Chad Michael Murray

Murray married his ‘One Tree Hill’ co-star Sophia Bush in 2004, but the couple divorced a year later. He was engaged to Kenzie Dalton for seven years and called off the engagement in 2013. He is presently seeing actress Nicky Whelan.

Chad Michael Murray was raised by his father, Rex Murray, an air traffic controller, as his mother abandoned him when he was very young. He has three brothers, a half-brother and a half-sister.

He went to Clarence High School, New York. He loved football and reading literature. At 18, he broke his nose in a scrap at a Burger King outlet and had to get it fixed.

Chad Michael Murray moved to Hollywood in 1999, and began working as a model for Tommy Hilfiger, Gucci and Skechers. He guest-starred in an episode each of ’Diagnosis: Murder’ and ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’.

He was cast in the WB serial, ‘Gilmore Girls’, in 1999. His role as Tristan DuGrey was, at first, a main one, but from the second season onwards, it became a recurring role.

He had a supporting role in the 2003 film, ‘Freaky Friday’ which starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. The film was a box office hit, making $160,846,332 worldwide.

He starred in the title role in the WB TV movie, ‘The Lone Ranger’, in 2003. The film peeps into the life of Luke Hartman before he became the legendary Lone Ranger.

In 2004, he starred in the romantic comedy film, ‘A Cinderella Story’, with Hilary Duff and Jennifer Coolidge. It did well commercially and has a cult following, but was given a thumb down by critics.

Chad Michael Murray played Lucas Scott, the chief protagonist in the WB TV series, ‘One Tree Hill’, in 2003. The series became very popular and 4.50 million people were glued to its first season finale.

His main role of Nick Jones, in the 2005 horror film, ‘House of Wax’, won him accolades. The film, an improvement over other teenage films, did well commercially, earning $70,064,800 internationally.