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Robs breakthrough came when he stared in the film 'The Outsiders' as sodapop
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Lowe was involved in a sex scandal over a videotape of him having sex with two women, one of whom was 16
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He then received his second Golden Globe nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role as the mentally disabled Rory in Square Dance (1987).
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Rob Lowe and Melissa Gilbert briefly met at age 14 but didn’t start dating until 1981 when they were both 17 when she spotted Lowe stopped at the red light next to her car.
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Lowe married makeup artist Sheryl Berkoff in July 1991,they have two sons: Matthew Edward Lowe and John Owen Lowe,They live in Santa Barbara, California.
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Lowe also platyed Sam Seaborn in the television series The 'West Wing' from 1999 to 2003. His performance in the show won Lowe an Emmy and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
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Lowe was the first male spokesperson for the 2000 Lee National Denim Day fundraiser, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education. His grandmother and great-grandmother both suffered from breast cancer, and his mother died of the disease in late 2003.
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Despite his two canceled TV series,2004 marked his return to this genre; he had appeared in 1994's The Stand. In 2004, Lowe starred in the TNT remake of the Stephen King miniseries 'Salem's Lot' which was the highest rated cable program of that summer and the highest ratings.
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Lowe starred in the miniseries 'Beach Girls' on the Lifetime network. The series premiere received the highest ratings for a movie premiere in Lifetime history.
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Lowe filmed his role as super movie agent in the 2006 independent film 'Thank You for Smoking'. That same year, Lowe filmed 'Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming',
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Rob appeared in the ABC tv show, 'Brothers And Sisters' for five seasons. Lowe had a supporting role in the 2009 movie The Invention of Lying.
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In July 2010, it was announced that Lowe would be providing the voice for the superhero Captain Marvel in the upcoming animated series, 'Young Justice'. It was also announced in July 2010 that Lowe would become a series regular on the series Parks and Recreation
In 2011, Lowe guest starred in a recurring role on a comedy show called Californication
