Early life

Murray was born in Buffalo, New York. He is the son of Rex Murray, an air traffic controller, and was abandoned by his mother at a young age. His abandonment issues were the main reasons he took the part of Lucas Scott. He has three brothers, one half-brother and one sister. Murray is of Polish, English, Japanese, Irish, German, and Swiss-German descent.

Murray attended Clarence High School in Clarence, New York. He became a fan of literature, and was heavily involved in playing football. In his late teens, he broke his nose. This led to reports during his career that he had received a nose job. Murray clarified in a 2004 interview, "I got jumped in a Burger King when I was 18 and had my nose put on the other side of my face. It was three guys - what the hell was I supposed to do? The doctors didn't even bother running X-rays. They just reset it. But it wasn't a nose job - I hate the fact that people say it was a nose job!"

Career

Early work

In 1999, Murray headed for Hollywood where he supported himself modeling for such clients as Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci. Then he was cast in the role of rich brat, Tristan DuGrey on Gilmore Girls; which was one of the main characters in the first season of the series and then became a recurring character thereafter. He appeared in several guest starring television roles, including an episode of Undressed and an episode of Diagnosis: Murder. Murray portrayed the role Charlie Todd on the successful television series Dawson's Creek in 2001. In 2003, he appeared in television film, Aftermath: A Long Way Home. Murray then appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures feature film, Freaky Friday alongside Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film was a major box office success, garnering a total of $110,222,438 in the United States alone. Critics were mostly positive in their reviews of the film, and the film garnered a "B" grade on Yahoo! Movies and an 88% "Certified Fresh" approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Murray also appeared in the television film The Lone Ranger where he portrayed the role of Luke Hartman.

Breakthrough roles

Later in the year of 2003, Murray won the main role of Lucas Scott in the successful WB television series One Tree Hill. The series quickly became the channel's biggest hit with over 4.50 million viewers on the first season's finale. The series was The WB's most successful and top rated television program when it first aired in 2003 and continued receiving top ratings for The CW. The series also earned Murray numerous awards, including two Teen Choice Awards, and spawned a book series which was successful among critics who praised the cast's performances and the original story lines. After Murray gained mainstream fame and media exposure, he also became a spokesperson for several high-profile deals. He and his One Tree Hill co-stars were the official endorsers for MasterCard and K-Mart. They endorsed the Cingular Wireless and Chevy Cobalt.

Following Murray's starring role on One Tree Hill, he appeared on the cover of several mainstream magazines such as Rolling Stone and People. That same year, he was voted as one of "TV's Sexiest Guys" in People magazine. In 2004, Murray starred in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story with Hilary Duff. Though the reviews were mostly negative, the film went on to become a moderate box office success, earning $70.1 million worldwide. The film led to 2005 Teen Choice Awards wins in several categories. Later that year, Murray appeared on the cover of Teen People magazine.

In 2005, Murray starred in House of Wax. The film grossed $12 million in its first day. Though most film critics gave the film negative reviews, House of Wax earned over $68,766,121 worldwide. The film led to Murray receiving the 2005 Teen Choice Awards win category for "Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure/Thriller". He featured briefly in the Iraq War drama Home of the Brave alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica Biel in 2006. In May 2009, The CW announced Murray would not be returning to One Tree Hill for its seventh season. A video of Murray was recorded in which he was telling fans that they did not want him back because they wanted to save money. However, Mark Schwann said in an interview that he had been offered "great things" to return to the show.

In 2010, Murray played Alicia Keys's love interest in her music video for "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)". Then he played Ethan McAllister in Lifetime's TV movie Lies in Plain Sight. Murray also co-starred in Christmas Cupid with Ashley Benson and Christina Milian. The film is an ABC Family Original Movie and is "about a comatose girl who visits her Christmas past, present, and future".

