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Rob Lowe Shows How It's Done: The Top 5 Hottest Contemporaries Aging Better Than Charlie Sheen

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (32)

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So there I was on Sunday afternoon, mindlessly moseying my way through the grocery and trying to remember what I needed in each aisle (I am so not a list girl). I reached the end of the first row, politely looked ahead to see if anyone was crossing and I saw some sort of glorious vision ahead. There were rows of magazines on display, but my eyes immediately locked on to one; I saw bright blue eyes and a naked, chiseled torso as I moved in closer. I snatched it up in my hands and quickly secured it in my cart, as it was the last one on the rack. I finished shopping and stood waiting while the cashier rang up up my order. When the magazine appeared in front of her, she stopped cold. She picked it up and clearly had the same visceral reaction as me; we discussed the fact that the man on the cover, Rob Lowe, was nearly 50 years old. Men, it’s time to step up your game. And since the cover mentioned contemporary actor, Charlie Sheen, we naturally had a little discussion comparing the two—while the clerk was a Warlock fan, she still readily admitted that the tiger blood didn’t seem to be helping Sheen’s appearance any.

In his Vanity Fair interview, Lowe discusses the Brat Pack and other fellow actors. I have yet to read more than the online excerpts but I though we could do with a little peer comparison, since Sheen and Lowe are only five years apart. Clearly, one is aging much better than the other. After exhaustive research, I can now present to you Sheen’s hottest contemporaries (all born between 1960 and 1965):


5. Andrew McCarthy, 1962:

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4. Brad Pitt, 1963:

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3. Johnny Depp, 1963:

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2. Robert Downey, Jr., 1965:

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1. Rob Lowe, 1964:

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While I have poked fun at Johnny for his horrible hair and glasses and clearly there is something that drives aging men to wear ridiculous hats, under all the crap, he and Brad are still quite beautiful men. But Rob Lowe, you have taken aging gracefully to a new and seriously hot level. Bravo Sodapop!

P.S. 1965:

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Comments

My mom was born in 1960. I cannot believe these are her contemporaries. Also, my mom looks awesome and I am super happy to have her genes.

Posted by: Nimue at April 4, 2011 4:29 PM

yup, johnny depp is finally starting to look like an adult. he must have run out of whatever freaky potion he was taking

Posted by: idleprimate at April 4, 2011 4:35 PM

It's amazing how helpful it is to one's skin care routine to refrain from years of being coked out of your mind and engaging in high risk behaviours.

Andrew McCarthy is the poor man's Matthew Broderick and is, ironically, aging better than him. Must be the lack of employment.

I DO NOT NOW, NOR HAVE I EVER gotten the Rob Lowe thing.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at April 4, 2011 4:37 PM

Unfortunately, the adult Johnny Depp is starting to look like is my Aunt Muriel.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at April 4, 2011 4:38 PM

I am assuming Rob Lowe has a portrait hidden away in his attic wherein he looks exactly like Charlie Sheen...

Posted by: Az at April 4, 2011 4:38 PM

RDJ should be at the top of that list, for sure. (Never quite got the Rob Lowe thing either, but he is, in fact, aging well.)

Posted by: MM at April 4, 2011 4:40 PM

Sheen's appearance is saddening, yes, but oddly gratifying.

Posted by: DenG at April 4, 2011 4:43 PM

Men, it’s time to step up your game.

Is this where I complain about Hollywood setting an unfair and unattainable standard for normal men?

Posted by: Paultera at April 4, 2011 4:51 PM

Mrs. Julien, if Johnny Depp looks like your Aunt Muriel, tell that woman to give me a call, because I would totally go gay for the female version of Johnny Depp. I mean, look at that man! Your Aunt Muriel must be a handsome woman.

Posted by: noodlestein at April 4, 2011 4:55 PM

i dont know about the lowe. He has a very obviously cut up surgery face to me.
http://inyourface.ocregister.com/files/2009/12/rob-lowe-092109-91017257.jpg

Posted by: jasper at April 4, 2011 5:14 PM

Mrs. Julien, McCarthy has found gainful employment; he's a travel writer these days. No, really. He won the equivalant of the Pulitzer for it last year from the SATW Foundation, which covers such things. He's been published in National Geographic, WSJ, Best American Travel Writing and a bunch more.

Posted by: Joseph Finn at April 4, 2011 5:36 PM

@ jasper
I don't see what you're seeing. I don't see any scars or even odd hairline issues. I would also think his forehead would be much less creased if he was into that.

The only thing I can say about the Lowe is that he does a great Robert Wagner.

That's pretty amazing about Andrew. I was wondering about him.

Posted by: Protoguy at April 4, 2011 6:00 PM

Yep, hard livin' shows up right in your face. So does smoking, tanning, all that crap.

I have a high school classmate who has lived like a Motley Crue groupie for the last 20+ years and while she was super cute in high school, every bit of her tanning, smoking, drinking and coking shows in her face. When I saw pics of her on Facebook, I thought "hey she still looks GREAT!" I should have noticed they were all smudgy and fuzzy and whatnot. I saw her in person at a mini-reunion and actually had to keep myself from jumping when she came around to say hello.

