Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor, writer, and former model. He played the lead role of
Lucas Scott in
The WB
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/
CW teen drama series ''
One Tree Hill'' (2003–09, 2012), and recurring roles as
Tristin DuGray on ''
Gilmore Girls'' (2000–01), Charlie Todd on ''
Dawson's Creek
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'' (2001–02), and Edgar Evernever on ''
Riverdale'' (2019), all on the same network.
He starred in the film ''
A Cinderella Story'' (2004) and had supporting roles in ''
Freaky Friday'' (2003) and ''
Fruitvale Station'' (2013). He went on to star in ''
Chosen'' (2013–14), ''
Sun Records'' (2017) and ''
Sullivan's Crossing'' (2023–present), and appeared as main cast member in
Marvel
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ABC series ''
Agent Carter'' (2015–16) and a recurring role in
Fox's ''
Star
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'' (2018–19). Murray has written a
graphic novel
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with lead illustrator
Danijel Žeželj
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Biography
Žeželj studied classical painting, sculpting and printing at the Academy of Fine Arts in ...
titled ''Everlast'' (2011), and a novel co-authored with
Heather Graham titled ''American Drifter'' (2017).
Early life
Chad Michael Murray was born in
Buffalo,
New York, and was raised by a single father, Rex Murray, who worked as an
aircraft pilot
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.
His mother left the family when Murray was 10 years old.
He has five
siblings, consisting of a younger sister, three younger full brothers, and a younger half-brother from his father's second marriage, and has two
step-siblings, consisting of a step-sister and a step-brother.
Murray attended
Clarence High School in
Clarence, New York. He became a fan of literature and played football.
As a teenager, he worked at the
Dipson Theatres in
Eastern Hills Mall. 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
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when I was 18 and had my nose put on the other side of my face. It was three guys
..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
1999–2002: Career beginnings
Murray won a scholarship to attend a modeling convention in
Orlando, Florida
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, where he met an agent who encouraged him to go to Los Angeles for a week and see what happens.
He subsequently got a manager and moved to
Hollywood in 1999.
Murray began modeling for brands such as
Skechers,
Tommy Hilfiger and
Gucci
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.
In 2000, he
guest starred as Dan on the
MTV drama anthology series ''
Undressed'' on the episode "Scared Stiffy" which aired on March 8 as part of its second season. Later that year, Murray was cast in the role of rich kid
Tristin DuGray on
The WB
The WB Television Network (shortened to The WB, stylized as "THE WB", and nicknamed the "Frog Network" and/or "The Frog" for its former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network that ran from 1995 to 2006. It launched on ter ...
television series ''
Gilmore Girls'' as a recurring character in the
first season which debuted on October 5 and in an episode of the
second season the next year. The series became a hit and Murray would go onto become a staple actor on the network for the rest of the decade. He ended his debut year on screen appearing on the November 16 episode of the
CBS crime drama ''
Diagnosis: Murder'' during its eighth season.
In 2001, he was cast in a
television pilot for The WB, the family drama ''Murphy's Dozen'', which revolved around 12 children and their parents in an
Irish American
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Irish immigration to the United States
From the 17th century to the mid-19th c ...
family in
New Jersey
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. The lead actress
Kathy Baker signed on in March and the pilot was screened for the network in May but was not picked up for the fall season.
Murray portrayed the role of teenage David Alexander in Christian Apocalyptic fiction film ''
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2'' which released on September 7. Murray was cast in the role of womanizer
Charlie Todd on The WB's hit television series ''
Dawson's Creek
''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college. It aired from January 20, 19 ...
'' as a recurring character in the
fifth season which premiered on October 10. He next appeared on an episode of ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' which aired on CBS on October 3, 2002, during its third season.
2003–2010: Success with ''One Tree Hill'' and mainstream films
In 2003, Murray began the year appearing in the
family drama
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television film ''A Long Way Home'', also known as ''Aftermath'', playing the role of Sean in a family trying to reconcile following domestic sexual abuse. He next played the lead role of Luke Hartman on The WB's
western television film ''
The Lone Ranger'' which aired on February 26 and served as a
backdoor pilot for a potential series run. Murray was cast in the role of love-interest Jake in the
Walt Disney Pictures
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comedy film ''
Freaky Friday'', starring
Lindsay Lohan
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and
Jamie Lee Curtis
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, which released in theaters on August 6. It was Disney's third adaptation of the 1972
children's novel of the same name authored by
Mary Rodgers
Mary Rodgers (January 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014) was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the novel ''Freaky Friday'', which served as the basis of a Freaky Friday (1976 film), 1976 film starring Jodie Foster, for which sh ...
