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.

Filmography

• 2027The Third Parent — Mason 'Cap' Hollow
• 2026Confession
• 2026In a Holidaze — Executive Producer
• 2026The Musical — Principal Brady, Producer
• 2023Dog Gone — John Marshall, Executive Producer
• Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• Unstable — Ellis Dragon, Story, Executive Producer, Creator
• The '80s: Top Ten — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• The Pentaverate — Rob Lowe
• 2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! — Self - Host / Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 9-1-1: Lone Star — Owen Strand, Co-Executive Producer
• 2020A Parks and Recreation Special — Chris Traeger
• 2020A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote — Sam Seaborn
• Celebrity Watch Party
• 2020The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation — Chris Traeger
• 2019Holiday in the Wild — Derek Holliston, Executive Producer
• 2019The Knight Before Christmas — Derek
• What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
• Wild Bill — Bill Hixon, Executive Producer
• 2018Super Troopers 2 — Guy LeFranc
• 2018The Bad Seed — David, Executive Producer, Director
• 2017How to Be a Latin Lover — Rick
• 2017The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar — Simba (voice)
• The Orville — Darulio
• 20161984 – The Season That Saved Football — Narrator (voice)
• 2016Monster Trucks — Reece Tenneson
• 2016Pocket Listing — Frank Hunter
• The Lion Guard — Simba (voice)
• 2016The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar — Simba (voice)
• 2015Beautiful & Twisted — Ben Novack Jr.
• Code Black — Dr. Ethan Willis
• 2015I Hate Christian Laettner — Narrator (voice)
• Moonbeam City — Dazzle Novak (voice)
• The 2000's: A New Reality — Narrator (voice)
• The Grinder — Dean Sanderson
• You, Me and the Apocalypse — Father Jude
• 2014Drew Peterson: Untouchable — Drew Peterson
• 2014Sex Tape — Hank
• The '90s: The Last Great Decade? — Narrator (voice)
• 2013Behind the Candelabra — Dr. Jack Startz
• 2013Killing Kennedy — John F. Kennedy
• 2013Knife Fight — Paul Turner
• 2013Prosecuting Casey Anthony — Jeff Ashton, Executive Producer
• The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
• 2011Breakaway — Dan Winters
• Franklin & Bash — Rob Lowe
• 2011I Melt with You — Jonathan, Executive Producer
• 2010WWII in HD: The Air War — Narrator (voice)
• Young Justice — Captain Marvel (voice)
• Parks and Recreation — Chris Traeger
• 2009Prequel: The Dawn of Lying — Brad Kessler
• 2009The Invention of Lying — Brad Kessler
• 2009Too Late to Say Goodbye — Bart Corbin
• WWII in HD — Robert Sherrod (voice)
• 2007Brothers & Sisters: Family Album — Self/Robert McCallister
• Californication — Eddie Nero
• 2007Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming — Ted Cogan
• 2006A Perfect Day — Rob Harlan
• Brothers and Sisters — Robert McCallister
• Beach Girls — Jack Kilvert
• 2005Jiminy Glick in Lalawood — Rob Lowe
• 2005Thank You for Smoking — Jeff Megall
• 2005The Christmas Blessing — Robert Layton
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade
• Dr. Vegas — Dr. Billy Grant
• 2004Perfect Strangers — Lloyd Rockwell
• Retrosexual: The '80s — (archive footage)
• Salem's Lot — Ben Mears
• The Lyon's Den — John 'Jack' Turner, Executive Producer
• 2003View from the Top — Pilot Steve
• 2002Austin Powers in Goldmember — Middle Number Two
• 2002Framed — Mike Santini
• 2002The Christmas Shoes — Robert Layton
• Hard Knocks
• 2001Jane Doe — David Doe
• Primetime Glick
• 2001Proximity — William Conroy
• 2000Escape Under Pressure — John Spencer
• 2000One Hell of a Guy — Nick
• 2000The Specials — The Weevil
• Atomic Train — John Seger
• 1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — Young Number Two
• 1999Dead Silent — Kevin Finney
• Family Guy — Stanford Cordray (voice), Rob Lowe (voice)
• The West Wing — Sam Seaborn
• 1998Outrage — Tom Casey
• 1997Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery — Decapitated Henchman's Friend (uncredited)
• 1997Contact — Richard Rank
• 1997Crazy Six — Billie, aka Crazy Six
• 1997Desert's Edge — Director, Writer
• 1997For Hire — Mitch Lawrence
• 1997Hostile Intent — Mike Cleary
• 1997Living in Peril — Walter Woods
• 1997Midnight Man — Sean Dillon
• 1996Fox Hunt — Edison Pettibone
• 1996Mulholland Falls — Hoodlum
• 1996On Dangerous Ground — Sean Dillon
• 1995First Degree — Det. Rick Mallory
• The Naked Truth — Rob Lowe
• 1995Tommy Boy — Paul Burns (uncredited)
• 1994Frank & Jesse — Jesse James
• The Stand — Nick Andros
• 1993Suddenly, Last Summer — Doctor Cukrowicz
• 1992The Finest Hour — Lawrence Hammer
• The Larry Sanders Show — Rob Lowe
• 1992Wayne's World — Benjamin Oliver
• Performance — Dr Cukrowicz
• 1991The Dark Backward — Dirk Delta
• 1990Bad Influence — Alex
• 1990If the Shoe Fits — Francesco Salvitore
• The Simpsons — Cousin Peter (voice)
• 1988Illegally Yours — Richard Dice
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• 1988Masquerade — Tim Whalen
• 1987Square Dance — Rory
• 1986About Last Night... — Danny Martin
• 1986Youngblood — Dean Youngblood
• 1985St. Elmo's Fire — Billy Hicks
• 1984Oxford Blues — Nick De Angelo
• 1984The Hotel New Hampshire — John Berry
• 1983Class — Skip
• 1983The Outsiders — Sodapop Curtis
• 1983Thursday's Child — Sam Alden
• 1980Schoolboy Father — Charles Elderberry
• A New Kind of Family — Tony Flanagan
• ABC Afterschool Special — Charles Elderberry
• Great Performances — Doctor Cukrowicz
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Sam Alden
• My New Friend Jim — Richard Cory, Executive Producer
• The Sham
• The Stand

Appearances as themselves (60)

• After Hours with James Corden — Self
• 2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words — Self
• 2024BRATS — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• 2024Inside the Mind of a Dog — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Floor — Self - Host
• The Andy Warhol Diaries — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2022Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2020The Happy Days of Garry Marshall — Self
• 2019I Am Patrick Swayze — Self
• Mental Samurai — Self - Host
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Calgary '88 — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2017Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song — Self
• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• The Lowe Files — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• 2016Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The 2000's: The Decade We Saw It All — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014The Interview — Self (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• Conan — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s — Self (archive footage)
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Just the Two of Us — Self
• 2005Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self - Host
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest Host
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• American Idol — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• 1999Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self
• This Morning — Self
• 1986Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter