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Christopher Lowell Biography

Birth Name:Christopher Lowell

Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Profession Actor, Director, Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Has taken photos for non-profit organizations like Project Medishare in Haiti and Invisible Children in Uganda and Rwanda
  • His photography has been featured in the Sovereign Collection and the Elton John Collection
  • Won a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, a Hollywood Film Festival Award, a National Board of Review Award, a Satellite Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for "The Help․"
  • He studied photography at the University of Southern California and the New School
  • His first art show, "Rendering the Ordinary Extraordinary," was held at the Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles in 2007
  • Made his screen acting debut as Jonathan Fields in the TV series "Life As We Know It" in 2004
  • Quote: "(On "Beside Still Waters," his directorial debut): "A lot of the reason why I wanted to direct was I wanted to talk to actors the way I wished a director would talk to me․""
  • Best known for his role as Stosh Piznarski in "Veronica Mars," as William Parker in "Private Practice," and as Stuart Whitworth in "The Help․"
  • He is also a writer, and a number of his short stories and poems have been published in 12th Street Magazine
  • Sings and plays harmonica and piano in the indie acoustic band Two Shots for Poe

Awards

  • 2011ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: winner
  • 2011BFCC Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2011Hollywood Film Award-Ensemble of the Year: winner
  • 2011NBR Award-Best Acting by an Ensemble: winner
  • 2011Special Achievement Award-Best Ensemble, Motion Picture: winner
  • 2011SEFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
  • 2012Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2012COFCA Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
  • 2012Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: winner
  • 2012NFCS Award-Best Ensemble Cast: winner
  • 2013Feature Film Award-Narrative Competition: winner
  • 2018Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2018Gold Derby TV Award-Ensemble of the Year: nominated
  • 2019Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated