strangers
2004
Prosecuting Casey Anthony
2013
Schoolboy Father
1980
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
Living in Peril
1997
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
2009
Fox Hunt
1996
Killing Kennedy
2013
Sex Tape
2014
Monster Trucks
2016
Hostile Intent
1997
Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War
2022
View from the Top
2003
For Hire
1997
BRATS
2024
The Interview
2014
Beautiful & Twisted
2015
I Hate Christian Laettner
2015
WWII in HD: The Air War
2010
Outrage
1998
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s
2007
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
Inside the Mind of a Dog
2024
First Degree
1995
Pocket Listing
2016
Thursday's Child
1983
Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe
2016
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
Tommy Boy
1995
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
Super Troopers 2
2018
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
The Bad Seed
2018
I Am Patrick Swayze
2019
Holiday in the Wild
2019
The Knight Before Christmas
2019
A Parks and Recreation Special
2020
1984 – The Season That Saved Football
2016
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar
2017
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
2020
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
2017
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
2006
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
Dog Gone
2023
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005
The Third Parent
2026
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
My New Friend Jim
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Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
2007
The Musical
2026
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999
In a Holidaze
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The Sham
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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
This Morning
1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Family Guy
1999
The West Wing
1999
Beach Girls
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Friday Night Project
2005
The View
1997
The 2000's: The Decade We Saw It All
2015
A New Kind of Family
1979
American Idol
2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Lyon's Den
2003
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Parks and Recreation
2009
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
The Stand
1994
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Dr. Vegas
2004
Hard Knocks
2001
Good Day Live
2001
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022
WWII in HD
2009
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
The Grinder
2015
The '80s: Top Ten
2022
The '90s: The Last Great Decade?
2014
Moonbeam City
2015
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
2013
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Young Justice
2010
Chelsea
2016
Californication
2007
The Lowe Files
2017
Atomic Train
1999
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
The Oscars
1953
The Floor
2024
The Orville
2017
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
The Pentaverate
2022
Salem's Lot
2004
Code Black
2015
Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party
2023
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Wild Bill
2019
Celebrity Watch Party
2020
Mental Samurai
2019
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Entertainment Tonight
1981
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
The Lion Guard
2016
Unstable
2023
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The 2000's: A New Reality
2015
Primetime Glick
2001
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Reunited Apart
2020
The Naked Truth
1995
Good Mythical Morning
2012
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Great Performances
1971
Conan
2010
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Performance
1991
Franklin & Bash
2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Free Bert
2026