Acting · Charlottesville, Virginia, USA · Born March 17, 1964
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.
MovieThe Third Parent
2027
as Mason 'Cap' Hollow
TVAfter Hours with James Corden
2026
as Self
MovieThe Musical
2026
as Principal Brady
MoviePaddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
as Self
MovieInside the Mind of a Dog
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieBRATS
2024
as Self
TVHot Ones Versus
2024
as Self
TVThe Floor
2024
as Self - Host
TVLiberty or Death: Boston Tea Party
2023
as Self - Host
TVUnstable
2023
as Ellis Dragon
MovieDog Gone
2023
as John Marshall
MovieYankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
TVThe Pentaverate
2022
as Rob Lowe
TVThe Andy Warhol Diaries
2022
as Self
TVThe '80s: Top Ten
2022
as Self - Host
MovieAttack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
MovieA West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as Sam Seaborn
MovieThe Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
TVCelebrity Watch Party
2020
MovieA Parks and Recreation Special
2020
as Chris Traeger
MovieThe Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
2020
as Chris Traeger
TVReunited Apart
2020
as Self
TV9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
as Owen Strand
MovieThe Knight Before Christmas
2019
as Derek
MovieHoliday in the Wild
2019
as Derek Holliston
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieI Am Patrick Swayze
2019
as Self
TVWhat Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
TVWild Bill
2019
as Bill Hixon
TVMental Samurai
2019
as Self - Host
TVBasketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Bad Seed
2018
as David
MovieSuper Troopers 2
2018
as Guy Le Franc
MovieCalgary '88
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Orville
2017
as Darulio
TVThe Lowe Files
2017
as Self
MovieThe Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar
2017
as Simba (voice)
MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
MovieHow to Be a Latin Lover
2017
as Rick
MovieElton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
2017
as Self
MovieMonster Trucks
2016
as Reece Tenneson
Movie1984 – The Season That Saved Football
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieComedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe
2016
as Self
TVChelsea
2016
as Self
MoviePocket Listing
2016
as Frank Hunter
MovieThe Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
as Simba (voice)
TVThe Lion Guard
2016
as Simba (voice)
TVYou, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
as Father Jude
TVCode Black
2015
as Dr. Ethan Willis
TVThe Grinder
2015
as Dean Sanderson
TVMoonbeam City
2015
as Dazzle Novak (voice)
TVThe 2000's: The Decade We Saw It All
2015
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
TVThe 2000's: A New Reality
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVCelebrity Family Feud
2015
as Self
MovieBeautiful & Twisted
2015
as Ben Novack Jr.
MovieI Hate Christian Laettner
2015
as Self (Narrator)
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
MovieThe Interview
2014
as Self (uncredited)
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieSex Tape
2014
as Hank
TVThe '90s: The Last Great Decade?
