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John Patrick Lowrie

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  • Director
  • Writer
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John Patrick Lowrie was born in 1952 in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Boulder, Colorado. At 16 he left home to make his way as a singer/guitarist/flautist/trombonist in a rock 'n' roll band, sleeping in parks and communes and getting to know several hippies. Surviving the draft, he graduated with highest distinction from the Indiana University School of Music and for a few years managed to make a living as a composer and guitarist in his acoustic fusion duo The Kiethe Lowrie Duet, garnering critical acclaim and opening for people who were much more famous than he was. He then decided to become an actor because the pay was better and the work was steadier. To this day he remains the only person he knows of who has done this. He met Ellen McLain, his wife of twenty-four years, in Arnhem, Holland on a European tour of a Broadway show and started his acting career in Palermo, Italy telling jokes to an opera house full of Sicilians who didn't speak English. Success continues to dog his heels like an angry Pekinese.

John and his wife now reside in Seattle, where they divide their professional time between acting in live theater and voice acting for computer games and radio dramas.
BornJune 28, 1952
BornJune 28, 1952
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Known for

Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
9.1
Video Game
  • Citizens
  • Griggs(voice)
  • 2007
John Patrick Lowrie, Ellen McLain, Adriana Guiman, Trevor Roach, and Sheila Houlahan in Night, Mother (2021)
Night, Mother
9.1
TV Special
  • Director
  • 2021
Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
Half-Life 2: Episode One
8.7
Video Game
  • Citizens
  • Misc. characters(voice)
  • 2006
Half-Life 2 (2004)
Half-Life 2
9.4
Video Game
  • Citizens
  • Misc. characters(voice)
  • 2004

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Actor

  • Search for Sandvich: Battle of the Breads
    • Sniper
    • Released
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Sarah Shahi, Ashley Zukerman, and Kieran Walton in Language Arts (2020)
    Language Arts
    • Bike Shopper
    • 2020
  • Dota Underlords (2020)
    Dota Underlords
    • Doom
    • Pudge
    • Shadow Fiend (voice) ...
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • Artifact (2018)
    Artifact
    • Dark Seer
    • Earthshaker
    • Storm Spirit (voice) ...
    • Video Game
    • 2018
  • Dennis Bateman, Gary Schwartz, and Rick May in Expiration Date (2014)
    Expiration Date
    • Sniper (voice)
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Tony Doupe, John Patrick Lowrie, Steve Edmiston, Michael Boydstun, David S. Hogan, Scott Schaefer, Elizabeth Heile, and Laura Beth Peterson in The Maury Island Incident (2014)
    The Maury Island Incident
    • J. Edgar Hoover
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Dota 2 (2013)
    Dota 2
    • Doom
    • Earthshaker
    • Shadow Fiend (voice) ...
    • Video Game
    • 2013
  • Meet the Pyro (2012)
    Meet the Pyro
    • Sniper (voice)
    • Video
    • 2012
  • Schnoz-man & HolePunch: The Justice Lease
    • Aquatic Man (voice)
    • Video
    • 2012
  • The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
    The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
    • Belaram
    • Galar (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2011
  • Jamie Hector, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Sunil Malhotra, Alona Tal, and Freddy Bosche in Halo: Reach (2010)
    Halo: Reach
    • Sword Control (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2010
  • Halo 3: ODST (2009)
    Halo 3: ODST
    • Commissioner Kinsler
    • Additional Voices (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • inFamous (2009)
    inFamous
    • Warden (voice, as John P. Lowrie)
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • Meet the Spy (2009)
    Meet the Spy
    • Sniper (voice)
    • Video
    • 2009
  • F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)
    F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
    • Harold Keegan (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • Left 4 Dead (2008)
    Left 4 Dead
    • John Slater (voice, as John Lowrie)
    • Video Game
    • 2008

Director

  • Search for Sandvich: Battle of the Breads
    • Director
    • Released
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • John Patrick Lowrie, Ellen McLain, Adriana Guiman, Trevor Roach, and Sheila Houlahan in Night, Mother (2021)
    Night, Mother
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2021

Writer

  • Search for Sandvich: Battle of the Breads
    • written by
    • Released
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023

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    • John Lowery
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • June 28, 1952
    • Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • Spouse
    • Ellen McLainDecember 21, 1986 - present

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