Rob Lowe at 60: actor’s then-and-now photos are unbelievable

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 adjustments. Take a visit down reminiscence lane and discover the star’s previous and current in photos. 

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Rob obtained his large break in 1979, after touchdown the function of Tony Flannagan within the American sitcom, A New Kind of Family. “I wanted to be an actor from the time I was eight,” he recalled to Netflix. “I started so early that by the time I got to California I was like a little pro and the only acting training I had was on the job.” 

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Following up with roles in Thursday’s Child (1983), Class (1983) The Outsiders (1983), and St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), Rob rapidly turned a teen heartthrob, however the in a single day fame was disorienting, to say the least. “I just knew that all the goodwill coming towards me wasn’t really about me, because I hadn’t changed,” he defined to PEOPLE. 

“Look, there’s also part of it that’s super fun. I was in Santa Monica High School, and I really had to pick who I would invite to the junior prom because I didn’t want to get turned down; a year later, people were breaking into my house and stealing my underwear.”

Rob’s courting historical past consists of high-profile romances with actress Melissa Gilbert and Monegasque royal, Princess Stephanie, but it surely was in 1989 that he discovered love with make-up artist, Sheryl Berkoff. According to the star, they’d gone on a blind date in 1983, but it surely wasn’t till six years later – after they reunited on the set of Bad Influence – that they launched into a relationship. 

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“Listen, she may have saved my life, really. I mean, she met me when I was at the end of my ’80s run of wild boy craziness, and she was worth changing my life for,” he mirrored to Entertainment Tonight in 2021.

A 12 months later, on May 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. 

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“I wasn’t ready until I was ready,” he informed Variety. “I was ready when one day back in the days of answering machines my mother called me and I could hear her voice on the answering machine. I didn’t want to pick up because I was really, really hungover and I didn’t want her to know. 

“She was telling me that my grandfather, who I cherished, was in essential situation within the hospital and he or she wanted my assist. And I did not decide 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 decide up this cellphone.'”

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The decision to become sober has been extremely rewarding for Rob. “All of my understanding about life has come from getting sober and being in restoration,” he said in 2021. “The work that you just do when you cease no matter it’s you have been abusing — that is when the true work begins. And that continues to today. In some ways, it would not get any simpler but it surely does get extra fulfilling.”

After embarking on a sobriety journey, Rob wed Sheryl on July 22, 1991. To mark their 30th anniversary in 2021, Sheryl – who’s since established her own jewelry business – shared a throwback photo to commemorate their special day.

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By the mid-90s, Rob and Sherly had turn out to be proud mother and father to Matthew Edward Lowe (born in 1993) and John Owen Lowe (born in 1995). “I just got early on that my boys were going to be my life’s work,” the actor informed Maria Shriver on Today. 

“I loved coaching the teams. I loved going on the field trips,” he mentioned. “I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids’ birthday parties.” The above is an lovable throwback from the household’s night out at the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Westwood Premiere in 2001. 

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Rob 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 screen. Speaking to Variety in 2023, Rob revealed what it had been like engaged on the Netflix sequence Unstable with John. 

“As a dad, it was a very proud moment because I got to marvel at his facility for writing, which he’s had since he was in grade school, and his ability to jump into the comedy world against heavyweights like Fred Armisen and hold his own,” he mentioned. 

“As an actor, and particularly as a co-producer, creator with him, being able to have somebody who thinks like me, has the same wants and needs as I do, it’s like having a second brain on the set. That’s super helpful to have in a partner.”

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As of 2024, Rob is actually thriving. Speaking to The Healthy forward of his sixtieth birthday, he mentioned: “I’m the best version of myself that I’ve ever been.”

“I remember 40, I remember 50, and going into 60 feels exactly like that did early on. You’re like, Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. And then as you get closer, I’m psyched,” he continued. “Each year we get, we’re lucky. A lot of people don’t get [birthdays], and I feel like I’m the best version of myself that I’ve ever been. I felt that way at 40 and 50. If one keeps exploring and pushing and challenging themselves and staying interested and interesting, then age really is nothing but a number.”