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Lowe at the event for 24 in 2001

Charles Davis Lowe II (born January 15, 1968) is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Life Goes On as a young man living with HIV. He has had recurring roles on ER, Melrose Place, and Now and Again. Lowe played Deputy White House Chief of Staff Reed Pollock on the sixth season of 24, and played Byron Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars.

Early life

Lowe was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Barbara Lynn Wilson (née Hepler; 1939–2003), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer. His parents divorced when Lowe was young. He has an older brother, actor Rob Lowe, and two half brothers from the second marriages of his parents, the producer Micah Dyer (maternal) and Justin Lowe (paternal). Lowe was baptized into the Episcopal church. He is of German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.

Lowe was raised in a "traditional midwestern setting" in Dayton, attending Oakwood Junior High School, before moving to the Point Dume area of Malibu, California, with his mother and brother. He attended Santa Monica High School, the same high school as fellow actors Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and Robert Downey Jr.

Career

Lowe began his acting career in the 1980s when he appeared in a number of television films. Lowe co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the 1984 CBS Television drama Silence of the Heart. In 1988 he co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Urich in the made-for-TV film April Morning, which depicted the battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War. Lowe played the title character in the short-lived sitcom Spencer, which he left after six episodes.

From 1991 to 1993, he starred in Life Goes On, for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1993.

Lowe had recurring roles on Melrose Place, Popular, Now and Again, and ER, and guest-starring roles on Touched by an Angel, Superman, CSI: Miami and Medium. Lowe's feature film appearances have included roles in Nobody's Perfect, True Blood, Quiet Days in Hollywood, Floating, and Unfaithful. In 2000, he portrayed iconic singer John Denver in the television film Take Me Home. That year he also wrote and directed the short film The Audition. Lowe made his feature film directorial debut in 2007 with Beautiful Ohio. Lowe has directed episodes of Bones, Brothers and Sisters, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hack, Without a Trace, and Pretty Little Liars.

In April 2010, Lowe replaced Alexis Denisof as Aria's father, Byron Montgomery, in Pretty Little Liars.

Personal life

While filming Quiet Days in Hollywood, Lowe met actress Hilary Swank. They married on September 28, 1997. On January 9, 2006, Lowe and Swank announced their separation, and in May 2006, they announced their intention to divorce. The divorce was finalized on November 1, 2007. Swank infamously forgot to thank Lowe during her acceptance speech after winning her first Academy Award in 2000 (for Boys Don't Cry). Upon winning her second Oscar in 2005, for Million Dollar Baby, Lowe was the first person she thanked.

On January 19, 2007, a representative announced that Lowe was dating producer Kim Painter. Lowe and Painter's daughter was born on May 16, 2009. Lowe and Painter were married on August 28, 2010, in a small ceremony in Los Angeles. They welcomed their second daughter on November 15, 2012. They welcomed their third daughter on March 18, 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

Director

Producer

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/10217442/Charles-Davis-Lowe-II
2. ^ "Chad Lowe: Biography". TV Guide. June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
3. ^ "Chad Lowe plays Byron Montgomery". ABC Family. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
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6. Stated on Who Do You Think You Are?, April 27, 2012
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11. "Chad Lowe Joins ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars". TV Guide. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
12. ^ "Hilary Swank, husband Chad Lowe split". MSNBC. January 9, 2006. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
13. "Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe to file for divorce". MSNBC. May 26, 2006. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
14. "The Hottest Heartbreak Hairstyles: Hilary Swank". Cosmopolitan. March 31, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
15. "OMG! The 6 Most Cringeworthy Oscar Moments In Recent Memory". Business Insider. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
16. "Hilary Swank winning an Oscar® for "Million Dollar Baby"". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
17. "Chad Lowe Steps Out with His New Girlfriend". People. January 17, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
18. "Lowe's girlfriend gives birth to daughter". United Press International. May 20, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
19. "Chad Lowe & Kim Painter Are Now Husband and Wife". People. August 31, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
20. Toomey, Alyssa (November 16, 2012). "Chad Lowe and Wife Welcome a Baby Girl!". E! Online. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
21. ^ "Chad Lowe (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 5, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
22. "Chad Lowe joins ABC Family series". The Hollywood Reporter. April 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
23. "'Supergirl' Books Chad Lowe to Guest and Direct". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
24. "Chad Lowe as Clyde Bennett on Hailey Dean Mysteries: 2+2=Murder". Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
25. Ellenbogen, Rachael (June 17, 2018). "'Hailey Dean Mysteries: Will To Kill' Hallmark Movies Premiere: Cast, Trailer, Synopsis". International Business Times. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
26. "Chad Lowe as Clyde Bennett on A Will to Kill". Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
27. Walsh, S. M. (October 30, 2017). "Chad Lowe Guest Stars and Directs 'Supergirl'". Heavy.com. Retrieved August 30, 2019.

External links

• Chad Lowe at IMDb

• 1968 births
• American male child actors
• American male film actors
• American Episcopalians
• American male television actors
• American television directors
• Living people
• Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
• Male actors from Dayton, Ohio
• Film directors from Ohio
• 20th-century American Episcopalians
• American people of Scottish descent