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 into the Episcopal church. 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 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. In 1988, Lowe 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. Lowe played the title 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's feature film appearances have included roles in Nobody’s Perfect, True Blood, Quiet Days in Hollywood, Floating, and Unfaithful.

In 2000, Lowe wrote and directed the short film The Audition. Lowe made his feature film directorial debut in 2007 with Beautiful Ohio. 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.

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, and in May 2006, they announced their intention to divorce. 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 Mabel Painter Lowe 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, Fiona Hepler Lowe, on November 15, 2012. Hepler was Lowe’s late mother’s maiden name. They welcomed their third daughter, Nixie Barbara Lowe, on March 25, 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac	Al Hamilton	Television movie
1984	Silence of the Heart	Skip Lewis	Television movie
1984	Oxford Blues	Computer Hacker	Uncredited
1986	There Must Be a Pony	Jason Sydney	Television movie
1988	April Morning	Adam Cooper	Television movie
1988	Apprentice to Murder	Billy Kelly
1989	True Blood	Donny Trueblood
1990	Nobody's Perfect	Stephen/Stephanie
1991	An Inconvenient Woman	Kippie	Television movie
1992	Highway to Hell	Charlie Sykes
1993	Candles in the Dark	Jaan Toome
1996	Driven	LeGrand
1997	In the Presence of Mine Enemies	Sgt. Lott	Television movie
1997	Quiet Days in Hollywood	Richard
1999	Floating	Doug
1999	The Apartment Complex	Stan Warden	Television movie
2000	Take Me Home: The John Denver Story	John Denver	Television movie
2000	The Audition	Unknown	Short film
2001	Acceptable Risk	Edward Wells	Television movie
2002	Unfaithful	Bill Stone
2002	The Space Between	Ticket Man	Short film
2005	Fielder's Choice	Philip	Television movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984-1985	Spencer	Spencer Winger	7 episodes
1991-1993	Life Goes On	Jesse McKenna	35 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series
1995	Snowy River: The McGregor Saga	Sam Taylor	2 episodes
1996-1997	Melrose Place	Carter Gallavan	8 episodes
1997-2005	ER	George Henry	4 episodes
1998	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Josh Miller	Episode: "The Covenant"
1998	Touched by an Angel	Nurse Arthur	Episode: "Miles to Go Before I Sleep"
1998	Superman: The Animated Series	Cosmic Boy	Episode: "New Kids in Town"
1999	Popular	Mr. Luke Grant	4 episodes
1999	Now and Again	Craig Spence	4 episodes
1999-2000	The Wild Thornberries	Various	2 episodes
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jason Mayberry	Episode: "Pique"
2002	Hack	Jimmy Scanlon	Episode: "Brothers in Arms"
2003	CSI: Miami	Scott Mandeville	Episode: "Blood Brothers"
2004	Without a Trace	Lawrence Pierce	Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs"
2005	Medium	David Call	Episode: "Being Mrs. Leary's Cow"
2007	24	Reed Pollock	8 episodes
2009	Bones	Brandon Casey	Episode: "The Doctor in the Den"
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Nathan Weiss	Episode: "Cause for Alarm"
2010-present	Pretty Little Liars	Byron Montgomery	45 episodes, also director (9 episodes)
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Daniel Porter	Episode: "Back from the Dead"
2011-2013	Young Justice	Captain Marvel	4 episodes
2016	Rizzoli & Isles	Charlie Douglas	1 episode

As a director

Year	Title	Medium	Notes
2002	The Space Between	Film	Short
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Television	Episode(s): Soulless
2004	Hack	Television	Episode(s): Extreme Commerce
2006	Without a Trace	Television	Episode(s): The Road Home
2006	Beautiful Ohio	Film
2008, 2010	Brothers & Sisters	Television	Episode(s): You Get What You Need; A Bone To Pick
2014	Twisted	Television	Episode(s): Danny Indemnity

Awards and Nominations

1989 Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special CBS Schoolbreak Special 1984 episode "No Means No"
1993 WON Primetime Emmy Outstanding Performer in a Drama Series Life Goes On 1989 playing Jesse McKenna
1993 WON Quality TV Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series  Life Goes On 1989
2007 WON Special Jury Prize Sarasota Film Festival Debut Director Beautiful Ohio 2006
					

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