Charles Davis "Chad" Lowe II is an American actor, voice actor, director, and producer. He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Rob Lowe. Chad has won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Life Goes On as a young man living with HIV. He also had recurring roles in ER, Melrose Place, and Now and Again. Lowe also played Deputy White House Chief of Staff Reed Pollock in the sixth season of 24, and played Byron Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars.
Early life[]
Lowe was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Barbara Lynn Wilson (née Hepler; 1939–2003), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer. His parents divorced when Lowe was young. He has an older brother, actor Rob Lowe, and two half brothers from the second marriages of his parents, the producer Micah Dyer (maternal) and Justin Lowe (paternal). Lowe was baptized into the Episcopal church. He is of German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.
Lowe was raised in a "traditional midwestern setting" in Dayton, attending Oakwood Junior High School, before moving to the Point Dume area of Malibu, California, with his mother and brother. He attended Santa Monica High School, the same high school as fellow actors Holly Robinson Peete, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and Robert Downey Jr.
