In the same podcast interview, Lowe credit Sheen with strongly influencing his decision to pursue acting.
“He’s one of the best human beings. He also, as he was the, as he will say to you, he’s a self-proclaimed windbag,” he described Sheen. “You can’t get a word in edgewise. So, for four hours he regaled me with stories about the public theater in New York City and Joe Papp, and how he felt I was an actor and I was 14 at the time.
“And hearing that from somebody that I really idolized was all I needed. And it also, he kind of presented a way into the business as an actor that seemed different. To circle back to your question, that seemed very different from my brother [Rob Lowe].”
He and Rob acted together for the first time in a 2022 episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star.
Chad’s decades-long acting career began in the 1980s, when he started landing roles in television and film. His credits include Silence of the Heart, Take Me Home: The John Denver Story, Pretty Little Liars, April Morning, Spencer, Life Goes On, Melrose Place, ER, CSI: Miami, Supergirl, and 24, to name a few.