Murray released a novel in September 2011, titled Everlast. That same year, The CW announced he would return for a guest appearance as Lucas Scott in the final season of One Tree Hill. The episode aired on February 22, 2012. In 2013, Murray appeared in Fruitvale Station, a film chronicling the last day of Oscar Grant, who was killed by a police officer at a BART station. The film won two major awards at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

In August 2014, he was cast in a featured role as Agent Jack Thompson for Marvel's television series Agent Carter, and has returned for the second season.

Personal life

Murray became engaged to his One Tree Hill co-star Sophia Bush in May 2004, and they married on April 16, 2005 in Santa Monica, California. They announced their separation in September 2005, after five months of marriage. In February 2006, Bush filed papers for an annulment, citing fraud. Bush's petition was denied, and she and Murray were instead granted a divorce in December 2006.

Following his separation from Bush, Murray began dating Kenzie Dalton, whom he met in 2005 when Dalton, a first runner-up in the 2005 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant, was an extra on One Tree Hill. They became engaged in April 2006, but in August 2013, they called off their seven-year engagement. Murray dated his Left Behind co-star Nicky Whelan from October 2013 to May 2014.

Later in 2014, Murray began dating his Chosen co-star Sarah Roemer. In January 2015, it was announced that he and Roemer had married, and were expecting their first child. They announced that Roemer gave birth to their son on May 31, 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	David Alexander - Age 16
2003	Freaky Friday	Jake
2004	A Cinderella Story	Austin Aimes
2005	House of Wax	Nick Jones
2006	Home of the Brave	Jordan Owens
2011	The Carrier	Thatcher	Short film
2012	First Kiss	Himself	Short; with Rachael Leigh Cook (for Funny or Die)
2013	The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia	Andy Wyrick
	Fruitvale Station	Officer Ingram
	Cavemen	Jay
	A Madea Christmas	Tanner McCoy
2014	Left Behind	Cameron "Buck" Williams
	Other People's Children	P.K.	Post-production
2015	To Write Love on Her Arms	Jamie Tworkowski	Filmed in 2011, released in 2015
2016	Outlaws and Angels	Henry

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Undressed	Dan	Episode 2.17
	Diagnosis: Murder	Ray Santucci	Episode 8.06: "The Cradle Will Rock"
2000-01	Gilmore Girls	Tristan DuGrey	Recurring role
2001-02	Dawson's Creek	Charlie Todd	Recurring role
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tom Haviland	Episode 3.02: The Accused Is Entitled
2003	Aftermath: A Long Way Home	Sean	Credited as Chad Murray; Made-for-television movie
	The Lone Ranger	Luke Hartman / Lone Ranger	Made-for-television film; Intended pilot for a television reboot
2003-09, 2012	One Tree Hill	Lucas Scott	Lead role Special guest star Director Writer
2010	Lies in Plain Sight	Ethan McAllister	Made-for-television film
	Christmas Cupid	Patrick Kerns	Made-for-television film
2012	Scruples	Spider Elliott	Unaired pilot
2013	Southland	Dave Mendoza	Episode 5.01: "Hats and Bats" Episode 5.02: "Heat"
2013-present	Chosen	Jacob Orr	Main cast
2015	Texas Rising	Mirabeau Lamar	Miniseries
2015-16	Agent Carter	Jack Thompson	Main cast; 18 episodes
2015	Scream Queens	Brad Radwell	Episode 1.10: Thanksgiving

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Work	Result
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male	A Cinderella Story	Won
		Choice Breakout TV Star - Male	One Tree Hill	Won
		Choice TV Actor: Drama/Action/Adventure		Nominated
2005		Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure/Thriller	House of Wax	Won
		Choice Movie Rumble		Nominated
		Choice Movie Chemistry	A Cinderella Story	Nominated
		Choice Movie Liplock		Nominated
		Choice Movie Love Scene		Nominated
		Choice TV Actor: Drama	One Tree Hill	Nominated
		Choice TV Chemistry		Nominated
2006		Choice TV Actor: Drama/Action/Adventure		Nominated
	Prism Award	Best Performance in a Drama Series Storyline		Nominated
2008	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Drama		Won

Charities

Chad Michael Murray supports the following charitable cause: Children.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]