Acting
Rob Lowe
Born 1964-03-17
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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
Prominent works featuring Rob Lowe
TV
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The Simpsons
1989
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Family Guy
1999
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The Interview
2014
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Contact
1997
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Sex Tape
2014
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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Wayne's World
1992
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (214 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Third Parent | Mason 'Cap' Hollow | Movie | 2027 |
| In a Holidaze | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 | |
| In a Holidaze | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 | |
| Confession | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 | |
 | The Musical | Principal Brady | Movie | 2026 |
| The Musical | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | After Hours with James Corden | Self | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Inside the Mind of a Dog | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | BRATS | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Hot Ones Versus | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Floor | Self - Host | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party | Self - Host | TV Series | 2023 |
| Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Unstable | Ellis Dragon | TV Series | 2023 |
| Unstable | Story | TV Series | 2023 |
| Unstable | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
| Unstable | Creator | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Dog Gone | John Marshall | Movie | 2023 |
| Dog Gone | Executive Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Pentaverate | Rob Lowe | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Andy Warhol Diaries | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The '80s: Top Ten | Self - Host | TV Series | 2022 |
| The '80s: Top Ten | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
| Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! | Executive Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Sam Seaborn | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Celebrity Watch Party | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2020 |
 | A Parks and Recreation Special | Chris Traeger | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation | Chris Traeger | Movie | 2020 |
 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV Series | 2020 |
 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Owen Strand | TV Series | 2020 |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Co-Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2020 |
 | The Knight Before Christmas | Derek | Movie | 2019 |
 | Holiday in the Wild | Derek Holliston | Movie | 2019 |
| Holiday in the Wild | Executive Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | I Am Patrick Swayze | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Wild Bill | Bill Hixon | TV Series | 2019 |
| Wild Bill | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Mental Samurai | Self - Host | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Basketball: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Bad Seed | David | Movie | 2018 |
| The Bad Seed | Executive Producer | Movie | 2018 |
| The Bad Seed | Director | Movie | 2018 |
 | Super Troopers 2 | Guy LeFranc | Movie | 2018 |
 | Calgary '88 | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Orville | Darulio | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Lowe Files | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar | Simba (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | Movie | 2017 |
 | How to Be a Latin Lover | Rick | Movie | 2017 |
 | Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | Monster Trucks | Reece Tenneson | Movie | 2016 |
 | 1984 – The Season That Saved Football | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | Chelsea | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Pocket Listing | Frank Hunter | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Simba (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Lion Guard | Simba (voice) | TV Series | 2016 |
 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | Father Jude | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Code Black | Dr. Ethan Willis | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Grinder | Dean Sanderson | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Moonbeam City | Dazzle Novak (voice) | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The 2000's: The Decade We Saw It All | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The 2000's: A New Reality | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Beautiful & Twisted | Ben Novack Jr. | Movie | 2015 |
 | I Hate Christian Laettner | Self (Narrator) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Hot Ones | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Interview | Self (uncredited) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Sex Tape | Hank | Movie | 2014 |
 | The '90s: The Last Great Decade? | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Drew Peterson: Untouchable | Drew Peterson | Movie | 2014 |
 | Killing Kennedy | John F. Kennedy | Movie | 2013 |
 | Behind the Candelabra | Dr. Jack Startz | Movie | 2013 |
 | The '80s: The Decade That Made Us | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Knife Fight | Paul Turner | Movie | 2013 |
 | Prosecuting Casey Anthony | Jeff Ashton | Movie | 2013 |
| Prosecuting Casey Anthony | Executive Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Good Mythical Morning | Self | TV Series | 2012 |
 | I Melt with You | Jonathan | Movie | 2011 |
| I Melt with You | Executive Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | Breakaway | Dan Winters | Movie | 2011 |
 | Franklin & Bash | Rob Lowe | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Young Justice | Captain Marvel (voice) | TV Series | 2010 |
 | WWII in HD: The Air War | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Conan | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Prequel: The Dawn of Lying | Brad Kessler | Movie | 2009 |
