Chad Lowe

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| birth_name = Charles Davis Lowe IIhttp://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/10217442/Charles-Davis-Lowe-II{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|01|15}}

| birth_place = Dayton, Ohio, U.S.

| years_active = 1984–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Hilary Swank|1997|2007|end=div}}
{{marriage|Kim Painter|2010}}

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| children = 3

| occupation = Actor

| relatives = Rob Lowe (brother)
John Owen Lowe (nephew)

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{{external media|image1=[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005165/mediaviewer/rm1513983232 Lowe at the event for 24 in 2001]}}

Charles Davis Lowe II (born January 15, 1968){{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chad-lowe/bio/143928|title=Chad Lowe: Biography|date=June 25, 2012|access-date=June 25, 2012|publisher=TV Guide}} is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Life Goes On as a young man living with HIV. He has had recurring roles on ER, Melrose Place, and Now and Again. Lowe played Deputy White House Chief of Staff Reed Pollock on the sixth season of 24, and played Byron Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars.

Early life

Lowe was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Barbara Lynn Wilson ({{née|Hepler}}; 1939–2003), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer. His parents divorced when Lowe was young. He has an older brother, actor Rob Lowe, and two half brothers from the second marriages of his parents, the producer Micah Dyer (maternal) and Justin Lowe (paternal). Lowe was baptized in the Episcopal Church.{{Cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,671671,00.html|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=Pretty witty|first=Simon|last=Fanshawe|date=March 23, 2002|access-date=October 14, 2012}} He is of German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.Stated on Who Do You Think You Are?, April 27, 2012

Lowe was raised in a "traditional midwestern setting" in Dayton, attending Oakwood Junior High School, before moving to the Point Dume area of Malibu, California, with his mother and brother. He attended Santa Monica High School, the same high school as fellow actors Holly Robinson Peete, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and Robert Downey Jr.{{cite web|title=Rob Lowe Biography|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/rob-lowe.html|work=Bio|access-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901213448/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/rob-lowe.html|archive-date=September 1, 2012}}

Career

Lowe began his acting career in the 1980s when he appeared in a number of television films. Lowe co-starred with Charlie Sheen in the 1984 CBS Television drama Silence of the Heart. In 1988 he co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Urich in the made-for-TV film April Morning, which depicted the battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098761,00.html|title=Picks and Pans Review: April Morning|date=April 15, 1988|access-date=June 26, 2012|publisher=People}} Lowe played the titular character in the short-lived sitcom Spencer, which he left after six episodes.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-01-ca-28384-story.html|title=Life And Death Alter Course Of 5 TV Series|date=April 1, 1985|access-date=June 26, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times}}

From 1991 to 1993, he starred in Life Goes On, for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/21/arts/the-1993-emmy-winners.html|title=The 1993 Emmy Winners|date=September 21, 1993|access-date=June 26, 2012|work=The New York Times}}

Lowe had recurring roles on Melrose Place, Popular, Now and Again, and ER, and guest-starring roles on Touched by an Angel, Superman, CSI: Miami and Medium. Lowe's feature film appearances have included roles in Nobody's Perfect, True Blood, Quiet Days in Hollywood, Floating, and Unfaithful. In 2000, he portrayed iconic singer John Denver in the television film Take Me Home. That year he also wrote and directed the short film The Audition.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-29-ca-24563-story.html|title=Chad Lowe's Not-So-Winding Road to 'Take Me Home'|date=September 21, 1993|access-date=April 29, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Lowe made his feature film directorial debut in 2007 with Beautiful Ohio.{{cite web|url=http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/pretty-little-liars/cast-details/chad-lowe/461199|title=Chad Lowe plays Byron Montgomery|publisher=ABC Family|access-date=June 26, 2012}} Lowe has directed episodes of Bones, Brothers and Sisters, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hack, Without a Trace, and Pretty Little Liars.

In April 2010, Lowe replaced Alexis Denisof as Aria's father, Byron Montgomery, in Pretty Little Liars.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Chad-Lowe-Joins-1016877.aspx|title=Chad Lowe Joins ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=June 26, 2012

