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For the past decade Chad Lowe has been a popular presence on television. From dozens of guest-starring appearances on such shows as Touched by an Angel, Melrose Place and ER, to his Emmy Award-winning turn as TV's first recurring character living with HIV on Life Goes On, Lowe most recently starred in the title role of CBS's Take Me Home: The John Denver Story. And despite being part of a dazzlingly famous family (Lowe's brother is former West Wing glamour boy Rob Lowe, while his wife is Boys Don't Cry's Oscar-winning Hilary Swank), the 34-year old actor's serious commitment to his craft has built a steady stream of work which speaks for itself. This week, Lowe takes the New York stage in David Greer's off-Broadway drama Burning Blue--the story of two US navel airmen grappling with the depth and loyalty of their friendship under the scrutiny of the Don't Ask/Don't Tell policy.
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Charles "Chad" Lowe (born January 15, 1968) is an American television actor, and the brother of actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his starring role in Life Goes On as a man suffering with HIV. He has ... had recurring roles on ER, Melrose Place, and Now and Again. He currently plays Deputy Chief of Staff Reed Pollock on 24.
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While every bit as handsome as his more famous older brother, Chad Lowe has resisted becoming a standard issue teen idol, opting for a more unconventional career. In his relatively small body of work on stage, screen and TV, the compact, slender, green-blue eyed blond has conveyed an impressive seriousness and gravity that belies his pretty boy looks. As a frustrated 15-year-old, Lowe was encouraged to "pursue acting not only as a profession but as a way of life" by family friend Martin Sheen. He soon acquired an agent and landed his first acting job--a role in the TV-movie docudrama "Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac" (NBC, 1994)--just before his 16th birthday. Lowe acquitted himself well as the teen suicide son of Mariette Hartley and best friend of Charlie Sheen (in his telefilm debut) in the superior TV-movie "Silence of the Heart" (CBS, 1984). He ... made his uncredited screen debut playing a computer hacker in a scene with his brother Rob in the college sports drama "Oxford Blues" (1984).
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While every bit as handsome as his more famous older brother, Chad Lowe has resisted becoming a standard issue teen idol, opting for a more unconventional career. In his relatively small body of work on stage, screen and TV, the compact, slender, green-blue eyed blond has conveyed an impressive seriousness and gravity that belies his pretty boy looks. As a frustrated 15-year-old, Lowe was encouraged to "pursue acting not only as a profession but as a way of life" by family friend Martin Sheen. He soon acquired an agent and landed his first acti…more
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His career consistently overshadowed by that of his Brat Packer older brother, actor Chad Lowe has ... endured to deliver numerous compelling performances in both television and film. From his unforgettable, Emmy-winning turn as the HIV-positive Jessie McKenna on television's Life Goes On to his turn as beloved singer John Denver in Take Me Home: The John Denver Story, Lowe's wide and varied roles have been a testament to his onscreen versatility. The Dayton, OH, native moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of nine, and by 15, he knew his true calling. Inspired by the success of his brother Rob and encouraged by neighbor Martin Sheen to explore his talent, Lowe relocated to the East Coast to study acting under Alan Savage. Numerous theater productions were soon to follow, and after several small roles in television and film, Lowe charmed audiences by taking the lead in the 1984 sitcom Spencer. A gender-bending role in the 1989 comedy Nobody's Perfect provided more exposure for the emerging actor, though it wasn't until his breakthrough performance in the 1991-1993 seasons of Life Goes On that audiences truly realized his dramatic abilities.
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Hailing from Dayton, Ohio, Chad Lowe moved with his brother (and future actor) Rob, lawyer father and novelist mother, to Los Angeles when he was nine-years-old. Living beside Martin Sheen, Lowe was encouraged to take up the art of acting by the famed actor. Lowe decided to take Sheen's advice, and he soon acquired an agent and landed his first acting job - a role in the TV-movie docudrama Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac, just before his 16th birthday. That same year, Lowe made his uncredited film debut in Oxford Blues (1984), and landed a regular role in the TV series Spencer.
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