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Chris Lowell was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended the prestigious Atlanta International School (AIS). While taking drama and theatre classes at AIS, Chris found a love for acting and filmmaking. Since there was no film curriculum at AIS, Chris spearheaded and founded the Film Program and Video Yearbook, which allows students to get a taste of the filmmaking process from the script to the screen. At the 14th Street Playhouse, Chris starred as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Ezekiel Cheever in The Crucible and Ananse in Ananse and the Spider. At the Georgia Shakespeare Festival he starred as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Snug in A Midsummer Night?s Dream. Just a couple of weeks into his first semester at USC, Chris was spotted and signed by a talent manager while playing beach volleyball. After his first major audition, he landed the role of Jonathan in life as we know it. When not working, Chris enjoys the arts, including movies, music, theatre and traveling with friends. He also continues his passion for the filmmaking process, shooting his own short films and mockumentaries. You get to work with a great group of young actors, what is it like on the set when you all are not filming? Chris: We have a great time together. There's hardly a dull moment. Everyone is always pulling pranks and trying to get the best of each other. Whether it's planting animal feces on someone's dinner plate or stealing their car and hiding it somewhere off-set, we're always working hard to make someone in the cast the butt of a joke. It can get crazy sometimes, but we're a family, and when we're living in a place that isn't our home, away from our families and friends, it's so comforting to know that we're always there for each other. It's definitely something special. Photography seems to be your character's hobby, what are some of your hobbies? Chris: I love shooting and editing short films. It's what I do whenever I have a free moment. When I moved to Vancouver I started taking piano lessons, which have recently become an obsession. I take dance classes at a local dance studio, and I try to hike or ride my bike whenever I can. "Life As We Know It" talks a lot about teenage issues, what is one issue that the show discusses that you feel is extremely important? Chris: I think the show's portrayal of sex through the eyes of teenage boys delivers a very unique message about the emotional attachment that should be involved in sex, but rarely ever is. At that age, sex seems like a race, where the first one to lose their virginity is the victor, when it's usually those people who regret their first time the most. I'm not preaching abstinence; I just think it's important to find the right person to have sex with so that it's both emotionally and physically gratifying, especially when it comes to losing your virginity. Jonathan is quite confused when it comes to the ladies, ever have as much trouble as him when you were growing up? Chris: I see a lot of myself in Jonathan. I will always be the hopeless romantic, more often pathetic than heroic. In high school I liked to believe that I was a connoisseur in the ways of love, until I actually had a real relationship, with real emotions and real heartache, and now I can safely say that I know absolutely nothing about the opposite sex, and still have quite a bit to learn. "Life As We Know It" was your first major audition, what was that experience like for you? Chris: I didn't expect a whole lot to come of it. All day people were calling to tell me, "don't worry when you don't get this?there'll be more auditions?just get this first one under your belt." I was just as surprised as anyone else when I actually got the part. I was in college at the time, and it happened so quickly that I was hardly able to tell anyone about it. One day I just came back and said, "guess what?I'm gonna be on TV." Your character spends some time on the show kissing Kelly Osbourne, has her father Ozzy given you any grief over those scenes? Chris: Kelly tried to hide the show from her father for as long as possible for both our sakes. He finally saw it when he was visiting in Vancouver. As soon as he walked out of the trailer I said, "Mr. Osbourne, I want you to know I was a total professional about everything?" or some such statement to try and calm him down. He walked over to me, punched me in the stomach, and then gave me a hug and said he loved it. You spearheaded and founded the Film Program and Video Yearbook at AIS, what motivated you to take this action? Chris: I had just fallen in love with shooting and editing video and I needed a way to channel the addiction. So I just asked the school if I could start a Video Yearbook. Not thinking much of it, they said yes and I got to work. The first year was more for me than anything else, but by the second year, I realized how many people in the school were interested in the same thing, so I started having a staff. It was a great way for all of us to get together and work as a team on something we were all so passionate about. It makes me so happy when I talk to my friends who were on the original Video Yearbook Staff who are now studying film at some of the top film schools in the country. What has been your most memorable moment from "Life As We Know It?" Chris: When we started shooting the pilot, I was in the first scene, with Kelly on a dock. Not only was it the first shot of the show, but it was the first time I'd be acting in front of the camera. I remember pacing back and forth in my trailer, terrified. Just before I left to shoot, Jon (Foster) walked up to me at the peak of my hysteria and said, "Hey, you're a rock star." I took a deep breath, and walked onto the set. You're into movies and your character's bio says his favorite movies include Matrix (the first one), Spiderman and Chicago. What are your favorite movies? Chris: Where to begin?I love directors more than movies. I love the work of Roman Polanski, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, the Cohen Brothers, and Woody Allen to name a few. Is there anything that you'd like to say to your fans and supporters? Chris: I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who's helped me get to where I am today. I have far too many friends in my life than I deserve, and it's amazing to see how kind people have been in showing their support to me and to the show. I couldn't ask for anything more. Thank you. © KSL/kriselen.com | ||
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