Rob Lowe Biography

Synopsis

A Screen Actors Guild Award winning actor, Rob Lowe is known for his roles in films such as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, St. Elmo’s Fire and About Last Night …. During the 80’s, he was known as one of the most outstanding actors.

Lowe was enlisted in People magazine’s ’50 Most Beautiful People in the World’ in 2000. He married a makeup artist Sheryl Berkoff and has two sons, John Owen Lowe and Matthew Edward Lowe with her.

Early age and education

Rob Lowe was born Robert Hepler Lowe on March 17, 1964 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. He is a US citizen of German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh descent.

Lowe is a son of Davis Lowe , a trial attorney, and Barbara Lynn , a schoolteacher and native Connecticut. His parents divorced when he was a child, after which his mother raised him and his brother Chad Lowe in California.

Lowe attended Oakwood Junior High School in Dayton, Ohio, and also attended Santa Monica High School. As a child actor, Lowe began working on local television and also worked in theaters.

Race

Rob Lowe was nineteen years old when he entered the film industry. He worked as Sam Alden in the 1983 TV movie ‘Thursday’s Boy’ , earned him his first Golden Globe nomination. The same year, Lowe played the lead in an American drama film. The Outsiders’ .

In 1985, Lowe was cast in an American coming-of-age film, ‘St. Elmo’s Fire , along with Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy and so on. He then starred opposite Demi Moore in ‘About Last Night’, directed by Edward Zwick .

In the 1980s, Lowe became a youth sensation and was known as the ‘teenage heartthrob’. He managed to earn his second Golden Globe nomination for his role as ‘Rory,’ a mentally disabled person in ‘Square Dance .’

In the 1990s, he appeared in several movies including ‘ Wayne’s World’, ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’, ‘Contact’ and ‘The Specials’.

In 1999, Lowe starred as ‘Sam Seaborn’ on the NBC television drama, ‘The West Wing . ‘Her performance of him earned him two Golden Globe nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

In 2004, Lowe appeared in a two-part American television miniseries, Salem’s Lot , an adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same title.

He received critical acclaim and international fame with the 2005 American comedy-drama film ‘Thank You For Smoking’ as ‘Jeff Megall’, a Hollywood movie super agent.

In 2009, Lowe appeared in a comedy film. ‘The Invention of Lies’ as Brad Kessler directed by Ricky Gervais , and also as the lead in the film. ‘Too late to say goodbye’ .’

In 2010, he acted in the biographical series ‘Brat Pack: Where Are They Now’. She also appeared on ‘The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’.

Lowe is currently working as Dr. Ethan Willis on Code Black . He has also been working as a broadcaster in The Lion Guard since 2016.

Personal life

Rob Lowe is married to a make-up artist, Sheryl Berkoff . The duo first met on a blind date, set up by their mutual friend, in 1983. However, they did not want a relationship at the time.

After a few dates, they stopped seeing each other until 1990 when they met again on the sets of Bad Influence , a Lowe film.

The couple continued dating for about a year before exchanging vows on July 22, 1991. Since then, they have been living a happy married life with two sons, Edward Matthew Lowe , born in 1993 and John Owen Lowe , born in 1995.

affairs

Jan Parsons

In 1988, Rob Lowe and Jan Parsons met at a nightclub in Georgia, at the time when Parsons was sixteen years old. However, Parsons told Lowe that she was 21 years old and they ended up sleeping together in Lowe’s hotel room.

His moment was recorded on tape and sold on the black market for between $500 and $1,000.

Melissa Gilbert

Lowe proposed to 17-year-old Melissa Gilbert in 1986. A year later, the couple broke up after Gilbert became pregnant by Lowe’s. But she had a miscarriage and told him that she had lost her baby and her relationship with Rob, and it hurt like hell.

Nastassja Kinski

In 1983, Lowe had an affair with the German actress and former supermodel, Nastassja Kinski known as the ‘Angelina Jolie of her time’ for her lips.

Tara Siebert

Lowe had a brief affair with a 22-year-old receptionist, Tara Siebert. They met at a club in 1986.

Princess Stephanie of Monaco

Lowe also linked up with Princess Stephanie of Monaco when she visited France to promote her movie, About Last Night. He met the princess thanks to the help of a mutual friend who spread the rumors about her romance.

She is the youngest daughter of American actress Princess Grace of Monaco and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.

Winona Ryder

Rob Lowe was in a relationship with American actress Winona Ryder, one of the most popular actresses of the 1990s. They met on the sets of the movie Square Dance, when he was 21 and Ryder was 13.

The duo reportedly dated for two years from 1986 to 1988.

Marlee Matlin

American actress, author, and activist, Marlee Matlin is known for winning the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Children of a Lesser God (1986).

Lowe and Marlee Matlin dated for a year until 1988.

fawn lounge

Rob Lowe and American politician public servant, Fawn Hall , was in a relationship in 1988. Hall’s mother, Wilma Hall , was the secretary of Robert McFarlane .

Janice Dickinson

Lowe had an encounter with Janice Dickinson , a model, photographer, author, and agent. She claimed to have had a threesome with Lowe and one of her friends in the ’80s.

Laura Dunlop

Lowe was in a romantic relationship with dancer, teacher, and choreographer Laura Dunlop . The duo dates from 1989 to 1990. According to some sources, they were seen together in various places.

Tracy Richman

Lowe dated Tracy Richman , television personality, nutritionist, clothing designer, and radio talk show host.

Net worth

Rob Lowe is considered one of the versatile and successful actors who has worked in more than 50 movies. His estimated net worth is $30 million which he accumulated from his acting career and brand endorsement from him.

Lowe launched a men’s skincare line, Profile, in 2015, which includes five anti-aging products. In addition to this, it consists of a cleanser, shave gel, aftershave, moisturizer, and eye serum priced between $24.50 and $59.50.

He also served as the founder of the Homeowner’s Defense Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to local control of land use planning.

From 1999 to 2006, Lowe was a part of NBC’s popular political drama series The West Wing, where he was paid $75,000 per episode, all together appearing in 80 episodes. The show garnered 16 million viewers and was listed by TV Guide as number 13 on ‘The 50 Greatest Dramas of All Time’.

In 2005, she appeared in the miniseries Beach Girls, which received the highest ratings in Lifetime Network history.

In 1985 his film St. Elmo’s Fire earned $37.8 million at the box office, considered the biggest hit of that era.

Similarly, his other movies also did a satisfying job at the box office like The Outsiders ($33.7 million), About Last Night ($44 million), Wayne’s World ($183.1 million) and many others.

In 2009, Lowe sold his Montecito, California home for $7.6 million. Similarly, he sold his Santa Barbara mansion for $5.9 million, which covers an area of ​​2,082 square feet and consists of 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.

Rob Lowe is also passionate about cars and has a long list of expensive cars including Rolls Royce, BMW, Audi and many more.

Awards and honors

Rob Lowe was listed in People magazine’s ’50 Most Beautiful People in the World’ in 2000. Consecutively, in 2001 and 2002, Lowe won the Screen Actors Guild Award for The West Wing in the category of ‘Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a drama series’.