Rob Lowe is celebrating an thrilling milestone. The A-lister – who made his performing debut at 15 – turns 60, following a powerful decade-spanning profession and main life modifications. Make a journey down reminiscence lane and discover the star’s previous and current in pictures.
© GettyRob acquired his huge break in 1979, after touchdown the position of Tony Flannagan within the American sitcom, A New Form of Household. “I wished to be an actor from the time I used to be eight,” he recalled to Netflix. “I began so early that by the point I acquired to California I used to be like slightly professional and the one performing coaching I had was on the job.”
© GettyFollowing up with roles in Thursday’s Little one (1983), Class (1983) The Outsiders (1983), and St. Elmo’s Hearth (1985), Rob shortly turned a teen heartthrob, however the in a single day fame was disorienting, to say the least. “I simply knew that each one the goodwill coming in the direction of me wasn’t actually about me, as a result of I hadn’t modified,” he defined to PEOPLE.
“Look, there’s additionally a part of it that is tremendous enjoyable. I used to be in Santa Monica Excessive Faculty, and I actually needed to choose who I might invite to the junior promenade as a result of I did not need to get turned down; a yr later, folks had been breaking into my home and stealing my underwear.”
Rob’s relationship historical past contains high-profile romances with actress Melissa Gilbert and Monegasque royal, Princess Stephanie, however it was in 1989 that he discovered love with make-up artist, Sheryl Berkoff. In accordance with the star, they’d gone on a blind date in 1983, however it wasn’t till six years later – once they reunited on the set of Dangerous Affect – that they launched into a relationship.
© Getty“Hear, she might have saved my life, actually. I imply, she met me once I was on the finish of my ’80s run of untamed boy craziness, and he or she was value altering my life for,” he mirrored to Leisure Tonight in 2021.
A yr later, on Might 10 1990, Rob took step one in his sobriety journey. After coping with the fallout of a leaked intercourse tape scandal involving himself and two different ladies, the star realised that it was time to surrender medication and alcohol.
© Getty“I wasn’t prepared till I used to be prepared,” he instructed Selection. “I used to be prepared when someday again within the days of answering machines my mom known as me and I may hear her voice on the answering machine. I did not need to choose up as a result of I used to be actually, actually hungover and I did not need her to know.
“She was telling me that my grandfather, who I beloved, was in vital situation within the hospital and he or she wanted my assist. And I did not choose up. My thought course of in that second was ‘I must drink a half a bottle of tequila proper now so I can fall asleep so I can get up so I can choose up this telephone.'”
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The choice to grow to be sober has been extraordinarily rewarding for Rob. “All of my understanding about life has come from getting sober and being in restoration,” he mentioned in 2021. “The work that you just do when you cease no matter it’s you have been abusing — that is when the actual work begins. And that continues to this present day. In some ways, it does not get any simpler however it does get extra fulfilling.”
After embarking on a sobriety journey, Rob wed Sheryl on July 22, 1991. To mark their thirtieth anniversary in 2021, Sheryl – who’s since established her personal jewellery enterprise – shared a throwback photograph to commemorate their special occasion.
© GettyBy the mid-90s, Rob and Sherly had grow to be proud dad and mom to Matthew Edward Lowe (born in 1993) and John Owen Lowe (born in 1995). “I simply acquired early on that my boys had been going to be my life’s work,” the actor instructed Maria Shriver on Immediately.
“I beloved teaching the groups. I beloved occurring the sector journeys,” he mentioned. “I’m the man dressing up in, you recognize, the caveman outfit for the youngsters’ birthday events.” The above is an lovely throwback from the household’s night out on the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Westwood Premiere in 2001.
© GettyRob is extremely shut with each of his sons and now that his youngest, John Owen, has determined to pursue an performing profession, the 2 have even shared the display. Talking to Selection in 2023, Rob revealed what it had been like engaged on the Netflix sequence Unstable with John.
“As a dad, it was a really proud second as a result of I acquired to marvel at his facility for writing, which he is had since he was in grade college, and his capability to leap into the comedy world towards heavyweights like Fred Armisen and maintain his personal,” he mentioned.
“As an actor, and significantly as a co-producer, creator with him, with the ability to have someone who thinks like me, has the identical needs and desires as I do, it is like having a second mind on the set. That is tremendous useful to have in a companion.”
© Amanda EdwardsAs of 2024, Rob is really thriving. Talking to The Wholesome forward of his sixtieth birthday, he mentioned: “I am the perfect model of myself that I’ve ever been.”
“I keep in mind 40, I keep in mind 50, and going into 60 feels precisely like that did early on. You are like, Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. After which as you get nearer, I am psyched,” he continued. “Every year we get, we’re fortunate. Lots of people do not get [birthdays], and I really feel like I am the perfect model of myself that I’ve ever been. I felt that manner at 40 and 50. If one retains exploring and pushing and difficult themselves and staying and fascinating, then age actually is nothing however a quantity.”
