Discovered in 2003 after going through his first major audition, Lowell landed the role of Jonathan Fields on the ABC teen dramaLife As We Know It.[2] The series was cancelled after 13 episodes.[3]
In 2006, Lowell had lead roles in the coming-of-age film Graduation and also in a small film entitled You Are Here.
In 2009 Chris Lowell appeared in several videos by the sketch comedy group BriTANicK, including "Pillow Talk", and "The Morning After."
From 2007 until 2010, Lowell appeared in the ABC drama Private Practice, alongside Kate Walsh, Audra McDonald, and Tim Daly, playing Dell, the receptionist for the Oceanside Wellness Group who was also a qualified nurse, midwife-in-training, and young father to six-year-old daughter Betsy. Lowell exited Private Practice in the show's third-season finale when Dell died from heart failure, a complication during brain surgery after a vehicle accident.
In 2011, Lowell played the role of Stuart Whitworth in the film The Help, an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's 2009novel of the same name. The following year, filming began on Lowell's directorial debut, Beside Still Waters.[4] Set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the film tells the story of a man redefining his outlook on life after the death of his parents.[5]
Lowell also played Derrick on Fox's 2014 comedy Enlisted.
He starred in the Off-Broadway hit Jacuzzi at Ars Nova[7] in New York City.
In May 2021, Lowell was cast in the How I Met Your Mother spinoff series How I Met Your Father,[8] led by Hilary Duff. In November 2021, Duff and the cast confirmed via social media accounts that the series would premiere on January 18, 2022.[9][10] On February 15, 2022, Hulu renewed the series for a 20-episode second season.[11]
He played the role of producer Sebastian “Bash” Howard in the 2017-19 Netflix series GLOW.
Personal life
Lowell and his longtime girlfriend, New Zealand born actress Kerry Bishé, have a daughter who was born in 2021.[12]