(I guess if I hadn't caught myself, I could have explained it as being startled by HER, not her face.) It's shocking how old you can look from doing the things she's been doing. She easily looks 55. We're forty.*

*I want to add that she's also one of the nicest, sweetest, most genuine people I've ever met.

Posted by: Snuggiepants at April 4, 2011 6:01 PM

Love Rob Lowe. I'm pretty sure the second Austin Powers sealed that for me haha

"How are you going to capture Mr. Powers's..........."mojo."

Posted by: Kristin at April 4, 2011 6:04 PM

Must be all the winning that's aging the Sheenster so quickly.

And that's the first and last "winning" reference you're getting out of me.

I've never been a Lowe fan, but that picture kinda changes my mind a little. He is amusing on "Community."

Posted by: Slash at April 4, 2011 6:13 PM

Cindy,

How'd you miss Charlie Sheen in shirtless glory from Chicago last night:
http://dlisted.com/node/41451/images/spl263869_006.jpg

Posted by: kilmo at April 4, 2011 6:16 PM

Hotter than all of those dudes (except for RDJ. And I'd argue Andrew McCarthy is actually FAR better looking now than when he was young):
Blair Underwood, 1964

Posted by: jzhz at April 4, 2011 6:49 PM

AHEM

Might I respectfully submit a 1963 product known as John Stamos.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/ER/Images/john-stamos-3.jpg

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at April 4, 2011 7:12 PM

1964 was a very good year...as it happens to be the year of my birth as well. in fact, rob lowe and i have the same exact birthday: 17 march. that whole separated at birth thing comes to mind except that, honestly, he's the also ran.

sigh. if only he was gay, we could get together and NOT have lovely children together (nod to earlier post) but rather just enjoy ourselves...as it were.

oh, wait. he's not gay, is he?

Posted by: splinter at April 4, 2011 7:17 PM

Cindy, you can keep McCarthy. He was not hot then and he is not hot now. You saw Pretty in Pink, right? I'll take Jon Cryer over McCarthy. Yes, I'm still fucking bitter over Ducky in Pretty in Pink, okay?

If nothing else, then give me Eric Stoltz instead.

Posted by: greer at April 4, 2011 7:29 PM

@kilmo, Egad! Also, whomever mentioned RDJ being number one, did you not see him shirtless in Iron Man? Lowe wins hands down.

@Lindsey, you make a good point.

@greer, I like both. In fact, Stoltz almost made the list.

Posted by: Cindy at April 4, 2011 8:06 PM

As hot as Rob Lowe is, (and DAMN) I've always been more of a fan of the lesser-known Lowe brother, Chad.

Posted by: TWoP_Fan at April 4, 2011 8:31 PM

I was just curious (and please don't rake a first-time poster over the coals here), but why aren't George Clooney (1961) and Colin Firth (1960) on here? Does it just seem like they've both 'been around longer' or such? ;)

Posted by: kyrailbird at April 4, 2011 11:30 PM

Ages 40 to 60 is the sweet spot for men's looks as far as I am concerned. They finally look, well, like men.

Rob Lowe still doesn't do it for me. I think your heart's all aflutter because you think he's awesome on Parks And Recreation. Besides Colin Firth and George Clooney (thanks kyrailbird), here is a quick list of other actors in that age range who are as good or better looking than Rob Lowe:

Ralph Fiennes
David Duchovny
Clive Owen
Robson Green
Blair Underwood
Jeremy Northam

If you want to get into men older than 50 who look better than Rob Lowe I could give you a much longer list, starting with Hugh Laurie at 51.

Posted by: Three-nineteen at April 5, 2011 12:29 AM

Peter Krause didn't show up on my list, dammit!

Posted by: Three-nineteen at April 5, 2011 12:34 AM

Hugh Laurie isn't better looking than Rob Lowe, he is just BETTER.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at April 5, 2011 1:50 AM

David Duchovny is born 1960 and looks younger than all of them. Brad Pitt looks bad since he's with Santa Angelina and obviously had plastic surgery.

Posted by: ddd at April 5, 2011 7:37 AM

I think Rob looks great, but somebody earlier mentioned John Stamos. Now HE looks great.

Posted by: samantha t at April 5, 2011 10:02 AM

You know, Pitt, Depp and Lowe are examples of men who were impossibly pretty as young men who thanks to a few wrinkles are now closer to reality.

While Sheen and RDJ arguably never reached the level of prettiness that the other three did they look pretty damn good considering everything they've ingested, and done.

Posted by: Arn at April 5, 2011 10:42 AM

You forgot the shirtless Charlie Sheen from over the week-end to compare. Now that was scary! Skinny is not always a good thing.

Love Rob Lowe. Thanks. And I like that he doesn't hide the face like Depp and Pitt do so much.

Posted by: TBMeow at April 5, 2011 11:59 AM

I have had a crush on Rob Lowe since the The Outsiders and About Last Night but what really sealed the deal for me was after the sex tape scandal with the underage girl, he just totally embraced/made fun of his bad ass reputation...Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, Austin Powers, anyone?

Posted by: TheEmpress at April 5, 2011 12:17 PM

RDJ for the win, but I love the Soda Pop reference! Wow, how many hot men were in THAT movie?!?

Posted by: Laura at April 5, 2011 6:52 PM