The success of these films established him as a Hollywood star.īy the turn of the millennium, his career saw a resurgence when he ventured back into television, making his breakthrough as Sam Seaborn on the NBC political drama The West Wing (1999–2003), for which he received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.

Following numerous television roles in the early 1980s, he came to prominence as a teen idol and member of the Brat Pack with roles in films like The Outsiders(1983), Class (1983), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Oxford Blues (1984), St. He made his acting debut at the age of 15 with ABC's short-lived sitcom A New Kind of Family (1979–1980).

Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor, producer, director, and podcaster.