Craig Michael Low
Born (1985-05-08) 8 May 1985
Helensvale, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)Writer, Producer, Director & comedian
Years active2005-present

Craig Low (born 8 May 1985) is an Australian writer, producer, director & comedian. He is known publicly as "Lowie”.

Early life

Low was on born on 8 May 1985 in Helensvale, Queensland. His family grew up in the small community of Helensvale, where he attended Helensvale State Primary School and Helensvale State High School.

Radio

Low began working at 90.9 SeaFM on the Gold Coast when he was 15 years old yrs old as a junior in audio production and was nominated for his first Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA). He was put on Mid-Dawns (12am-5am) and then shifted to B105 to host Australian Made, a late night syndicated program (now called Australian First[1]) that plays 100 percent Australian content. Within 6 months of moving to Brisbane, Craig was filling in for the Hot30 Countdown over the summer period. He stayed on to host the show for just under 1 year. Ratings success differed from state to state, but it was regularly the number 1 FM show in the 7pm-12am time slot.[2] Craig and Austereo parted ways in 2006.

Low returned to radio in 2009 with a new show Lowie vs America for the Southern Cross Media Network. The show earned him 3 ACRA Nominations in 2010.

Television

Low has written for several NBC television projects including the clip series The Worst Thing I Ever... for the E! Network. In 2014, Low made his US TV Debut on Fox's stand up comedy series Laughs.

In 2015, Low was cast as a season regular on MTV2's Joking Off. Defy Media has also confirmed a development deal with Lowie with a pilot being green lit under the working title Lowie Sucks for release later this year.

Low signed on with FOX8 in Australia to host Road to Rock Star. The series went around Australia as they hunted for Australia music talent to become hopefuls on the American series titles "Rock Star Supernova". The band consisted of Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe), Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) and Jason Newsted (Metallica).

CD Live, a Saturday night live countdown show hosted by Low and Asha Keurten on FOX8. Due to run for 13 episodes, but was expanded to 22.

Ralph TV, based on the Australia Men's Magazine Ralph and broadcast on the Nine Network Thursday nights during 2008.[3] The TV series was released on DVD along with the magazine.

Stand Up

His one-man show Name Dropping with Craig Low debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2018 with one reviewer writing “I can tell you first hand it will have you laughing so hard you’ll wish the toilet was 5 foot closer”. Craig was to record his one hour special in March 2020 but it has since been postponed due to the global pandemic.

Acting

Craig's first role was opposite Heath Ledger in the 1997 TV series Roar. After many various commercial roles he left to focus on School. After moving to LA permanently in 2015, Craig returned to acting with roles in The Muppets, 5 Years Apart, Ghost Story Club on TruTV and short films My Girlfriend From Hell, Accents and Founder.

Directing

After working as both assistant director and producer for over 80 episodes of television for El Rey Network, Craig made his directorial debut with the horror short film DON’T TOUCH which he also wrote and produced during the quarantine.

Filmography

TITLE YEAR ACTOR WRITER PRODUCER DIRECTOR ROLE
Roar 1997 YES NO NO NO Child By Fire
CD Live 2003 YES YES NO NO Host
Ralph TV 2005 YES YES YES NO Host & associate Producer
Road To Rockstar 2006 YES NO NO NO Host
Worst Thing I Ever… 2014 NO YES YES NO Associate Producer
Laughs 2014 YES YES NO NO Himself
Joking Off 2016 YES YES NO NO Himself
Pop Of The List 2017 YES YES NO NO Host
That's Totally Almost Music 2017 YES YES YES YES Host
Ridiculousness Live 2017 NO YES YES NO Associate Producer
The Daily Drama 2018 YES YES NO NO Himself
The Muppets 2018 YES NO NO NO Mr. Tumnus
Ghost Story Club 2018 YES NO NO NO Phillippe Fournier
BET Hip Hop Awards 2018 YES YES NO NO Permit Patty
5 Years Apart 2018 YES NO NO NO Mark
My Girlfriend From Hell 2019 YES NO NO NO Adam
Accents 2019 YES NO NO NO Lee
Foundher 2019 YES NO NO NO Isaac
The Chuey Martinez Show 2019 NO YES YES YES 40 episodes
El Rey Nation 2019 NO YES YES YES 40 episodes
Vampiro Unleashed 2020 NO YES YES YES 6 episodes
DON'T TOUCH 2020 NO YES YES YES Short Film

References

  1. ↑ "The Fox 101.9 Melbourne".
  2. ↑ "Commercial Radio Australia: 2009 Surveys - Melbourne". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Ralphtv". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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