Chad Michael Murray
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| Chad Michael Murray | |
| Birth name | Chad Michael Murray |
| Born | August 26, 1981 (age 25) |
| Other name(s) | Chad Murray |
| Notable roles | Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill |
Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor, former male fashion model and teen idol.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Murray was born in Buffalo, New York; he has three brothers (Rex, Nick, James), two sisters (Shannon Victoria Murray,Evangelina Rose Murry)and one half brother (Tyler). His mother left his family when he was 10 years old; his mother was also half japanese making Chad a quarter japenese. His father, Rex (an air traffic controller), raised Chad and his siblings by himself. Chad attended Clarence High School in his hometown of Clarence, NY. Murray describes himself as a loner in high school. At the age of fifteen, he began playing football as a kicker and punter, however a high school football injury landed him in a hospital where a nurse encouraged him to pursue a modeling career.
[edit] Career
Murray's first job was at the age of ten as a newspaper delivery boy. He also worked at a doughnut shop. In high school, Murray won a scholarship from a modeling agency in Buffalo to attend a modeling convention in Orlando. There, a manager named Jon Simmons from Los Angeles spotted him and persuaded the 17-year-old to pursue his dream of acting after graduation from high school.
In 1999, the aspiring actor headed for Hollywood where he supported himself modeling for such clients as Sketchers, Hilfiger, and Gucci before breaking into acting with a guest-star appearance on Diagnosis Murder in the episode The Cradle Will Rock. He slowly emerged to the limelight by taking roles in Aftermath, Murphy's Dozen, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also appeared in a small role in the feature-length thriller Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 along with angelina jolie.
Murray's role began his association with the WB when he appeared in a recurring role as Rory's overconfident classmate, Tristan DuGrey, on Gilmore Girls. Later, he played the love interest to both Katie Holmes's Joey and Michelle Williams' Jen on Dawson's Creek. He starred as the title character in a pilot for a new Lone Ranger series for the WB, which did not get picked up.He also played in little known movie called:The Way.
He also appeared in the popular TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Tom Haviland in the episode The Accused is Entitled(2002). Other television credits include Aftermath, with Meredith Baxter Birney and Robert Ulrich.
In 2003, he appeared in the remake of Disney's Freaky Friday opposite Lindsay Lohan. He then portrayed Austin Ames as Prince Charming in Warner Bros' A Cinderella Story (2005), opposite Hilary Duff. Additionally, he starred as the lead in Joel Silver's remake of House Of Wax, opposite Elisha Cuthbert.
In 2003, he starred in the WB series One Tree Hill as Lucas Scott. It is one of the shows that carried over to the CW.
[edit] Personal life
Murray quoted that his role-models are fellow actors Edward Norton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, and Robert DeNiro. He keeps himself in shape by working out at the gym, inline skating, playing soccer, volleyball and basketball, in addition to football pick-up games.
He was married to Sophia Bush in April 2005 but Bush filed court papers to have their marriage annulled in September of the same year. Chad was recently engaged to Kenzie Dalton, a cheerleader extra on the One Tree Hill set in North Carolina. She and Murray began seeing each other in December 2005 when she was only 17, and a senior in high school. She was runner-up in the 2005 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant. Although Murray and Dalton may still be seen together (for publicity only), Murray announced separation from Dalton in December 2006. Murray and Bush's divorce was finalized in January 2007.
Murray was first sighted with Sanjaya Malakar after he was an audience member on a past episode this season. Sanjaya has stated that their relationship is strictly sexual, nothing more, nothing less. Murray has countered by stating on his Myspace of Malakar's sexual deviance, such as his love of BDSM and crossdressing.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Home of the Brave | Jordan Owens | completed |
| 2005 | House of Wax | Nick Jones | |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | Austin Ames | |
| 2003 | One Tree Hill | Lucas Scott | TV series |
| Freaky Friday | Jake | ||
| The Lone Ranger | Luke Hartman | TV movie | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tom Haviland | TV series | |
| 2001 | Dawson's Creek | Charlie Todd | TV series |
| Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | David Alexander | ||
| Murphey's Dozen | TV movie | ||
| Aftermath | Sean | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Tristan DuGrey | TV series |
| Diagnosis Murder | Ray Santucci | TV series | |
| Undressed | Dan | TV series |
