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
2026
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2018
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1985
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2021
The Simpsons
2023
The Daily Show
2003
Family Guy
2007
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2020
Conan
2011
Saturday Night Live
1990
The View
2003

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
195
Directing
2
Writing
2
Producing
16
2027
The Third Parent
as Mason 'Cap' Hollow · unreleased
2026
The Musical
as Principal Brady
2026
In a Holidaze
· unreleased
2026
Confession
· unreleased
2026
After Hours with James Corden
as Self
2026
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2025
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
as Self
2024
BRATS
as Self
2024
Inside the Mind of a Dog
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
The Floor
as Self - Host
2024
Good Mythical Morning
as Self
2024
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2024
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2023
Dog Gone
as John Marshall
2023
The Simpsons
as Cousin Peter (voice)
2023
Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party
as Self - Host
2023
Unstable
as Ellis Dragon
2023
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2022
Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
The Andy Warhol Diaries
as Self
2022
The '80s: Top Ten
as Self - Host
2022
The Pentaverate
as Rob Lowe
2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
2021
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2021
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2021
Hot Ones
as Self
2020
A Parks and Recreation Special
as Chris Traeger
2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
as Self
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
as Chris Traeger
2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Sam Seaborn
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2020
Celebrity Watch Party
2020
9-1-1: Lone Star
as Owen Strand
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest Host
2019
I Am Patrick Swayze
as Self
2019
Holiday in the Wild
as Derek Holliston
2019
The Knight Before Christmas
as Derek
2019
Wild Bill
as Bill Hixon
2019
Mental Samurai
as Self - Host
2019
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2018
Calgary '88
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Super Troopers 2
as Guy LeFranc
2018
The Bad Seed
as David
2018
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2017
How to Be a Latin Lover
as Rick
2017
The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar
as Simba (voice)
2017
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
as Self
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Lowe Files
as Self
2017
The Orville
as Darulio
2016
Monster Trucks
as Reece Tenneson
2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Simba (voice)
2016
Pocket Listing
as Frank Hunter
2016
Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe
as Self
2016
1984 – The Season That Saved Football
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2016
Chelsea
as Self
2016
Code Black
as Dr. Ethan Willis
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2016
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
2016
The Lion Guard
as Simba (voice)
2016
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2016
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2015
Beautiful & Twisted
as Ben Novack Jr.
2015
I Hate Christian Laettner
as Narrator (voice)
2015
The 2000's: The Decade We Saw It All
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
The Grinder
as Dean Sanderson
2015
Moonbeam City
as Dazzle Novak (voice)
2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Father Jude
2015
The 2000's: A New Reality
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
as Drew Peterson
2014
Sex Tape
as Hank
2014
The Interview
as Self (uncredited)
2014
The '90s: The Last Great Decade?
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Knife Fight
as Paul Turner
2013
Behind the Candelabra
as Dr. Jack Startz
2013
Prosecuting Casey Anthony
as Jeff Ashton
2013
Killing Kennedy
as John F. Kennedy
2013
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
2013
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2013
Franklin & Bash
as Rob Lowe
2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2011
Breakaway
as Dan Winters
2011
I Melt with You
as Jonathan
2011
Young Justice
as Captain Marvel (voice)
2011
Californication
as Eddie Nero
2011
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2011
Conan
as Self
2010
WWII in HD: The Air War
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2010
Parks and Recreation
as Chris Traeger
2009
The Invention of Lying
as Brad Kessler
2009
Too Late to Say Goodbye
as Bart Corbin
2009
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
as Brad Kessler
2009
This Morning
as Self
2009
WWII in HD
as Robert Sherrod (voice)
2009
Family Guy
as Rob Lowe (voice)
2008
Hard Knocks
2007
Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming
as Ted Cogan
2007
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
as Self/Robert McCallister
2007
Family Guy
as Stanford Cordray (voice)
2007
American Idol
as Self
2006
A Perfect Day
as Rob Harlan
2006
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Brothers and Sisters
as Robert McCallister
2006
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2006
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Host
2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2005
Thank You for Smoking
as Jeff Megall
2005
The Christmas Blessing
as Robert Layton
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Rob Lowe
2005
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
as Self
2005
Just the Two of Us
as Self
2005
Beach Girls
as Jack Kilvert
2005
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2004
Perfect Strangers
as Lloyd Rockwell
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2004
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2004
Dr. Vegas
as Dr. Billy Grant
2004
Good Day Live
as Self
2004
Retrosexual: The '80s
as (archive footage)
2004
Salem's Lot
as Ben Mears
2003
View from the Top
as Pilot Steve
2003
The Daily Show
as Self
2003
The View
as Self
2003
The Lyon's Den
as John 'Jack' Turner
2002
The Christmas Shoes
as Robert Layton
2002
Framed
as Mike Santini
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Middle Number Two
2001
Proximity
as William Conroy
2001
Jane Doe
as David Doe
2001
Primetime Glick
2000
The Specials
as The Weevil
2000
One Hell of a Guy
as Nick
2000
Escape Under Pressure
as John Spencer
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Young Number Two
1999
Dead Silent
as Kevin Finney
1999
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
as Self
1999
The West Wing
as Sam Seaborn
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1999
Atomic Train
as John Seger
1998
Outrage
as Tom Casey
1997
Contact
as Richard Rank
1997
Midnight Man
as Sean Dillon
1997
Crazy Six
as Billie, aka Crazy Six
1997
Living in Peril
as Walter Woods
1997
Hostile Intent
as Mike Cleary
1997
For Hire
as Mitch Lawrence
1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as Decapitated Henchman's Friend (uncredited)
1996
Mulholland Falls
as Hoodlum
1996
On Dangerous Ground
as Sean Dillon
1996
Fox Hunt
as Edison Pettibone
1996
The Naked Truth
as Rob Lowe
1995
First Degree
as Det. Rick Mallory
1995
Tommy Boy
as Paul Burns (uncredited)
1995
The Larry Sanders Show
as Rob Lowe
1994
Frank & Jesse
as Jesse James
1994
The Stand
as Nick Andros
1993
Suddenly, Last Summer
as Doctor Cukrowicz
1993
Great Performances
as Doctor Cukrowicz
1993
Performance
as Dr Cukrowicz
1992
Wayne's World
as Benjamin Oliver
1992
The Finest Hour
as Lawrence Hammer
1991
The Dark Backward
as Dirk Delta
1990
Bad Influence
as Alex
1990
If the Shoe Fits
as Francesco Salvitore
1990
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1988
Masquerade
as Tim Whalen
1988
Illegally Yours
as Richard Dice
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
1987
Square Dance
as Rory
1986
Youngblood
as Dean Youngblood
1986
About Last Night...
as Danny Martin
1986
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
as Self
1985
St. Elmo's Fire
as Billy Hicks
1985
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1985
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1984
Oxford Blues
as Nick De Angelo
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
as John Berry
1984
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1983
The Outsiders
as Sodapop Curtis
1983
Class
as Skip
1983
Thursday's Child
as Sam Alden
1983
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sam Alden
1980
Schoolboy Father
as Charles Elderberry
1980
ABC Afterschool Special
as Charles Elderberry
1979
A New Kind of Family
as Tony Flanagan
1969
The Oscars
as Self
My New Friend Jim
as Richard Cory
The Sham
The Stand