“Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before.”

American actor and entertainment host

Rob Lowe is an American actor and entertainment host. He first gained wide attention in the early 1980s, when television roles helped make him a teen idol and a member of the Brat Pack. His screen career became closely associated with a series of leading roles in films such as The Outsiders, Class, The Hotel New Hampshire, Oxford Blues, St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night..., Youngblood, Masquerade, and Bad Influence. In the 1990s, his career shifted, and he appeared mainly in direct-to-video and television films as a lead, while also taking supporting parts in studio comedies including Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. His work is best known through that mix of youthful stardom and later character roles.