Chad Michael Murray is an American actor, writer, spokesperson, and former fashion model. He was still in his teens when he started modeling. He then began to focus on his acting career. He started on television, doing minor guest roles in series, such as ‘Diagnosis: Murder’ and ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’ The actor was cast as ‘Tristan DuGray’ in the first two seasons of the comedy series ‘Gilmore Girls.’ Soon after, he was cast as ‘Lucas Scott,’ a reserved teenager, in the series ‘One Tree Hill’; he worked in the series for six seasons. He could relate well with ‘Lucas Scott’ as he suffered abandonment by his mother while he was young, just like the character. He also had important roles in a series of commercially successful feature films, such as ‘Freaky Friday,’ 'A Cinderella Story,' and ‘House of Wax.’ He received many ‘Teen Choice Awards’ and nominations for ‘One Tree Hill,’ 'A Cinderella Story,' and ‘House of Wax.’ He went on to create a niche for himself by playing teenage roles. He then started playing adult roles in films like ‘Camp Cold Brook’ and ‘Survive the Night.’