Christopher (Chris) Lowell is a well-known cinema figure who realized himself as an actor, screenwriter and director. He gained worldwide popularity in the filming of the cult series “Veronica Mars”, the sitcom “Recruited”, the spin-off “Anatomy of Passion” and the show “Private Practice”.
Beginning of a creative career
Chris Lowell was born in mid-October 1984 in the city of Atlanta in the southeastern state of Georgia (USA). Even while studying at the Atlanta International School, the boy became interested in cinema and theater, but the hobby did not receive further development. The young man continued his education at the University of Southern California, where immediately in the first year he demonstrated remarkable athletic abilities and was enrolled in the beach volleyball team.
Thanks to his innate giftedness, Chris Lowell easily passed the casting of the series “Transitional Age”, which was shot during 2004-2005. The best debut for a novice actor is hard to come up with. The project received praise, the IMDb rating - 8.00, and the performers involved in the production - a great career start and valuable experience in the skill of transformation.
As an actor
After a successful debut, Chris Lowell starred in the third season of the legendary detective television movie Veronica Mars throughout the year. His hero Stosh (Piz) Piznarski was named after the director - pilot M. Piznarski. The purpose of the appearance in the project of the character Lowell, who is a friend of the main character, is to show the middle class among the key figures of the project.
2007 was a busy year in Chris’s life, two full-length films with his participation - “Here and Now” and “Graduation” - were released. The actor managed to combine work on the production of paintings with filming in "Anatomy of Passion", where William (Dell) Parker became his hero. This character was so loved by the viewer that he migrated to the spin-off of the project called “Private Practice”. Already during the filming of the final episodes, the tireless Chris Lowell manages to star in the tragicomedy D. Reitman "I would be in heaven." This time, his first screen mates are stars of the first magnitude - George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Zach Halifianakis.
After the actor takes part in the production of another full-length feature film "Servant" and returns to the series.
One of the most significant milestones in the artist’s career is the series “Young Hearts”. Chris Lowell in this project embodied on the screen of Peter. Director Danny Mooney specifically invited to the shooting an amazing, not full of Oscan acting ensemble. Chris Lowell organically blended into it. Films with the actor in the majority belong to the genre of youth dramas.
The performer also had the opportunity to demonstrate his acting talent during the creation of the series “Recruited” and “Bright Star”.
As a director and co-author of the script
Since youth, taking an interest in amateur filming, in 2011, Chris Lowell began work on his own masterpiece. In co-authorship with Mohit (Mo) Narang, he makes the film "In the pool". The romantic tragicomedy receives mostly positive reviews from film critics and the two main prizes of the Austin Film Festival. Moreover, due to modest funding, the creators did not have enough funds to pay for the creation of musical accompaniment to the tape. Then Chris launches a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter, as a result of the collected amount of $ 200,000 allows novice creators to successfully complete the project.
Private life
In a bohemian environment, Lowell is reputed to be one-love, since his student years he has been building relations with the artist Cheney Lane Trotter.
Chris also, having a personal look at current issues in the life of modern society, often intervenes in all kinds of discussions that arise among colleagues. For example, recently, in an interview with the media, he stated that he was extremely upset by the way the cinema depicts representatives of non-traditional sexual orientation. According to him, gays in most of the paintings are presented as stereotyped, as caricatured, dressed up, loud characters, which is completely untrue.