. The film was a critical and a major box office success, earning roughly $161 million worldwide.
Later that year, he was cast in the lead role of
Lucas Scott on The WB series ''
One Tree Hill'' which debuted on September 23, 2003. The first-season finale garnered 4.50 million viewers. The series was one of The WB's most successful programs the year it began and continued with impressive ratings after the network merged with rival
UPN to become
The CW
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in 2006. The series earned Murray six
Teen Choice Award nominations over the years, including winning
Choice TV – Breakout Actor in August 2004 and
Choice TV Actor – Drama in August 2008. Stemming from the series' popularity, he and his ''One Tree Hill'' co-stars became official endorsers for
MasterCard,
K-Mart,
Cingular Wireless and the
Chevy Cobalt.
In 2004, Murray starred as Austin Ames in the romantic comedy film ''
A Cinderella Story'' alongside
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer, author and businesswoman. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Hilary Duff, various accolades, including a World Music Awards, World Mus ...
which released in July 16. The film was a box office success, earning $70.1 million worldwide, but was panned by critics. The film earned Murray the award for
Choice Movie – Breakout Actor in August 2004 and several more nominations at the
2005 Teen Choice Awards. He is the first person to win their awards for Breakout Actor in both the TV and Movie categories in the same year. Murray was listed as one of "TV's Sexiest Guys" by ''
People
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'' magazine in November 2004.
He next co-starred as Nick Jones in the horror film ''
House of Wax'' which released theatrically on May 6, 2005. The film earned Murray two more Teen Choice Award nominations, including winning
Choice Movie Actor – Action/Thriller in August 2005. Murray was listed as one of "Fall TV's Sexiest Guys" by ''People'' magazine in September 2005, and was the
cover model A cover model is a male or female whose photograph appears on the front cover of a magazine. The cover model is generally a fashion model, celebrity, or contest winner. Generally, cover models are depicted solitarily; however, on occasion magazines ...
for ''
Teen People'' magazine that same month. He played the role of Private Jordan Owens in the
Iraq War
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drama film ''
Home of the Brave'', alongside
Samuel L. Jackson,
Jessica Biel and
50 Cent, which test released in theaters on December 6, 2006, before a
limited theatrical release
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on April 17, 2007.

Murray was listed at #12 on
AOL Television's list of "TV's 50 Hottest Hunks Ever" on November 4, 2008. In May 2009, it was reported that 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, creator
Mark Schwahn said in an interview that Murray had been offered "great things" to return to the show.
In 2010, Murray played the love-interest of
Alicia Keys
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in her music video for "
Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" which premiered on
BET's ''
106 & Park'' on May 12. The video depicts the burgeoning romance of a young interracial couple reimagined across different eras, from the 1950s through the 2000s. It won
Outstanding Music Video at the
42nd NAACP Image Awards in March 2011. Murray played the role of Ethan McAllister in the drama television film ''Lies in Plain Sight'' which aired on
Lifetime on October 3, 2010. He played the love-interest Patrick Kerns in the television film ''
Christmas Cupid'', alongside
Christina Milan and
Ashley Benson, which premiered on
ABC Family
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on December 12.
2011–2015: ''Chosen'', ''Agent Carter'' and independent films
On August 29, 2011, The CW announced that Murray would return for a guest appearance as Lucas Scott in the final season of ''One Tree Hill''. The episode aired on February 22, 2012, as part of the concluding
ninth season. He then played the male lead Jamie Tworkowski in the biographical drama film ''
To Write Love on Her Arms'' which premiered on March 11, 2012, at the
Omaha Film Festival where it won the Encore Award. The film is based on the true story of Tworkowski's founding of the Florida-based non-profit organization
of the same name helping those struggling with addiction, mental illness and self-injury, and received a limited theatrical release on March 3, 2015.
He next played the role of Thatcher in the
short film
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''The Carrier'' which premiered on April 27, 2012, at the
USA Film Festival. On March 12, it was reported that he was cast to play the male lead Spider Elliot in a television pilot for
ABC, ''Scruples'', with
Claire Forlani playing the female lead Billy Orsini and with
Natalie Portman serving as an executive producer. The potential series, adapted from
Judith Krantz's pioneering 1979 debut
bonkbuster novel of the same name, was not picked up by the network.
Murray next starred as Dylan in the ''
Funny or Die'' short ''First Kiss'' alongside
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress and model. She has starred in the films ''The Baby-Sitters Club (film), The Baby-Sitters Club'' (1995), ''She's All That'' (1999), and ''Josie and the Pussycats (film), Josie and ...
which released on September 11.
