Smooth, suave and silver-tongued - that's Senator Robert McCallister. Played by the dreamy Rob Lowe, what's not to love?
A former Republican senator from California, he was also once a candidate for the Presidency, and had many a clash with Kevin after having previously voted against gay marriage.
Robert met his wife Kitty on her TV show. Kitty then went to work for him to head up his communications team - et voila.
Their relationship hit a rough patch, however, when Kitty miscarried and Robert revealed he didn't want any more children.
As Series 5 kicks off, Robert still lies comatose in a hospital bed following the car crash. Kitty remains hopeful of a recovery, but soon it's time to make a tough decision that will affect all of their lives.
Robert is played by Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe began his acting career at the age of eight in local television and theatre. After his family relocated to Los Angeles, he landed a role in the ABC series A New Kind of Family.
For four seasons Lowe starred as Sam Seaborn on the hit drama, The West Wing. During that time the show won a record four consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Drama. Lowe was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Emmy, as well as for his third and fourth Golden Globe Awards. He was also nominated three times for the Screen Actors Guild Award, winning twice.
He made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders, and went on to star in such popular dramas as St Elmo's Fire, About Last Night and Bad Influence, as well as the blockbuster comedies Wayne's World and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Other feature credits include Oxford Blues, Youngblood, Mulholland Falls, The Invention of Lying and Thank You for Smoking.
In September 2005, Lowe made his West End debut starring in Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men to rave reviews at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in London.