2014
as Narrator (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieDrew Peterson: Untouchable
2014
as Drew Peterson
MovieKilling Kennedy
2013
as John F. Kennedy
MovieBehind the Candelabra
2013
as Dr. Jack Startz
TVThe '80s: The Decade That Made Us
2013
MovieKnife Fight
2013
as Paul Turner
MovieProsecuting Casey Anthony
2013
as Jeff Ashton
TVGood Mythical Morning
2012
as Self
MovieI Melt with You
2011
as Jonathan
MovieBreakaway
2011
as Dan Winters
TVFranklin & Bash
2011
as Rob Lowe
TVYoung Justice
2010
as Captain Marvel (voice)
MovieWWII in HD: The Air War
2010
as Narrator (voice)
TVConan
2010
as Self
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
MoviePrequel: The Dawn of Lying
2009
as Brad Kessler
TVWWII in HD
2009
as Robert Sherrod (voice)
MovieToo Late to Say Goodbye
2009
as Bart Corbin
MovieThe Invention of Lying
2009
as Brad Kessler
TVParks and Recreation
2009
as Chris Traeger
MovieMost Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
2007
as Self/Robert McCallister
TVCalifornication
2007
as Eddie Nero
MovieStir of Echoes: The Homecoming
2007
as Ted Cogan
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieA Perfect Day
2006
as Rob Harlan
TVBrothers and Sisters
2006
as Robert McCallister
MovieMidnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Christmas Blessing
2005
as Robert Layton
MovieStaying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005
as Self
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
MovieThank You for Smoking
2005
as Jeff Megall
MovieJust the Two of Us
2005
as Self
Beach Girls
2005
as Jack Kilvert
MovieJiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Rob Lowe
TVThe Friday Night Project
2005
as Self - Host
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
as (archive footage)
MoviePerfect Strangers
2004
as Lloyd Rockwell
Dr. Vegas
2004
as Dr. Billy Grant
TVSalem's Lot
2004
as Ben Mears
TVThe Lyon's Den
2003
as John 'Jack' Turner
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
MovieView from the Top
2003
as Pilot Steve
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Christmas Shoes
2002
as Robert Layton
MovieAustin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Middle Number Two
TVAmerican Idol
2002
as Self
MovieFramed
2002
as Mike Santini
MovieJane Doe
2001
as David Doe
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
TVHard Knocks
2001
TVPrimetime Glick
2001
MovieProximity
2001
as William Conroy
MovieOne Hell of a Guy
2000
as Nick
MovieThe Specials
2000
as The Weevil
MovieEscape Under Pressure
2000
as John Spencer
MovieBehind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999
as Self
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Sam Seaborn
MovieAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Young Number Two
TVAtomic Train
1999
as John Seger
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Stanford Cordray (voice)
MovieDead Silent
1999
as Kevin Finney
MovieOutrage
1998
as Tom Casey
MovieFor Hire
1997
as Mitch Lawrence
MovieCrazy Six
1997
as Billie, aka Crazy Six
MovieHostile Intent
1997
as Mike Cleary
MovieMidnight Man
1997
as Sean Dillon
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieContact
1997
as Richard Rank
MovieLiving in Peril
1997
as Walter Woods
MovieAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
as Decapitated Henchman's Friend (uncredited)
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieOn Dangerous Ground
1996
as Sean Dillon
MovieMulholland Falls
1996
as Hoodlum
MovieFox Hunt
1996
as Edison Pettibone
MovieFirst Degree
1995
as Det. Rick Mallory
TVThe Naked Truth
1995
as Rob Lowe
MovieTommy Boy
1995
as Paul Burns
MovieFrank & Jesse
1994
as Jesse James
TVThe Stand
1994
as Nick Andros
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieSuddenly, Last Summer
1993
as Doctor Cukrowicz
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Rob Lowe
MovieThe Finest Hour
1992
as Lawrence Hammer
MovieWayne's World
1992
as Benjamin Kane
TVPerformance
1991
as Dr Cukrowicz
MovieThe Dark Backward
1991
as Dirk Delta
MovieIf the Shoe Fits
1990
as Francesco Salvitore
MovieBad Influence
1990
as Alex
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Cousin Peter (voice)
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MovieNelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
MovieIllegally Yours
1988
as Richard Dice
MovieMasquerade
1988
as Tim Whalen
MovieSquare Dance
1987
as Rory
MovieMike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
as Self
MovieAbout Last Night...
1986
as Danny Martin
MovieYoungblood
1986
as Dean Youngblood
MovieSt. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Billy Hicks
MovieOxford Blues
1984
as Nick De Angelo
MovieThe Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as John Berry
MovieClass
1983
as Skip
MovieThe Outsiders
1983
as Sodapop Curtis
MovieThursday's Child
1983
as Sam Alden
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
MovieSchoolboy Father
1980
as Charles Elderberry
TVA New Kind of Family
1979
as Tony Flanagan
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Charles Elderberry
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Doctor Cukrowicz
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sam Alden
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
My New Friend Jim
as Richard Cory
In a Holidaze
The Sham
