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Rob Lowe Breaks Down His Career, from ‘Austin Powers’ to ‘Parks & Recreation’ | Vanity Fair

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November 18, 2019

Rob Lowe discusses the roles that make up his career, including ‘The Outsiders,’ ‘St. Elmo’s Fire,’ ‘A New Kind of Family,’ ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘Wayne’s World,’ ‘Austin Powers,’ ‘Tommy Boy,’ ‘The West Wing,’ ‘Parks and Recreation,’ ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ and ‘Holiday in the Wild.’

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25 Comments

Haut Strange

November 20, 2019 at 3:18 am

His character in Parks and Rec is one of my favorite TV characters of all time. So sweet and hilarious. Rob Lowe is just amazing.

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Stephen Anthony

November 20, 2019 at 3:45 am

I just want Rob Lowe to play Mr. Fantastic when Fantastic 4 comes to MCU.

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psych

November 20, 2019 at 4:27 am

ok boomer

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Aaron Rosby

November 20, 2019 at 4:51 am

What about ‘Brothers & Sisters’?? haha

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Mario Montano

November 20, 2019 at 6:08 am

LITERALLY

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Punisher6791

November 20, 2019 at 7:42 am

How many Lowes could Rob Lowe Rob if Rob Lowe could Rob Lowes?

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Emma Lucente

November 20, 2019 at 8:43 am

I’ve never noticed it until now, but he and Ian Somerhalder look related! Especially when Lowe was younger.

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Mr&Mrs Morrice

November 20, 2019 at 11:52 am

whos rob lowe, seriously never heard of him

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Nicky B

November 20, 2019 at 12:26 pm

😍

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Luna Greenwitch

November 20, 2019 at 1:58 pm

No talk about Salem’s Lot?! Blasphemy.

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lacouerfairy

November 20, 2019 at 4:15 pm

No Drew Peterson???

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Nick Kaniak

November 20, 2019 at 4:32 pm

Love this guy

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Shaunak Padhye

November 20, 2019 at 4:33 pm

His role in Californication is so underrated!!

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hurtig heinz

November 20, 2019 at 4:48 pm

What? His last name is pronounced “low”? As a Geman I always thought about a lion (“Löwe” in German) and kind of pronounced it different in my mind.

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Sam Liu

November 20, 2019 at 4:58 pm

His performance in Code Black was excellent

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Ethan Chun

November 20, 2019 at 5:05 pm

*stop…..pooping*

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Ethan Chun

November 20, 2019 at 5:14 pm

“The microchip has been compromised”

Well I guess you can’t live to 150 years old

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jbroti 004

November 20, 2019 at 5:40 pm

It’s funny Rob mentions Stranger Things cause I was literally just thinking Dacre Montgomery looks like a young Rob Lowe.

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Sara B

November 20, 2019 at 5:44 pm

I WASN’T EXPECTING BABY ROB! LOOK AT THESE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS!

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BammerD

November 20, 2019 at 5:46 pm

Stop… POOPIN!

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Danielle Nelson

November 20, 2019 at 6:11 pm

This guy is a pretty good actor, hope he makes it one day!

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Quuhod

November 20, 2019 at 7:05 pm

No mention of his best film The Hotel New Hampshire.

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GET SOME!

November 20, 2019 at 7:20 pm

I believe he forgot one particular film of his.

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Jennifer Rigsby

November 20, 2019 at 7:42 pm

the west wing and parks & rec are two perfect television shows, my favorites ever. i’m not sure how much of a factor it is that rob lowe is in both of them, but it’s def not a detractor.

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mcs162

November 20, 2019 at 7:42 pm

Does 15 year old Rob Lowe look just like HSM Zac Efron?

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