Lowe rose the fame in the '80s as a teen idol and a member of Hollywood's "Brat Pack," along with the likes of Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez. He starred with the latter three in the hit 1985 movie St. Elmo's Fire. Lowe's career stalled a bit in the late '80s, after a leaked tape showed him having sex with two women, including a 16-year-old girl, in Georgia, where she was within the age of consent. The actor mentions the scandal in his autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography.
He later underwent rehab for sex and alcohol addiction. He told GQ he's been sober for 26 years.
Lowe continued acting, landing the role of the villain Benjamin Oliver in the cult 1992 film Wayne's World. He later appeared in the miniseries The Stand and his big comeback came in 1999, when he started his work on The West Wing.
He busted out his comedy chops as Chris Traeger on Parks and Recreation and earlier this year, in a massive ad campaign—a series of DirecTV commercials in which he mocked a loser version of himself.
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