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Personal life

While filming Quiet Days in Hollywood, Lowe met actress Hilary Swank. They married on September 28, 1997.{{cite web|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/10777333/ns/today-entertainment/t/hilary-swank-husband-chad-lowe-split/#.T-k0yXCuJ7E|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020090134/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/10777333/ns/today-entertainment/t/hilary-swank-husband-chad-lowe-split/#.T-k0yXCuJ7E|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2012|title=Hilary Swank, husband Chad Lowe split |date=January 9, 2006|access-date=June 25, 2012|publisher=MSNBC}} On January 9, 2006, Lowe and Swank announced their separation, and in May 2006, they announced their intention to divorce.{{cite web|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/12992249/ns/today-entertainment/t/hilary-swank-chad-lowe-file-divorce/#.T-kzo3CuJ7E|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103212305/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/12992249/ns/today-entertainment/t/hilary-swank-chad-lowe-file-divorce/%23.T-kzo3CuJ7E|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2013|title=Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe to file for divorce|date=May 26, 2006|access-date=June 25, 2012|publisher=MSNBC}} The divorce was finalized on November 1, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/hairstyles-beauty/hair-care/breakup-hairstyles#slide-8|title=The Hottest Heartbreak Hairstyles: Hilary Swank|date=March 31, 2010 |access-date=June 25, 2012|publisher=Cosmopolitan}} Swank infamously forgot to thank Lowe during her acceptance speech after winning her first Academy Award in 2000 (for Boys Don't Cry).{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/oscars-2011-nominees-james-franco-2011-2?op=1|title=OMG! The 6 Most Cringeworthy Oscar Moments In Recent Memory|access-date=June 26, 2012|publisher=Business Insider}} Upon winning her second Oscar in 2005, for Million Dollar Baby, Lowe was the first person she thanked.{{cite web|title=Hilary Swank winning an Oscar® for "Million Dollar Baby"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWGNsP26ttQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/bWGNsP26ttQ| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|work=YouTube|access-date=October 14, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

On January 19, 2007, a representative announced that Lowe was dating producer Kim Painter.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20009124,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121194606/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20009124,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2007|title=Chad Lowe Steps Out with His New Girlfriend|date=January 17, 2007|access-date=June 26, 2012|publisher=People}} Lowe and Painter's daughter was born on May 16, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/05/20/Lowes-girlfriend-gives-birth-to-daughter/UPI-77361242864966/|title=Lowe's girlfriend gives birth to daughter|date=May 20, 2009|access-date=June 26, 2012|publisher=United Press International}} Lowe and Painter were married on August 28, 2010, in a small ceremony in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20417307,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902015635/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20417307,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 2, 2010|title=Chad Lowe & Kim Painter Are Now Husband and Wife|date=August 31, 2010|access-date=June 26, 2012|publisher=People}} They welcomed their second daughter on November 15, 2012.{{cite web|last=Toomey|first=Alyssa|title=Chad Lowe and Wife Welcome a Baby Girl!|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/364035/chad-lowe-and-wife-welcome-a-baby-girl|work=E! Online|access-date=November 17, 2012|date=November 16, 2012}} Their third daughter was born on March 18, 2016.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1984

|Oxford Blues

|Computer Hacker

|Uncredited

1988

|Apprentice to Murder

|Billy Kelly

1989

|True Blood

|Donny Trueblood

1990

|Nobody's Perfect

|Stephen/Stephanie

1992

|Highway to Hell

|Charlie Sykes

1996

|Driven

|LeGrand

rowspan="4" |1997

|Floating

|Doug

Trading Favors

|Marty

Quiet Days in Hollywood

|Richard

The Others

|VTV Director

1998

|Suicide, the Comedy

|J.J.

2000

|The Audition

|Uncredited

|Short film

2001

|Your Guardian

|Parker Smith

rowspan="2" |2002

|Unfaithful

|Bill Stone

The Space Between

|Ticket Man

|Short film

2003

|Red Betsy

|Orin Sanders

2014

|California Scheming

|Mr. Behrle

2015

|Entourage

|Chad Lowe

2019

|7 Days to Vegas

|Sheriff

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan="2" |1984

|Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

|Al Hamilton

|Television film

Silence of the Heart

|Skip Lewis

|Television film

1984–1985

|Spencer

|Spencer Winger

|Series regular; 7 episodes

1986

|There Must Be a Pony

|Josh Sydney

|Television film

rowspan="2" |1988

|April Morning

|Adam Cooper

|Television film

CBS Schoolbreak Special

|Michael Wells

|Episode: "No Means No"

1990

|So Proudly We Hail

|Billy Kincaid

|Television film

rowspan="2" |1991

|Captive

|Jeff Frost

|Television film

An Inconvenient Woman

|Kippie Petworth

|Miniseries; 2 episodes

1991–1993

|Life Goes On

|Jesse McKenna

|Series regular; 35 episodes

1993

|Candles in the Dark

|Jaan Toome

|Television film

rowspan="5" |1995

|Fighting for My Daughter

|Eric

|Television film

Siringo

|Winton Powell

|Television film

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

|Rob "That's Right" Tarda

|Television film

Dare to Love

|Stephen

|Television film

Snowy River: The McGregor Saga

|Sam Taylor

|2 episodes

1996

|ABC Afterschool Specials

|Roger

|Episode: "Me and My Hormones"

1996–1997

|Melrose Place

|Carter Gallavan

|Recurring role; 8 episodes

rowspan="2" |1997

|In the Presence of Mine Enemies

|Sergeant Lott

|Television film

The Hunger

|Neville

|Episode: "A Matter of Style"

1997–2005

|ER

|Dr. George Henry

|4 episodes

rowspan="4" |1998

|Target Earth

|Commander Fauk, Alien Chief

|Television film

Poltergeist: The Legacy

|Josh Miller

|Episode: "The Covenant"

