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Chad Lowe Biography
Birth Name:
Charles Davis Lowe
Birth Place:
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Profession
Actor, director
Fast Facts
- Encouraged to pursue acting by older brother Rob's success and by Martin Sheen, who was the family's neighbor when they moved to California during his childhood
- Took inspiration for his Emmy-winning role as HIV-positive teen Jesse McKenna in the series Life Goes On from the real-life struggle and AIDS-related death of his former manager Tim Wood
- Directed his then-wife Hilary Swank in the 2000 short film The Audition and again in the 2002 short The Space Between
Awards
- 1993Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: winner
Relationships
- Fiona Hepler Lowe -- Daughter
- Mabel Painter Lowe -- Daughter
- Nixie Barbara Lowe -- Daughter
- Chuck Lowe -- Father
- Justin Lowe -- Half Brother
- Micah Dyer -- Half Brother
- Barbara Wilson -- Mother
- Steve Wilson -- Stepfather
- Kim Painter -- Wife