Chad Lowe is an American actor. He portrayed Byron Montgomery in the hit television show Pretty Little Liars. He has also directed several episodes of the show.
Early life and career[]
Lowe was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Barbara Lynn (née Hepler), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a lawyer. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe.
Lowe began his acting career in his teens. In one of his earlier roles he played the title character in the short-lived sitcom, Spencer, which he abruptly left. Later, he co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Urich in the 1987 made-for-TV film April Morning, which depicted the battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War.
From 1991-1993, he starred in Life Goes On, for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1993.
Lowe made his directorial debut in 2000, with the short film The Audition. He also directed Beautiful Ohio, released in 2007.
He is also a director, most famously directing several Bones (TV Series) episodes.
In April 2010, Lowe replaced Alexis Denisof as Aria's father, Byron Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars which saw him reunite with former Melrose Place alumni, Laura Leighton.
Filmography[]
Film | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1984 | Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac | ||
Silence of the Heart | Skip Lewis | ||
Oxford Blues | uncredited | ||
1987 | April Morning | Adam Cooper | |
1988 | Apprentice to Murder | ||
1989 | Nobody's Perfect | ||
True Blood | Donny Trueblood | ||
1991 | An Inconvenient Woman | Kippie | |
1992 | Highway to Hell | Charlie Sykes | |
1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | 2 episodes | |
1996 | Driven | ||
1997 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Sgt. Lott | |
1999 | Floating | ||
The Apartment Complex | |||
2000 | Take Me Home: The John Denver Story | ||
The Audition | also dir. | ||
2001 | Acceptable Risk | ||
2002 | Unfaithful | ||
The Space Between | |||
*Fielder's Choice | |||
2007 | Beautiful Ohio | ||
Television | |||
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
1984–1985 | Spencer | 6 episodes | |
1991–1993 | Life Goes On | Jesse | 35 episodes |
1996–1997 | Melrose Place | Carter | 8 episodes |
1997, 2005 | ER | George Henry | 3 episodes |
1998 | Superman: The Animated Series | Cosmic Boy | 1 episode |
1999 | Popular | Mr. Luke Grant | 4 episodes |
Now and Again | Craig Spence | 4 episodes | |
The Wild Thornberries | 2 episodes | ||
2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 1 episode | |
Star Trek: Enterprise | |||
2002 | Hack | 1 episode | |
2003 | CSI: Miami | 1 episode | |
2004 | Without a Trace | 1 episode | |
2005 | Medium | 1 episode | |
2007 | 24 | Reed Pollock | 8 episodes |
2009 | Ghost Whisperer | 1 episode | |
2010–2017 | Pretty Little Liars | Byron Montgomery | TV series-regular role |
2010 | Drop Dead Diva | 1 episode |
Episodes Directed (15/160)[]
Season 2 (2/25)[]
Season 3 (3/24)[]
Season 4 (3/24)[]
Season 5 (3/25)[]
Season 6 (2/20)[]
Season 7 (2/20)[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Was married to Hillary Swank [1]