Touched by an Angel

|Arthur Bowers

|Episode: "Miles to Go Before I Sleep"

Superman: The Animated Series

|Cosmic Boy

|Voice, episode: "New Kids in Town"{{cite web |title=Chad Lowe (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Chad-Lowe/ |access-date=August 5, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

rowspan="2" |1999

|The Apartment Complex

|Stan Warden

|Television film

Popular

|Luke Grant

|4 episodes

rowspan="2" |1999–2000

|Now and Again

|Craig Spence

|4 episodes

The Wild Thornberrys

|Buck the Ibex, Barking Deer #1

|Voice, 2 episodes

2000

|Take Me Home: The John Denver Story

|John Denver

|Television film

rowspan="4" |2001

|Acceptable Risk

|Edward Welles

|Television film

The Zeta Project

|Wade Pennington

|Voice, episode: "Crime Waves"

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Jason Mayberry

|Episode: "Pique"

Night Visions

|Andy Harris

|Episode: "Hate Puppet

rowspan="2" |2003

|Hack

|Jimmy Scanlon

|Episode: "Brothers in Arms"

CSI: Miami

|Scott Mandeville

|Episode: "Blood Brothers"

2004

|Without a Trace

|Lawrence Pierce

|Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs"

rowspan="2" |2005

|Medium

|David Call

|Episode: "Being Mrs. O'Leary's Cow"

Fielder's Choice

|Philip

|Television film

2007

|24

|Reed Pollock

|Recurring role; 8 episodes

rowspan="2" |2009

|Bones

|Brandon Casey

|Episode: "The Doctor in the Den"

Ghost Whisperer

|Nathan Weiss

|Episode: "Cause for Alarm"

2010

|Drop Dead Diva

|Daniel Porter

|Episode: "Back from the Dead"

2010–2017

|Pretty Little Liars

|Byron Montgomery

|Main role (seasons 1-3)
Special guest star (seasons 4-7); 52 episodes{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chad-lowe-joins-abc-family-22233|title=Chad Lowe joins ABC Family series|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 2010 |language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019}}

2011–2013; 2019

|Young Justice

|Captain Marvel

|Voice, 5 episodes

2016

|Rizzoli & Isles

|Charlie Douglas

|Episode: "Murderjuana"

2017–2018; 2020

|Supergirl

|Thomas Coville

|8 episodes{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/09/13/supergirl-chad-lowe-season-3/|title='Supergirl' Books Chad Lowe to Guest and Direct|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019}}

rowspan="2" |2018

|Hailey Dean Mystery: 2+2=Murder

| rowspan="2" |Clyde Bennett

| rowspan="2" |Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Television Movie{{Cite web|url=https://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/hailey-dean-mystery-2-2-murder/cast/Chad-Lowe|title=Chad Lowe as Clyde Bennett on Hailey Dean Mysteries: 2+2=Murder|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=August 30, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/hailey-dean-mysteries-will-kill-hallmark-movies-premiere-cast-trailer-synopsis-2691398|title='Hailey Dean Mysteries: Will To Kill' Hallmark Movies Premiere: Cast, Trailer, Synopsis|last=Ellenbogen|first=Rachael|date=June 17, 2018|website=International Business Times|access-date=August 30, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/hailey-dean-mysteries-A-Will-to-Kill/cast/Chad-Lowe|title=Chad Lowe as Clyde Bennett on A Will to Kill|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=August 30, 2019}}

Hailey Dean Mystery: A Will to Kill

2019

|Hell's Kitchen

|Himself

|Episode: "Poor Trev"

2022–2023

| 9-1-1: Lone Star

| Robert Strand

| 5 episodes

= Director =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Notes

2000

|The Audition

|Directorial debut; short film

2002

|The Space Between

|Short film

2003

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Episode: "Soulless"

2004

|Hack

|Episode: "Extreme Commerce"

2006

|Beautiful Ohio

|Feature film

2007–2015

|Bones

|13 episodes

2008–2010

|Brothers & Sisters

|2 episodes

2011–2017

|Pretty Little Liars

|15 episodes

2014

|Twisted

|Episode: "Danny Indemnity"

2015

|Rizzoli & Isles

|Episode: "Bassholes"

2015–2018

|Life in Pieces

|6 episodes

rowspan="3" |2016

|The Grinder

|Episode: "Delusions of Grinder"

Stitchers

|Episode: "Red Eye"

Notorious

|Episode: "Chase"

rowspan="2" |2017

|American Housewife

|Episode: "The Snowstorm"

Supergirl

|2 episodes{{Cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/10/chad-lowe-supergirl-guest-star-directs/|title=Chad Lowe Guest Stars and Directs 'Supergirl'|last=Walsh|first=S. M.|date=October 30, 2017|website=Heavy.com|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2019}}

2018

| Light as a Feather

|2 episodes

2019; 2024

| 9-1-1

|Episodes: "The Searchers", "Buck, Bothered and Bewildered", "Confessions"

2019–2023

| The Flash

|4 episodes

2019

| High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

| Episode: "Blocking"