A member of the 80's Brat Pack, the actor Rob Lowe has survived his infamous sex video and is reestablishing himself as a serious actor through his role in the tv series The West Wing.
Rob Lowe was the Brad Pitt of the 80's. Some twenty years on, Rob may have aged slightly but he still looks pretty much the same as ever. He has also managed to slowly rebuild his career following his infamous sex tape involving an underage girl.
Rob Lowe was born in Virginia on March 17 1964. After a brief spell as a child model, he turned his attention to acting. He made his debut in the TV series A New Kind of Family (1979) but it was his role as Sodapop Chris in the classic 1980's film The Outsiders that propelled him to stardom.
1. In the movie Class (1983) as the college student who gets involved with his friend's mum.
2. Getting hot and steamy with Demi Moore in the film About Last Night (1986). Great passion between the two stars. Rob has never looked so good.
3. Playing the stud Billy Hicks in the legendry brat pack movie St. Elmo's Fire (1985).
Three Things You Never Knew
1. Despite earning $100,000 an episode for The West Wing he decided to leave the show in 2003 after allegedly being unhappy at his characters shortage of screen time.
2. Rob is the brother-in-law of Academy Award winning actress Hilary Swank from Million Dollar Baby (2005). Rob's brother Chad is Hilary's husband.
3. He was born on the very same day 17th March 1964 as fellow actor Kurt Russell.
