Rob Lowe Story

He has acted more than half a dozen movies, including Thank You for Smoking, Sex Tape, The Invention of Lying, and About Last Night. He also appears on The Outsider, Square Dance, and Tommy Boy. His movies have definitely been  hit on the entertainment market, and they are worth watching even today.

Early Days

Rob Lowe was born to Charles Davis Lowe and Barbara Lynn. His mother died in 2003, but his father, who is a trial attorney is very much alive. He has a brother, Chad Lowe, an American actor and movie director. The marriage between Lynn and Charles didn’t last long. The parents to the two now successful actors divorced they were just young kids. Rob also has two half-brothers.

The birth of Rob Lowe was problematic. Of course, no mother would want her child to be born with disabilities. He had a virus during infancy, and as a result, he was born deaf in his right ear. Rob is of the Irish, Scottish, German, and Welsh descent. The American actor was baptized into the Episcopal Church. He attended the Santa Monica High School.

Career

He is currently an American actor, and he is quite famous because of the movie Sex Tape. He started his acting career in 1979, and he is active in the field since.

Philanthropy

Rob became a philanthropist to help people, but there was a cause behind it. You already know that cancer is the most dangerous disease in the world. It killed his grandmother. It killed his mother, too, in 2003. He became the first spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day fundraiser. This project raises million of dollars to help finance research and education in breast cancer.

Lowe is also the founder is a land organization, the Homeowner’s Defense Fund. This is a non-profit organization, which is dedicated to making sure there is transparency in land planning and use in the government.

Family & Relationships

It seems like actors often meet their spouses on blind dates. But it may not always be the case. Regardless, Lowe met his wife during a blind date, and they clicked. Today, Rob Lowe is a married  man of a wonderful woman, Sheryl Berkoff. And they have two sons, John Owen Lowe and Matthew Edward Lowe.