In 2013, Murray played the role of Officer Ingram in the biographical drama film ''
Fruitvale Station'', which chronicles the last day of
Oscar Grant, portrayed by
Michael B. Jordan, who was shot and killed by a
BART Police officer in
Oakland, California
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. The film premiered at the
2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 19 before releasing theatrically on July 12, becoming a critical and box office success, earning $17.4 million from a budget of under a million. Murray next played male lead Andy Wyrick in the horror film ''
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia'' which released on February 1. The film, inspired by the true events surrounding the Wyrick family, is Murray's first role playing a father. He guest starred as Officer Dave Mendoza in the crime drama series ''
Southland'' on two episodes during its concluding fifth season which premiered on
TNT on February 13. It marked his on-screen union with its co-star
Ben McKenzie
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(Officer Ben Sherman), who had played
Ryan Atwood
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on popular teen drama ''The O.C.'' that debuted the same year as ''OTH''.
On October 9, 2013, it was reported that Murray was cast to join action-thriller series ''
Chosen'' on
Crackle.
He played the lead role of Jacob Orr in the second season which premiered on December 12 that year and in the third season which released on April 15, 2014. Murray played the role of Jay in comedy film ''
Cavemen'' which premiered on October 26 at the
2013 Austin Film Festival before a limited theatrical release on February 7, 2014. He played the role of Tanner McCoy in comedy film ''
A Madea Christmas'' which released theatrically on December 13, 2013. Murray next co-starred in the apocalyptic thriller film ''
Left Behind'', playing the role of Cameron "Buck" Williams, alongside
Nicolas Cage and
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks (born December 22, 1989) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the American Idol (season 6), sixth season of ''American Idol'' at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history. He ...
. The film, based on the
novel series of the same name authored by
Jerry B. Jenkins and
Tim LaHaye
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, was released on October 3, 2014.
On August 29, 2014, it was announced that Murray was cast in the role of Agent
Jack Thompson in the ABC spy thriller series ''
Agent Carter'', part of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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. The first season premiered on January 6, 2015, and the second season premiered on January 19, 2016.
Later in 2015, he guest starred on the
Fox black comedy series ''
Scream Queens'' on a
November 24 episode during its first season, playing
Chad Radwell's older brother Brad. Murray starred as the male lead "P.K." in the romantic drama film ''
Other People's Children'' which premiered on August 15 at the
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival where it won the Best of Festival award. It received a limited theatrical release on December 25. In order to portray a homeless heroin addict, Murray lost 25 lbs (11.34 kg) of weight, stating that he exercised for three and a half weeks, burning 3,000 calories a day while eating only 1,400 to 1,600 calories a day from a diet consisting of "oatmeal, egg whites, salads, chicken
ndtuna."
2016–2022: ''Sun Records'', ''Star'' and ''Fortress''
Murray starred as Henry in the western film ''
Outlaws and Angels'' which premiered on January 25 at the
2016 Sundance Film Festival, before a limited theatrical release on July 15. On March 14, 2016, it was reported that Murray was cast to star as
Sam Phillips in the
CMT biographical drama series ''Million Dollar Quartet''. On December 14, the eight-episode miniseries was retitled ''
Sun Records'', before premiering on February 23, 2017.
In 2018, he played the male lead Brett Beauchamps in the drama television film ''
The Beach House'', alongside
Minka Kelly and
Andie MacDowell, which premiered on the Hallmark Channel on April 28. He next played the male lead Jack in horror film ''
Camp Cold Brook'' which premiered on August 25 at the
HorrorHound Film Festival, before a limited theatrical release on February 14, 2020. On August 27, 2018, it was reported that Murray was cast in a recurring role as Xander McPherson, the toxic love-interest of Cassie Brown as played by
Brandy Norwood
Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist ...
, in the third season of the musical drama ''
Star
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'' which premiered on Fox on September 26.
On February 8, 2019, it was reported that Murray was cast in a recurring role as Edgar Evernever in the third season of The CW drama ''
Riverdale''. He starred as Luke Miller on television film ''Write Before Christmas'' alongside
Torrey DeVitto on Hallmark Channel on November 17.
In 2020, Murray starred as Brett Hollister in the television film ''Love in Winterland'' which premiered on the Hallmark Channel on January 11. He next starred as Paul Barnett in the film ''Too Close for Christmas'' which received a limited theatrical release on November 13, before premiering on Lifetime on December 4. The film marks the first in a series of on-screen collaborations with
Jessica Lowndes.
