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