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Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor, former male fashion model and teen idol.

Early life

Murray was born in Buffalo, New York; he has three brothers (Rex, Nick, Brandon), one sister (Shannon Victoria Murray) and one half brother (Tyler). His mother left his family when he was 10 years old. His father (Rex), an air traffic controller, had to raise Chad and his siblings all by himself. He 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. But when he was 15, a high school football injury landed him in a hospital where a nurse encouraged him to pursue a modeling career.

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 seventeen-year-old to pursue his dream of acting after graduation from high school. Under the guidance of Mr. Simmons, Murray turned his talent into major TV potential.

In 1999, the aspiring actor headed for Hollywood where he supported himself modeling for such clients like 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. Besides that, he appeared in a small role in the feature-length thriller Megiddo: The Omega Code 2.

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 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.

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 Miss North Carolina Teen USA pageant, 2005. Murray announced separation from Dalton in December 2006. Murray and Bush's divorce was finalized in January 2007.

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

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