 | WWII in HD | Robert Sherrod (voice) | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Too Late to Say Goodbye | Bart Corbin | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Invention of Lying | Brad Kessler | Movie | 2009 |
 | Parks and Recreation | Chris Traeger | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2007 |
| Brothers & Sisters: Family Album | Self/Robert McCallister | Movie | 2007 | |
 | Californication | Eddie Nero | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming | Ted Cogan | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | A Perfect Day | Rob Harlan | Movie | 2006 |
 | Brothers and Sisters | Robert McCallister | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Christmas Blessing | Robert Layton | Movie | 2005 |
 | Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Showbiz Show with David Spade | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Thank You for Smoking | Jeff Megall | Movie | 2005 |
 | Just the Two of Us | Self | Movie | 2005 |
| Beach Girls | Jack Kilvert | TV Series | 2005 | |
 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Rob Lowe | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | TV Series | 2005 |
| Retrosexual: The '80s | (archive footage) | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | Perfect Strangers | Lloyd Rockwell | Movie | 2004 |
| Dr. Vegas | Dr. Billy Grant | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | Salem's Lot | Ben Mears | TV Series | 2004 |
 | The Lyon's Den | John 'Jack' Turner | TV Series | 2003 |
| The Lyon's Den | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | View from the Top | Pilot Steve | Movie | 2003 |
 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest Host | TV Series | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Christmas Shoes | Robert Layton | Movie | 2002 |
 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Middle Number Two | Movie | 2002 |
 | American Idol | Self | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Framed | Mike Santini | Movie | 2002 |
 | Jane Doe | David Doe | Movie | 2001 |
| Good Day Live | Self | TV Series | 2001 | |
 | Hard Knocks | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Primetime Glick | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Proximity | William Conroy | Movie | 2001 |
 | One Hell of a Guy | Nick | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Specials | The Weevil | Movie | 2000 |
 | Escape Under Pressure | John Spencer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' | Self | Movie | 1999 |
 | The West Wing | Sam Seaborn | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Young Number Two | Movie | 1999 |
 | Atomic Train | John Seger | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Family Guy | Stanford Cordray (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Rob Lowe (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Dead Silent | Kevin Finney | Movie | 1999 |
 | Outrage | Tom Casey | Movie | 1998 |
 | For Hire | Mitch Lawrence | Movie | 1997 |
 | Crazy Six | Billie, aka Crazy Six | Movie | 1997 |
 | Hostile Intent | Mike Cleary | Movie | 1997 |
 | Midnight Man | Sean Dillon | Movie | 1997 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Contact | Richard Rank | Movie | 1997 |
| Desert's Edge | Director | Movie | 1997 | |
| Desert's Edge | Writer | Movie | 1997 | |
 | Living in Peril | Walter Woods | Movie | 1997 |
 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Decapitated Henchman's Friend (uncredited) | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Daily Show | Self | TV Series | 1996 |
 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1996 |
 | On Dangerous Ground | Sean Dillon | Movie | 1996 |
 | Mulholland Falls | Hoodlum | Movie | 1996 |
 | Fox Hunt | Edison Pettibone | Movie | 1996 |
 | First Degree | Det. Rick Mallory | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Naked Truth | Rob Lowe | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Tommy Boy | Paul Burns (uncredited) | Movie | 1995 |
 | Frank & Jesse | Jesse James | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Stand | Nick Andros | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Doctor Cukrowicz | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Larry Sanders Show | Rob Lowe | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Finest Hour | Lawrence Hammer | Movie | 1992 |
 | Wayne's World | Benjamin Kane | Movie | 1992 |
 | Performance | Dr Cukrowicz | TV Series | 1991 |
 | The Dark Backward | Dirk Delta | Movie | 1991 |
 | If the Shoe Fits | Francesco Salvitore | Movie | 1990 |
 | Bad Influence | Alex | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Simpsons | Cousin Peter (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | This Morning | Self | TV Series | 1988 |
 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute | Self | Movie | 1988 |
 | Illegally Yours | Richard Dice | Movie | 1988 |
 | Masquerade | Tim Whalen | Movie | 1988 |
 | Square Dance | Rory | Movie | 1987 |
 | Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick | Self | Movie | 1986 |
 | About Last Night... | Danny Martin | Movie | 1986 |
 | Youngblood | Dean Youngblood | Movie | 1986 |
 | St. Elmo's Fire | Billy Hicks | Movie | 1985 |
 | Oxford Blues | Nick De Angelo | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Hotel New Hampshire | John Berry | Movie | 1984 |
 | Class | Skip | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Outsiders | Sodapop Curtis | Movie | 1983 |
 | Thursday's Child | Sam Alden | Movie | 1983 |
 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Schoolboy Father | Charles Elderberry | Movie | 1980 |
 | A New Kind of Family | Tony Flanagan | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV Series | 1975 |
 | ABC Afterschool Special | Charles Elderberry | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Great Performances | Doctor Cukrowicz | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sam Alden | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV Series | 1944 |
| Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1944 |
| My New Friend Jim | Richard Cory | Movie | — | |
 | The Sham | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |
| My New Friend Jim | Executive Producer | Movie | — |