In 2021, he starred as Joel Sheehan in the film ''Colors of Love'' which received a limited theatrical release on February 4, before premiering on
GAC Family on October 23 under the title ''An Autumn Romance'' as its first original movie. The film, based on the 2014 novel ''Tycoon's Kiss'' authored by
Jane Porter, is the second with Murray and Lowndes together. He starred as Brody Bradshaw in the television film ''Sand Dollar Cove'' which premiered on the Hallmark Channel on June 26. He starred as Gabe on the television film ''Angel Falls Christmas'' which premiered on GAC Family on November 26, marking the third film between Murray and Lowndes. He starred as Kevin Vaughn on the television film ''Toying with the Holidays'' which premiered on Lifetime on December 18. He played Steve in hotel booking website
Hotels.com's commercial.
2023–present: Return to television with ''Sullivan's Crossing''
On June 1, 2022, it was announced that Murray was cast as the male lead Cal Jones on the drama series ''
Sullivan's Crossing'' alongside
Morgan Kohan as the female lead Maggie Sullivan and
Scott Patterson as her father Sully Sullivan. The Canadian series, based on the American novel series of the same name authored by
Robyn Carr, premiered on
CTV on March 19, 2023. The second season premiered April 14, 2024, and in June 2024, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a third season.
He played Lucas,
Brooke Shields
Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress. A child model starting at the age of 11 months, Shields gained widespread notoriety at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film ''Pretty Baby (1978 film), Pretty Baby ...
' character's love interest in the
Netflix
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original film ''
Mother of the Bride'' (2024), released on May 9, 2024. It reached Netflix's Top 10 most watched lists in numerous countries. On July 18, 2024,
Disney
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published a photo of Murray as Jake on set of ''
Freaky Fridays sequel film called ''
Freakier Friday'' (2025).
Writing career
Murray authored a
graphic novel
A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics sc ...
, ''Everlast'', which released in November 2011. In November 2017, he released ''American Drifter: An Exhilarating Tale of Love and Murder'', which he co-authored with novelist
Heather Graham. The romantic thriller was inspired by a dream.
Personal life

In May 2004, Murray became engaged to his ''One Tree Hill'' co-star
Sophia Bush
Sophia Anna Bush (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as List of One Tree Hill characters#Brooke Davis, Brooke Davis in The WB/The CW, CW drama series ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012), and as Erin Li ...
, and they married on April 16, 2005, in
Santa Monica, California
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. They announced their separation in September 2005. In February 2006, Bush filed for an
annulment, citing fraud. Bush's petition was denied, and instead the pair were granted a divorce in December 2006.
On April 6, 2006, it was reported that Murray was engaged to Kenzie Dalton, an actress and
Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2006 runner-up; at the time, he was 24 and she was 18. The day before, Murray escorted Dalton to the
North Carolina Azalea Festival Queen's Welcoming Ceremony, where Dalton served as part of the "Princess' court" and wore her engagement ring.
The two first met in August 2005 when Dalton appeared as an
extra on ''One Tree Hill'' on the sixth episode during its
third season.
On September 20, 2013, it was reported that they had ended their engagement of nearly seven and a half years, with Murray's representative telling media that they had "quietly parted ways earlier in the year."
In September 2013, Murray began dating his ''Left Behind'' co-star, Australian actress
Nicky Whelan. The two were first pictured together leaving the
Chateau Marmont on September 19. The next month, Murray joined Whelan on the second season of ''Chosen''.
The couple separated in April 2014 after roughly eight months of dating.
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 have three children: a son, born in 2015, and two daughters, born in 2017 and 2023.
Murray is a lifelong fan of the
Buffalo Bills
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National Football League
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team, and in October 2024, signed on to executive produce a docuseries alongside former Bills
wide receiver
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and
pro football hall of famer Andre Reed, titled “Just One Before I Die,” about the Buffalo Bills fanbase.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Commercials
Bibliography
*''Everlast'' (2011)
*''American Drifter: An Exhilarating Tale of Love and Murder'' (2017), co-authored with
Heather Graham
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Official website*
Bio at TVGuide.comBio at Starpulse.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Chad Michael
1981 births
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male models
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Buffalo, New York
Male actors from New York (state)
Male models from New York (state)
Actors from Buffalo, New York
People from Clarence, New York
21st-century American male writers
American male novelists
American people of English descent
American people of German descent
American people of Polish descent
American people of Scottish descent
American people of Swiss-German descent