Rob Lowe
Author of Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography
About the Author
Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe was born on March 17, 1964 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended Santa Monica High School, the same high school as fellow actors Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, and Chris Penn. One of Lowe's earliest roles came in the 1983 TV movie Thursday's Child, for which show more he received his first Golden Globe nomination for "Best Actor in a TV Movie/Miniseries. His breakthrough came in 1983, when he and Emilio Estevez were cast in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders, which remains one of his most famous roles. Lowe played the role of Sodapop Curtis, the brother of the main character Ponyboy Curtis. Lowe and Estevez reunited in St. Elmo's Fire, making them the two more prominent actors from the group known as the Brat Pack. Lowe is also known for playing Sam Seaborn in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2003. His performance in the show garnered Lowe an Emmy and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series. In 2005, he starred as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in a London West End production of Sorkin's play A Few Good Men, the first time the two had worked together since The West Wing. Despite his two canceled TV series and flops like View From the Top and the made-for-TV movie Perfect Strangers during his post West Wing run, Lowe found success in the TV miniseries genre. In 2004 he marked his return to this genre; he had appeared in 1994's The Stand, based on Stephen King's book of the same name. In 2004, Lowe starred in the TNT remake of the Stephen King miniseries Salem's Lot which was the highest rated cable program of that summer and the highest ratings TNT original programming had at the time. In 2005, Lowe starred in the miniseries Beach Girls on the Lifetime network, based on the Luanne Rice novel of the same name. The series premiere received the highest ratings for a movie premiere in Lifetime history. In that same year, Lowe filmed his critically acclaimed role as super movie agent in the 2006 independent film Thank You for Smoking. In 2006, it was announced that Lowe would join the cast of Brothers & Sisters for a guest run of several episodes. In January 2007, ABC announced that Lowe would be staying on Brothers and Sisters as a "special guest star" for the rest of season 1 after Lowe's initial appearance on the show in November 2006 brought the best ratings and demographic showing for the show since its premiere. Soon after ABC announced an early season 2 renewal for Brother & Sisters in March 2007, Lowe announced he would be returning for the show's second season. He continued to appear in the series until the end of the 2009/2010 season. Rob Lowe authored the book Stories I Only Tell My Best Friends: An Autobiography whcih made the 2011 Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List. He followed that with more stories in his book Love Life in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Rob Lowe
Socs and Greasers: Behind The Scenes of The Outsiders from Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends (2012) 33 copies, 3 reviews
The Specials 1 copy
One Hell of a Guy 1 copy
Associated Works
Drew Peterson: Untouchable [2012 TV movie] — Actor — 2 copies
Double Feature: The Christmas Shoes [and] The Christmas Blessing [DVD] — Actor — 2 copies
Too Late to Say Goodbye [2009 TV movie] — Actor — 2 copies
2-Movie Collection: Super Troopers — Actor — 2 copies
First Degree [1995 movie] — Actor — 2 copies
Breakaway [2011 film] 1 copy
The 80s: The Decade That Made Us [2013 TV mini series] — Narrator — 1 copy
You, Me & The Apocalypse: The Complete First Season — Actor — 1 copy
Wild Bill [2019 TV series] — Actor — 1 copy
Against the Odds: Season One — Narrator — 1 copy
One Hell of a Guy [1998 film] — Actor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1964-03-17
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Places of residence
- Oakwood, Ohio, USA
Malibu, California, USA - Occupations
- actor
- Relationships
- Lowe, Chad (brother)
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Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob Lowe
I wasn't a teenager at the right time to be smitten by Rob Lowe in his "brat pack" days. I came to admire him as Sam Seaborn in The West Wing, and loved his all-too-brief run in the British TV series "Wild Bill". Beyond those two shows, my only exposure to him was through his commercials for Atkins diet products. I picked this up at a Little Free Library recently without any previous intention of reading it, and it was a serendipitous find at a time when I needed something "nice" and unchallenging. This easy-reading autobiography (which only takes him to 2011) confirmed my impression that he is a talented actor, a funny guy with a heart, and a decent human being. He doesn't dish dirt, and pointedly leaves out names of "the innocent" in some of his tales. If you like him, you'll like his book.… (more)
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