Rob Lowe
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.
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Acting History
2026
The Third Parent as Mason 'Cap' Hollow
2026The Musical as Principal Brady
2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words as Self
2024Inside the Mind of a Dog as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024BRATS as Self
2024Hot Ones Versus as Self
2024The Floor as Self - Host
2023Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party as Self - Host
2023Unstable as Ellis Dragon
2023Dog Gone as John Marshall
2022Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022The Pentaverate as Rob Lowe
2022The Andy Warhol Diaries as Self
2022The '80s: Top Ten as Self - Host
2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
2020A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Sam Seaborn
2020The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards as Self - Presenter
2020The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
2020Celebrity Watch Party
2020A Parks and Recreation Special as Chris Traeger
2020The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as Chris Traeger
2020Reunited Apart as Self
20209-1-1: Lone Star as Owen Strand
2019The Knight Before Christmas as Derek
2019Holiday in the Wild as Derek Holliston
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019I Am Patrick Swayze as Self
2019What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019Wild Bill as Bill Hixon
2019Mental Samurai as Self - Host
2018Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
2018The Bad Seed as David
2018Super Troopers 2 as Guy Le Franc
2018Lie Detector as Self
2018Calgary '88 as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017The Orville as Darulio
2017The Lowe Files as Self
2017The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar as Simba (voice)
2017How to Be a Latin Lover as Rick
2017Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
2016Monster Trucks as Reece Tenneson
20161984 – The Season That Saved Football as Narrator (voice)
2016Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe as Self
2016Chelsea as Self
2016Pocket Listing as Frank Hunter
2016The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar as Simba (voice)
2016The Lion Guard as Simba (voice)
2015Code Black as Dr. Ethan Willis
2015You, Me and the Apocalypse as Father Jude
2015The Grinder as Dean Sanderson
2015Moonbeam City as Dazzle Novak (voice)
2015The 2000's: The Decade We Saw It All as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015The 2000's: A New Reality as Narrator (voice)
2015Celebrity Family Feud as Self
2015Beautiful & Twisted as Ben Novack Jr.
2015I Hate Christian Laettner as Self
2015Hot Ones as Self
2014The Interview as Self (uncredited)
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Sex Tape as Hank
2014The '90s: The Last Great Decade? as Narrator (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2014Drew Peterson: Untouchable as Drew Peterson
2013Killing Kennedy as John F. Kennedy
2013Behind the Candelabra as Dr. Jack Startz
2013The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
2013Knife Fight as Paul Turner
2013Prosecuting Casey Anthony as Jeff Ashton
2012Good Mythical Morning as Self
2011I Melt with You as Jonathan
2011Breakaway as Dan Winters
2011Franklin & Bash as Rob Lowe
2010Young Justice as Captain Marvel (voice)
2010WWII in HD: The Air War as Narrator (voice)
2010Conan as Self
2010Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2009Prequel: The Dawn of Lying as Brad Kessler
2009WWII in HD as Robert Sherrod (voice)
2009Too Late to Say Goodbye as Bart Corbin
2009The Invention of Lying as Brad Kessler
2009Parks and Recreation as Chris Traeger
2007Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s as Self (archive footage)
2007Brothers & Sisters: Family Album as Self/Robert McCallister
2007Californication as Eddie Nero
2007Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming as Ted Cogan
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006A Perfect Day as Rob Harlan
2006Brothers and Sisters as Robert McCallister
2006Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition as Self (archive footage)
2005The Christmas Blessing as Robert Layton
2005Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' as Self
2005The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005Thank You for Smoking as Jeff Megall
2005Beach Girls as Jack Kilvert
2005Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Rob Lowe
2005The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
2004Retrosexual: The '80s as (archive footage)
2004Perfect Strangers as Lloyd Rockwell
2004Dr. Vegas as Dr. Billy Grant
2004Salem's Lot as Ben Mears
2003The Lyon's Den as John 'Jack' Turner
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003View from the Top as Co-Pilot Steve Bench
2003Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002The Christmas Shoes as Robert Layton
2002Austin Powers in Goldmember as Middle Number Two
2002American Idol as Self
2002Framed as Mike Santini
2001Jane Doe as David Doe
2001Good Day Live as Self
2001Hard Knocks
2001Primetime Glick
2001Proximity as William Conroy
2000One Hell of a Guy as Nick
2000The Specials as The Weevil
2000Escape Under Pressure as John Spencer
1999Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' as Self
1999The West Wing as Sam Seaborn
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Young Number Two
1999Atomic Train as John Seger
1999Family Guy as Stanford Cordray (voice)
1999Family Guy as Rob Lowe (voice)
1999Dead Silent as Kevin Finney
1998Outrage as Tom Casey
1997For Hire as Mitch Lawrence
1997Crazy Six as Billie, aka Crazy Six
1997Hostile Intent as Mike Cleary
1997Midnight Man as Sean Dillon
1997The View as Self
1997Contact as Richard Rank
1997Living in Peril as Walter Woods
1997Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Decapitated Henchman's Friend (uncredited)
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
1996On Dangerous Ground as Sean Dillon
1996Mulholland Falls as Hoodlum
1996Fox Hunt as Edison Pettibone
1995First Degree as Det. Rick Mallory
1995The Naked Truth as Rob Lowe
1995Tommy Boy as Paul Burns
1994Frank & Jesse as Jesse James
1994The Stand as Nick Andros
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Suddenly, Last Summer as Doctor Cukrowicz
1992The Larry Sanders Show
1992The Finest Hour as Lawrence Hammer
1992Wayne's World as Benjamin Kane
1991Performance as Dr Cukrowicz
1991The Dark Backward as Dirk Delta
1990If the Shoe Fits as Francesco Salvitore
1990Bad Influence as Alex
1989The Simpsons as Cousin Peter (voice)
1988This Morning as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988Illegally Yours as Richard Dice
1988Masquerade as Tim Whalen
1987Square Dance as Rory
1986Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick as Self
1986About Last Night... as Danny Martin
1986Youngblood as Dean Youngblood
1985St. Elmo's Fire as Billy Hicks
1984Oxford Blues as Nick De Angelo
1984The Hotel New Hampshire as John Berry
1983Class as Skip
1983The Outsiders as Sodapop Curtis
1983Thursday's Child as Sam Alden
1981Entertainment Tonight as Self
1980Schoolboy Father as Charles Elderberry
1979A New Kind of Family as Tony Flanagan
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1972ABC Afterschool Special as Charles Elderberry
1971Great Performances as Doctor Cukrowicz
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1953The Oscars as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Sam Alden
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
—My New Friend Jim as Richard Cory