Chad Lowe

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::summary American actor ::

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Field	Value
birth_name	Charles Davis Lowe II
birth_date
birth_place	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
years_active	1984–present
spouse	{{plainlist
* {{marriage	Hilary Swank
children	3
occupation	Actor
relatives	Rob Lowe (brother)
John Owen Lowe (nephew)
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| name = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Charles Davis Lowe II | birth_date = | birth_place = Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | years_active = 1984–present | spouse = {{plainlist|

| children = 3 | occupation = Actor | relatives = Rob Lowe (brother) John Owen Lowe (nephew)

Charles Davis Lowe II (born January 15, 1968) 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, He is of German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.

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.

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. Lowe played the titular character in the short-lived sitcom Spencer, which he left after six episodes.

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.

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 made his feature film directorial debut in 2007 with Beautiful Ohio. Lowe has directed episodes of Bones, Brothers & 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

Personal life

While filming Quiet Days in Hollywood, Lowe met actress Hilary Swank. They married on September 28, 1997. On January 9, 2006, Lowe and Swank announced their separation, The divorce was finalized on November 1, 2007. Swank infamously forgot to thank Lowe during her acceptance speech after winning her first Academy Award in 2000 (for Boys Don't Cry). Upon winning her second Oscar in 2005, for Million Dollar Baby, Lowe was the first person she thanked.

On January 19, 2007, a representative announced that Lowe was dating producer Kim Painter. Lowe and Painter's daughter was born on May 16, 2009. Lowe and Painter were married on August 28, 2010, in a small ceremony in Los Angeles. They welcomed their second daughter on November 15, 2012. Their third daughter was born on March 18, 2016.

Filmography

Film

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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
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
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
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
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
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
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
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
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	title=Chad Lowe (visual voices guide)	url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Chad-Lowe/
1999	The Apartment Complex	Stan Warden	Television film
Popular	Luke Grant	4 episodes
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
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
2003	Hack	Jimmy Scanlon	Episode: "Brothers in Arms"
CSI: Miami	Scott Mandeville	Episode: "Blood Brothers"
2004	Without a Trace	Lawrence Pierce	Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs"
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
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
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
2018	Hailey Dean Mystery: 2+2=Murder	Clyde Bennett	Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Television Movie
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
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Director

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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
2016	The Grinder	Episode: "Delusions of Grinder"
Stitchers	Episode: "Red Eye"
Notorious	Episode: "Chase"
2017	American Housewife	Episode: "The Snowstorm"
Supergirl	2 episodes
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"
2021–2024	9-1-1: Lone Star	6 episodes
2021	Titans	Episode: "Purple Rain"
2023	Found	Episode: "Missing While Homeless"
2025	9-1-1: Nashville	2 episodes
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Producer

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Year	Title	Notes
2005	Celebrity Charades	Executive producer
2006	Beautiful Ohio	Producer
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Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Title	Results
1989	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	CBS Schoolbreak Special
1993	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Life Goes On
Viewers for Quality Television	Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series
2007	Sarasota Film Festival	Debut Director	Beautiful Ohio
2021	Garden State Film Festival	Best Ensemble (Feature)	7 Days to Vegas
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References

References

1. http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/10217442/Charles-Davis-Lowe-II{{Dead link. (July 2020)
2. (June 25, 2012). "Chad Lowe: Biography". [[TV Guide]].
3. Fanshawe, Simon. (March 23, 2002). "Pretty witty". The Guardian.
4. Stated on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series). Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', April 27, 2012
5. "Rob Lowe Biography". [[The Biography Channel.
6. (April 15, 1988). "Picks and Pans Review: April Morning". [[People (magazine).
7. (April 1, 1985). "Life And Death Alter Course Of 5 TV Series". [[Los Angeles Times]].
8. (September 21, 1993). "The 1993 Emmy Winners". The New York Times.
9. "Chad Lowe plays Byron Montgomery". [[Freeform (TV channel).
10. (January 9, 2006). "Hilary Swank, husband Chad Lowe split". [[MSNBC]].
11. (May 26, 2006). "Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe to file for divorce". MSNBC.
12. (March 31, 2010). "The Hottest Heartbreak Hairstyles: Hilary Swank". [[Cosmopolitan (magazine).
13. "OMG! The 6 Most Cringeworthy Oscar Moments In Recent Memory". [[Business Insider]].
14. "Hilary Swank winning an Oscar® for "Million Dollar Baby"". [[YouTube]].
15. (January 17, 2007). "Chad Lowe Steps Out with His New Girlfriend". People.
16. (May 20, 2009). "Lowe's girlfriend gives birth to daughter". United Press International.
17. (August 31, 2010). "Chad Lowe & Kim Painter Are Now Husband and Wife". People.
18. Toomey, Alyssa. (November 16, 2012). "Chad Lowe and Wife Welcome a Baby Girl!". [[E! Online]].
19. "Chad Lowe (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors.
20. (April 2010). "Chad Lowe joins ABC Family series".
21. "'Supergirl' Books Chad Lowe to Guest and Direct".
22. "Chad Lowe as Clyde Bennett on Hailey Dean Mysteries: 2+2=Murder".
23. Ellenbogen, Rachael. (June 17, 2018). "'Hailey Dean Mysteries: Will To Kill' Hallmark Movies Premiere: Cast, Trailer, Synopsis".
24. "Chad Lowe as Clyde Bennett on A Will to Kill".
25. Walsh, S. M.. (October 30, 2017). "Chad Lowe Guest Stars and Directs 'Supergirl'".

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