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Chad Michael Murray

Age: 28
Height: 6'

Birth Place: Buffalo, New York, USA
Born: Aug. 24th, 1981

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Chad Michael Murray's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
One Tree Hill	Lucas Scott
Movie Life: House of Wax	Chad Michael &hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Buffalo, New York, Chad found a ready audience early on. When he was four or five years old, the young ham performed skits and sang made-up songs for his large family which includes three brothers, a half-brother and a sister. At age fifteen, an injury landed him in a hospital where a nurse encouraged him to pursue a modeling career.

Two years later, Chad won a scholarship from a modeling agency in Buffalo to attend a modeling convention in Orlando. There he met his destiny when an agent from Los Angeles spotted him and persuaded the seventeen-year-old to pursue his dream of acting upon graduation from high school.

In 1999, the aspiring actor headed for Hollywood where he supported himself modeling for such clients as Sketchers, Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci while looking for a break. Soon after he arrived, Chad appeared in several guest-starring television roles including an episode of "Diagnosis Murder" (1993). Then he got the call he'd been hoping for. The WB's "Gilmore Girls" (2000) was casting for the role of Tristan DuGrey. They were looking for someone who was likable and charismatic but with an edgy side, and someone who had that certain "IT" quality. Chad was all that plus he had the perfect physical characteristics that the show's writers had in mind. The teenager won the role and has since made the character his own.

He admires the talents of actors Edward Norton (I), Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino Robert De Niro and Sean Penn (I) and uses their influences in his work. Always a firm believer in clean living, Chad is a natural athlete. He played his favorite sport, football, in high school and keeps fit by working out at the gym, in-line skating, playing soccer, volleyball and basketball as well as football pick-up games. He is an anti-drug role model for kids and is active in charities for children and teens during his spare time. Before he married Sophia Bush on April 16th, 2005, Chad had set up house with a pug named Gus and a unique boisterous cat named Jack, who kept him from missing his large family too much.

TRIVIA:

His favorite football team is the Buffalo Bills
Has 4 brothers (Rex, Nick, Brandon, and half brother Tyler) and a sister (Shannon).
26 September 2005: 'Sophia Bush' (qv) announced their separation.
Chad means: warlike, warrior.
His favorite book is "Catcher in the Rye" by 'J.D. Salinger' (qv).
Modeled for Skechers, 'Tommy Hilfiger' (qv) and Gucci.
His mom left his family when he was only 10 years old, which he says helps him to relate to his character Lucas Scott on _"One Tree Hill" (2003)_ (qv).
His favorite musicians are 'Incubus' (qv), Dave Matthew's Band and 'Pete Murray'.