Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: March 17, 1964
Place of Birth: Charlottesville, Va., USA
Sign: Sun in Pisces, Moon in Taurus
Relations: Brother: Chad Lowe; wife: Sheryl Berkoff; kids: Matthew, John Owen
Education: High school

Trivia:

Voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the World 2000 by People Magazine

Nominated for a supporting Golden Globe award for his 1987 performance as a retarded youth in Square Dance (1987)

Brother of actor Chad Lowe

He appeared in John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" music video.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36.

Is deaf in his right ear.

Brother-in-law of Oscar award winning actress Hilary Swank.

Lost out for the role in Titanic which went to Billy Zane.

Father of Edward Matthew Lowe (b. 1993) and John Owen Lowe (b. 1995)

Rob Lowe impersonated Robert Wagner's voice for the young Number Two in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).

Mike Myers is known to have resurrected Rob's acting career. He and Rob became close friends, and co-starred in 4 of his films (including both Wayne's World films). He was unbilled in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) in a deleted scene, and as the young Number Two in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).

Personal quotes:

"It was just one of those quirky, sort of naughty, sort of wild, sort of, you know, drunken things that people will do from time to time."
— Rob Lowe, on why he filmed himself having sex with an underage girl