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My Take
Rob Lowe is, to me, the great case study in how a beautiful face survives Hollywood. The teen-idol years could have been a trap, and the 1986 Razzie suggests the industry was ready to write him off as decoration. Instead he did the rarest thing: he learned to be in on the joke. His later television work trades on a wink at his own image, and that self-awareness reads as intelligence, not vanity. I respect performers who convert early humiliation into durable charm, and Lowe has done it for four decades. Longevity built on humor about yourself is the sturdiest kind there is.
Overview
Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and entertainment host. Following numerous television roles in the early 1980s, he came to prominence as a teen idol and member of the Brat Pack with starring roles in The Outsiders (1983), Class (1983), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Oxford Blues (1984), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), About Last Night... (1986), and Masquerade (1988).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rob Lowe
- Name (Japanese)
- ロブ・ロウ
- Reading
- ろぶ・ろう
- Born
- March 17, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / screenwriter / stage actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Santa Monica High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.roblowe.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/robloweofficial/
- Xhttps://x.com/RobLowe
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.