Biography for
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Date of Birth

15 January 1968, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Birth Name

Charles Davis Lowe

Height

5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Mini Biography

Chad Lowe is an American actor, director, and producer, and the younger brother of Rob Lowe. He first appeared opposite Rob in the movie Oxford Blues (1984), in which he played a computer hacker.

Chad quickly followed this up with a starring role in Silence of the Heart (1984) (TV) opposite childhood friend and fellow actor Charlie Sheen. Silence of the Heart (1984) (TV) is a dark drama about the problems teenagers often face and the subsequent danger of suicide relating to these problems. It was the first film to properly address the subject. The film also features then up-and-coming actors Sherilyn Fenn and Casey Siemaszko.

There Must Be a Pony (1986) (TV), a drama shot for TV, saw Chad starring alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Wagner. He then co-starred with Donald Sutherland and Mia Sara in the occult horror film Apprentice to Murder (1988). Chad saw the eighties out with the thriller True Blood (1989) with Jeff Fahey, James Tolkan, and Sherilyn Fenn.

Next, he and Tommy Lee Jones headlined the long-running "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) anthology, in the TV Movie segment 'April Morning' (1987). The movie is based upon the novel by the late Howard Fast and is set during the American Revolution or American War of Independence (1775-1783).

He worked steadily throughout the nineties, acting in both TV and film. In 1990 he starred with David Soul and Edward Herrmann in the TV drama So Proudly We Hail (1990) (TV). The witty drama An Inconvenient Woman (1991) (TV) followed the next year. Chad then played Charlie Sykes in the oddball fantasy-comedy-horror road movie Highway to Hell (1991).

But his role as AIDS victim Jesse McKenna in "Life Goes On" (1989) (1991-1993) is perhaps his most well-known. He starred with Bill Smitrovich and Patti LuPone. His performance won him an Emmy Award.

In 2000 Chad played country and western legend John Denver in Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000) (TV), a movie based on the musician's life and book.

Chad then starred with Richard Gere and Diane Lane in the ambitious thriller, Unfaithful (2002). He has since clocked up over sixty film and TV roles including recurring roles in "ER" (1994) and "24" (2001) with Kiefer Sutherland.

Chad is married to Kim Painter and they have a daughter, Mabel.

He is (2010) starring in the hit TV series "Pretty Little Liars" (2010).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt Lee-Williams

Spouse

Kim Painter	(28 August 2010 - present) 1 child
Hilary Swank	(28 September 1997 - 1 November 2007) (divorced)

Trivia

Younger brother of actor Rob Lowe.

Won an Emmy for his portrayal of AIDS sufferer Jesse McKenna on the TV series "Life Goes On" (1989).

2 younger half-brothers: Justin Lowe and Micah Dyer.

While on location with Hilary in Vancouver in early 2002 for her role in The Core (2003), Chad wrote and shot his own 21-minute psycho-thriller short called The Space Between (2002), in which Hilary contributed a small role.

Brother-in-law of makeup artist Sheryl Berkoff.

Ex-son-in-law of Judy Swank.

Announced separation from his wife Hilary Swank. [9th January 2006]

His girlfriend, Kim Painter, was Carrie Fisher's personal assistant.

He and girlfriend, Kim Painter, became the parents of a girl, Mabel Painter-Lowe, on Saturday May 16th, 2009 in Los Angeles.

Married film producer Kim Painter in an intimate oceanside ceremony at Terranea Resort in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 28, 2010. Chad's brother, Rob Lowe, was best man, while the pair's 15-month-old daughter, Mabel, served as ring bearer.