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Chris Lowell

Biography

Chris Lowell is an American actor known for television and film roles. Born in Atlanta, he attended the University of Southern California and was discovered there playing beach volleyball. After his first major audition won him a role on Life As We Know It, he appeared as Piz Piznarski on Veronica Mars, Dell Parker on Private Practice from 2007 to 2010, Bash Howard on GLOW from 2017 to 2019, and Jesse Walker on How I Met Your Father. His notable films include Up in the Air (2009), The Help (2011), and Promising Young Woman (2020), all nominated for Best Picture. He made his directing debut with Beside Still Waters (2013), which he co-wrote and co-produced, and is a vocalist and harmonicist for the band Two Shots for Poe. He also starred in the Off-Broadway production of Jacuzzi.

41years old

Turns 42 on October 17in 15 days

  • Born Atlanta
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
  • Also credited as Christopher Lowell

Movie Career

Films
13
Career span
16 years2007 to 2023

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  1. Early training

    Lowell attended the University of Southern California, and it was during his first year there, while he was playing beach volleyball, that he was discovered.

  2. Behind the camera

    Lowell made his directorial debut with Beside Still Waters in 2013, and he also co-produced the film and co-wrote its screenplay.

  3. First role

    Lowell's first major audition, in 2003, led to him landing the part of Jonathan Fields on the ABC teen drama Life As We Know It.

Chris Lowell movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Promising Young Woman2020 Crime, Drama, Thrilleras Al Monroe

    IMDb rating 7.5259K votes

  2. The Help2011 Dramaas Stuart Whitworth

    IMDb rating 8.1533K votes

  3. Veronica Mars2014as Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski

    IMDb rating 6.757K votes

  4. Up in the Air2009as Kevin

    IMDb rating 7.4363K votes

  5. Love and Honor2013as Peter

    IMDb rating 5.710K votes

  6. My Best Friend's Exorcism2022as Christian Lemon

    IMDb rating 5.37.8K votes

  7. Complete Unknown2016as Brad

    IMDb rating 5.46.9K votes

  8. Perpetrator2023as Principal Burke

    IMDb rating 4.51.8K votes

Worked with

Chris Lowell shares two films with Allison Janney, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Chris Lowell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$408 million

8 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 13 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Help2011as Stuart Whitworth
    $217M53.1% of the total
  2. 2
    Up in the Air2009as Kevin
    $167M40.9% of the total
  3. 3
    Promising Young Woman2020as Al Monroe
    $20M5.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Veronica Mars2014as Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski
    $3.5M0.9% of the total
  5. 5
    Complete Unknown2016as Brad
    $187K0.0% of the total
  6. 6
    $183K0.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Perpetrator2023as Principal Burke
    $67K0.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Love and Honor2013as Peter
    $20K0.0% of the total