Editing Rob Lowe (section)

===1980s===
[[File:Roblowe.jpg|thumb|upright|Lowe at the Governor's Ball party after the [[61st Academy Awards|1989 Academy Awards]]]]
One of Lowe's earliest roles came in the 1983 television film ''[[Thursday's Child (1983 film)|Thursday's Child]]'', for which he received his first [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/rob-lowe|title=Rob Lowe|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|language=en|access-date=December 21, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051601/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/rob-lowe|url-status=live}}</ref> He also appeared in the music video for [[The Go-Go's]] song, "[[Turn to You]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rob Lowe Starred In Gender-Bender Go-Go's Video "Turn to You"|url=https://2paragraphs.com/2019/03/rob-lowe-starred-in-gender-bender-go-gos-video-turn-to-you/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=2paragraphs.com|language=en-US|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126173306/https://2paragraphs.com/2019/03/rob-lowe-starred-in-gender-bender-go-gos-video-turn-to-you/|url-status=live}}</ref> His breakthrough role was his big-screen debut in 1983, when he and [[Emilio Estevez]] were cast in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[The Outsiders (film)|The Outsiders]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Outsiders (1983) - Francis Ford Coppola, Stephen H. Burum {{!}} Cast and Crew {{!}} AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-outsiders-v36919/cast-crew|language=en|access-date=2021-08-14|archive-date=August 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814122709/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-outsiders-v36919/cast-crew|url-status=live}}</ref> Lowe played the role of Sodapop Curtis, the brother of the main characters Ponyboy Curtis ([[C. Thomas Howell]]) and Darrel Curtis ([[Patrick Swayze]]). In 1984, he starred opposite [[Jodie Foster]] in [[Tony Richardson]]'s ''[[The Hotel New Hampshire (film)|The Hotel New Hampshire]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) - Tony Richardson {{!}} Cast and Crew {{!}} AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-hotel-new-hampshire-v23296/cast-crew|language=en|access-date=2021-08-14|archive-date=August 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814122709/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-hotel-new-hampshire-v23296/cast-crew|url-status=live}}</ref> Lowe and Estevez reunited in ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]'', making them the two more prominent actors from the group known as the [[Brat Pack]]. ''[[About Last Night (1986 film)|About Last Night...]]'' followed, with [[Demi Moore]] (who had starred alongside Lowe in ''St. Elmo's Fire'').<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://texasarchive.org/2016_04018 |title=The Roy Faires Collection - Interview with Rob Lowe (1986) |last=texasarchive.org |language=en |access-date=2025-03-04 |via=texasarchive.org}}</ref> He then received his second Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the mentally disabled Rory in ''[[Square Dance (film)|Square Dance]]'' (1987).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Square Dance|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/square-dance|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.goldenglobes.com|archive-date=August 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814122710/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/square-dance|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 1987, he performed on stage, playing Baron Tusenbach in Chekov's ''The Three Sisters'' at The Williamstown Theatre Festival.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|title=Williamstown turns up the star power for Chekhov|first=Hilary |last=DeVries|date= August 28, 1987}}</ref> In 1993, while filming a British TV production of the [[Tennessee Williams]] play ''[[Suddenly, Last Summer]]'' with [[Dame Maggie Smith|Maggie Smith]] and [[Natasha Richardson]], he recalled in an interview that he had run into [[Paul Newman]] four years earlier at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and that Newman had encouraged him to continue to work in theatre.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Williams Play a Different Role for Rob Lowe|first=Susan |last=King|date= January 6, 1993}}</ref>

In 1989, as part of the opening ceremony for the (critically derided) telecast of the [[61st Academy Awards]] produced by [[Allan Carr]],<ref name="Hofler">{{cite web |last1=Hofler |first1=Robert |title=The Worst Oscars Ever |url= https://www.lamag.com/longform/snow-job/ |website=[[Los Angeles Magazine]] |access-date=23 January 2019 |date=1 March 2010|df=mdy-all|ref=none}}</ref> Lowe made his musical debut singing a reworked duet of [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s "[[Proud Mary]]" alongside actress Eileen Bowman,<ref name="Abramovitch">{{cite news|last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |title='I Was Rob Lowe's Snow White': The Untold Story of Oscar's Nightmare Opening |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-rob-lowes-snow-white-422225 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=February 20, 2013 |access-date=June 7, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130518013544/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-rob-lowes-snow-white-422225 |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> who was dressed as an unauthorized depiction of [[Snow White (Disney character)|Snow White]].<ref name="Pond">{{cite web |title=And the loser is... |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-worstoscars27feb27,0,2820773,full.story |first=Steve |last=Pond |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 27, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006034804/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-worstoscars27feb27%2C0%2C2820773%2Cfull.story |archive-date=October 6, 2013 |df=mdy-all |ref=none |access-date=October 5, 2013 }}</ref>