Today’s Morning Man: Rob Lowe!

Brat Packer-turned enduring TV star Rob Lowe turns 58 today and his career is as gangbusters as it’s ever been.

Rob’s television career has had more ups (The West Wing, Brothers & Sisters, Parks and Recreation, Code Black) than downs (The Lyon’s Den, Dr. Vegas, The Grinder) but it’s never long before he lands another juicy role.

He’s currently on an up again with the terrific series 9-1-1: Lone Star in which he portrays Fire Department Captain Owen Strand. It’s a complex character who is diagnosed with lung cancer as a result of being a first responder on 9/11 Twin Tower attacks where he also lost his entire firehouse. He is also father to openly gay firefighter son Tyler Kennedy “TK” Strand (Ronen Rubinstein). The popular show is now in its third season.

Prior to his current series, the always employed Lowe spent two seasons as Dr. Ethan Willis on the CBS medical drama Code Black and starred in the limited series Wild Bill.

For all his success in TV, Lowe could have had yet another hit had he said yes to the Patrick Dempsey role in Grey’s Anatomy but he turned it down to do the short-lived Dr. Vegas.

Oh well, we’ve all zigged when we should have zagged at one time or another!

Rob has proven himself to be so much more than a pretty face in his remarkable career as he went from Brat Packer (St. Elmo’s Fire, Class, About Last Night) to hit comedies (Austin Power and Wayne’s World flicks) to television star.

He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Killing Kennedy, for a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role in Behind the Candelabra, and for an Emmy Award for The West Wing.

We could hate him for being so damned pretty but I guess we don’t because he’s also so damned talented!