Rob Lowe Biography

Rob Lowe was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, but moved to Dayton, Ohio, as a small child. Began modelling as a young boy and broke into acting in his teens. Spent the 80's as a member of the 'Brat Pack', the group of young, powerful, and reckless actors and actresses which also included Emilio Estevez Charlie Sheen and Judd Nelson among others. In 1988, Lowe was involved in a scandal centering around a sexually explicit videotape which involved a minor, for which he did 20 hours of community service in Dayton. He subsequently sought help for his problems with drugs and alcohol and has reemerged in - the 90's as a clean and sober husband and father. Lowe was involved in a scandal in 1988 after a videotape of him surfaced showing him having sex with two women; one woman was under the age of consent. Lowe met the two young women in a bar in Atlanta, Georgia. He claimed that he was unaware that one was underage and that he was reasonable in assuming that somebody he met in a bar was of legal age. He was sentenced to a token 20 hours of community service for the offence. He was in Atlanta attending the 1988 Democratic National Convention. He is perhaps best known for playing Sam Seaborn in the television show The West Wing and has also made an appearance in The Simpsons. He stars in, and is executive producer of, the freshman NBC drama The Lyon's Den.