Profile of One Tree Hill Heartthrob Chad Michael Murray
Did you know that before Chad become an actor, he worked as both a donut shop janitor and a receptionist for a limousine company?
Actor Chad Michael Murray with his good looks and ability to melt young girls' hearts currently stars on the WB's One Tree Hill as Lucas Scott, an intellectual struggling to find his place in the town of Tree Hill.
Murray was born on August 24, 1981 in Buffalo, New York, where he was raised and also attended college on a scholarship. When he was 4, Chad performed skits and sang silly songs for his family, which includes four brothers and a sister. Sadly, his mother abandoned his family when he was just 10 years old. To make things worse, he was picked on as a young child by bullies and actually had his teeth knocked out at one time.
At age 15, he had a serious football injury that caused a problem with his small intestine which landed him to the hospital. There, 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. An agent spotted him and brought him to Los Angeles. Murray started modeling for such clients as Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci.
While in LA searching for an acting role, Murray financially supported himself by continuing to model. Murray’s first television role soon followed with a guest appearance on Diagnosis Murder. His next television roles included playing the love interest to both Joey (Katie Holmes) and Jen (Michelle Williams) on Dawson's Creek, a previous WB hit sitcom that ended a few years ago. He also appeared in a recurring roll as Rory's (Alexis Bledel) overconfident classmate, Tristan, on Gilmore Girls. Other television credits include Aftermath, with Meredith Baxter Birney and Robert Ulrich as well as the title role in the WB's The Lone Ranger.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that before Chad become an actor, he worked as both a donut shop janitor and a receptionist for a limousine company?
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