Rob Lowe:
He was the sexiest man on TV for a while. He was the man every woman lusted after… Especially those teenagers. But something went terribly wrong when he was caught in a video scandal.
Currently Playing: Rob Lowe plays serious guy Sam Seaborn, deputy communications director at the White House, on NBC's sophomore heavyweight The West Wing. The show won nine Emmys in its debut season, but the bona fide endorsement comes from Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea, who reportedly are fans of the political drama.
Back in the Day: The Brat Pack's official babe got his break as Sodapop Curtis in The Outsiders, a movie that launched more careers than any Hollywood casting couch. Young Blue-Eyes then played bad-boy sax player Billy in St. Elmo's Fire, and unemployed musicians never seemed so attractive.
The Missing Years: The amateur video that surfaced of Lowe in flagrante delicto with a minor may have temporarily halted his leading-man roles, but his flawed personae helped prove he was more than just a pretty boy. A 1990 hosting gig on Saturday Night Live led to several roles with SNL alumni--first as sleazy TV exec Benjamin Oliver in Wayne's World, then as the greedy Paul Barish in Tommy Boy, and most recently in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, as the younger version of Robert Wagner's Number Two.
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