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Rob Lowe

Actor

Born: 17 March 1964
Birthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia
Best known as: He played Sam Seaborn on TV's The West Wing
Rob Lowe attended Santa Monica High School with Sean Penn and Emilio Estevez, and later joined them and others in the 'Brat Pack' -- an unofficial group of young Hollywood actors popular in the 1980s. (The name was a takeoff on Frank Sinatra's famous 'Rat Pack.') Lowe's good looks made him a particular hit with the ladies, and he quickly became a leading man. However, a 1988 homemade videotape of him cavorting in bed with a teenager humiliated him publicly. In the mid-1990s Lowe returned to prominence, mixing character roles with self-effacing comedy parts. His credits include the films St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Bad Influence (1990, with James Spader), Wayne's World (1992, with Mike Myers) and The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), and the TV series The West Wing (1999-2003, with Martin Sheen).

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