Robert Hepler Lowe born March 17, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is an American actor, filmmaker, and podcast host. Following numerous television roles in the early s, he came to prominence as a teen idol and member of the Brat Pack with starring roles in The Outsiders , Class , The Hotel New Hampshire , Oxford Blues , St. Elmo's Fire , About Last Night Lowe was involved in a sex tape scandal in , which stymied his career for many years afterward. In , he made his directorial debut with the television film The Bad Seed , a remake of the film of the same name.
War of Independence. His ancestor served under the command of Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall and was captured at the American victory at Trenton, New Jersey , on the morning of December 26, Lowe grew up in Dayton, Ohio , in a "traditional American setting". Lowe got his first professional acting role in when he was 12 and still living in Dayton.
He landed the part by calling every local theater and asking each if there was a part for a child in a play. Elmo's Fire , making them the two more prominent actors from the group known as the Brat Pack. About Last Night Elmo's Fire. In , as part of the opening ceremony for the critically derided telecast of the 61st Academy Awards produced by Allan Carr , [ 22 ] Lowe made his musical debut singing a reworked duet of Creedence Clearwater Revival 's " Proud Mary " alongside actress Eileen Bowman, [ 23 ] who was dressed as an unauthorized depiction of Snow White.
When the show premiered, Lowe was considered the lead, and the pilot centered on his character. Lowe and series creator Aaron Sorkin soon found themselves at odds over the network's meddling with the show, most notably the network demanding changes in Lowe's character. During the final season of The West Wing , Lowe returned to his role of Sam Seaborn, appearing in two of the final four episodes. In , Lowe stated on The Oprah Winfrey Show that he left the show because he did not feel he was being respected, when the other lead characters received a raise and he did not.
Vegas , but it also was quickly canceled. In , Lowe starred in the TNT remake of the Stephen King miniseries Salem's Lot , which was the highest-rated cable program of that summer and the highest ratings TNT original programming had at the time. Although Lowe had expressed unhappiness about his decreased role on that show at the time of his departure, he has now repeatedly said that any animosity between them is over and that he was pleased to be working once more with Sorkin.
