Chad Lowe

Chad Lowe
Born Charles Conrad Lowe
January 15, 1968
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation Actor, director, producer
Years active 1984–present
Spouse(s) Hilary Swank (m. 1997–2007)
Kim Painter (m. 2010)
Children 2
Family Rob Lowe (brother)

Charles Conrad "Chad" Lowe (born January 15, 1968)[1] 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 also 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,[2] and currently plays Byron Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars.

Early life

Lowe was born in Dayton, Ohio,[1] the son of Barbara Wilson (née Hepler, 1939-2003), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer. His parents divorced when Lowe was young.[3] 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.[4] He was raised in a "traditional midwestern setting"[4] in Dayton, Ohio, 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.[3]

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.[2] In 1988, Lowe 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.[5] Lowe played the title character in the short-lived sitcom, Spencer, which he left after six episodes.[6]

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.[7]

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.[2] Lowe's feature film appearances have included roles in Nobody’s Perfect, True Blood, Quiet Days in Hollywood, Floating, and Unfaithful.[2]

In 2000, Lowe wrote and directed the short film The Audition.[8] Lowe made his feature film directorial debut in 2007 with Beautiful Ohio.[2] Lowe has directed episodes of Bones, Brothers and Sisters, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hack, Without a Trace, and Pretty Little Liars.[2]

In April 2010, Lowe replaced Alexis Denisof as Aria's father, Byron Montgomery, in Pretty Little Liars.[9]

Personal life

Chad married actress Hilary Swank on September 28, 1997.[10] On January 9, 2006, Lowe and Swank announced their separation,[10] and in May 2006, they announced their intention to divorce.[11] The divorce was finalized on November 1, 2007.[12] Swank infamously forgot to thank Lowe during her acceptance speech after winning her first Academy Award in 2000 (for Boys Don't Cry).[13] Upon winning her second Oscar in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby, Lowe was the first person she thanked.[14]

On January 19, 2007, a representative announced that Lowe was dating producer Kim Painter.[15] Lowe and Painter's daughter Mabel Painter Lowe was born on May 16, 2009.[16] Lowe and Painter were married on August 28, 2010, in a small ceremony in Los Angeles.[17] They welcomed their second daughter on November 15, 2012.[18] They named her Fiona Hepler Lowe. Hepler was Lowe’s late mother’s maiden name.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac Al Hamilton Television movie
1984 Silence of the Heart Skip Lewis Television movie
1984 Oxford Blues Computer Hacker Uncredited
1988 April Morning Adam Cooper Television movie
1988 Apprentice to Murder Billy Kelly
1989 Nobody's Perfect Stephen/Stephanie
1989 True Blood Donny Trueblood
1991 An Inconvenient Woman Kippie Television movie
1992 Highway to Hell Charlie Sykes
1993 Candles in the Dark Jaan Toome
1996 Driven LeGrand
1997 In the Presence of Mine Enemies Sgt. Lott Television movie
1999 Floating Doug
1999 The Apartment Complex Stan Warden Television movie
2000 Take Me Home: The John Denver Story John Denver Television movie
2000 The Audition Unknown Short film
2001 Acceptable Risk Edward Wells Television movie
2002 Unfaithful Bill Stone
2002 The Space Between Ticket Man Short film
2005 Fielder's Choice Philip Television movie
2007 Beautiful Ohio Unknown

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1984–1985 Spencer Spencer Winger 7 episodes
1991–1993 Life Goes On Jesse McKenna 35 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series
1995 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Sam Taylor 2 episodes
1996–1997 Melrose Place Carter Gallavan 8 episodes
1997–2005 ER George Henry 4 episodes
1998 Poltergeist: The Legacy Josh Miller Episode: "The Covenant"
1998 Touched by an Angel Nurse Arthur Episode: "Miles to Go Before I Sleep"
1998 Superman: The Animated Series Cosmic Boy Episode: "New Kids in Town"
1999 Popular Mr. Luke Grant 4 episodes
1999 Now and Again Craig Spence 4 episodes
1999–2000 The Wild Thornberries Various 2 episodes
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jason Mayberry Episode: "Pique"
2002 Hack Jimmy Scanlon Episode: "Brothers in Arms"
2003 CSI: Miami Scott Mandeville Episode: "Blood Brothers"
2004 Without a Trace Lawrence Pierce Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs"
2005 Medium David Call Episode: "Being Mrs. Leary's Cow"
2007 Bones Brandon Casey Episode: "The Doctor in the Den"
2007 24 Reed Pollock 8 episodes
2009 Ghost Whisperer Nathan Weiss Episode: "Cause for Alarm"
2010–present Pretty Little Liars Byron Montgomery 42 episodes, also director (9 episodes)
2010 Drop Dead Diva Daniel Porter Episode: "Back from the Dead"
2011–2013 Young Justice Captain Marvel 4 episodes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chad Lowe: Biography". TV Guide. 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Chad Lowe plays Byron Montgomery". ABC Family. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rob Lowe Biography". Bio. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fanshawe, Simon (March 23, 2002). "Pretty witty". The Guardian (London). Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: April Morning". People. 1988-04-15. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  6. ↑ "Life And Death Alter Course Of 5 Tv Series". Los Angeles Times. 1985-04-01. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  7. ↑ "The 1993 Emmy Winners". New York Times. 1993-09-21. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  8. ↑ "Chad Lowe's Not-So-Winding Road to 'Take Me Home'". Los Angeles Times. 1993-09-21. Retrieved 2000-04-29. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ↑ "Chad Lowe Joins ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars". TV Guide. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Hilary Swank, husband Chad Lowe split". MSNBC. 2006-01-09. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  11. ↑ "Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe to file for divorce". MSNBC. 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  12. ↑ "The Hottest Heartbreak Hairstyles: Hilary Swank". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  13. ↑ "OMG! The 6 Most Cringeworthy Oscar Moments In Recent Memory". Business Insider. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  14. ↑ "Hilary Swank winning an Oscar® for "Million Dollar Baby"". YouTube. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Chad Lowe Steps Out with His New Girlfriend". People. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  16. ↑ "Lowe's girlfriend gives birth to daughter". United Press International. 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  17. ↑ "Chad Lowe & Kim Painter Are Now Husband and Wife". People. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  18. ↑ Toomey, Alyssa (November 16, 2012). "Chad Lowe and Wife Welcome a Baby Girl!". E! Online. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Chad Lowe Names Daughter Fiona Hepler". People. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

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