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James Lafferty (Nathan Scott)
James Lafferty plays Nathan Scott, an arrogant, assured star basketball player in The WB's new family drama One Tree Hill
D.O.B.: July 25, 1985
Hometown: Hemet, California
James Lafferty plays Nathan Scott, an arrogant, assured star basketball player in The WB's new family drama One Tree Hill.
Born and raised in Hemet, California, Lafferty began work as an extra at the tender age of 7 after his mother encouraged him and his younger brother to get involved in the entertainment industry as a way to have fun. Enjoying the times they had on the movie set, he stuck with it and by age 10 was awarded his first speaking part. Commercials followed soon after.
Lafferty's first series regular role was on the sitcom Emeril, where he played Emeril's son. He followed that up with a turn in the television movie A Season on the Brink opposite Brian Dennehy. Lafferty played Steve Alford, the star player of the Indiana University basketball team, The Hoosiers. He has also made guest appearances on the series Once and Again, Boston Public and Get Real.
Lafferty had the starring role in the independent feature Boys on the Run.
Currently living in Hemet with his parents and brother, Lafferty is an avid basketball fan and, similar to his character, a star player. He played on his varsity team in high school and was awarded the MVP award. He also enjoys trips to the beach and playing football with his friends.
Bethany Joy Lenz (Haley James)
D.O.B.: April 2, 1981
Hometown: Bedford, Texas
Multi-talented actress and musician Bethany Joy Lenz plays Haley, the small-town girl who secretly harbors a crush on her best friend Lucas (Chad Michael Murray).
Born in Florida, Lenz moved to Texas at age 4. She landed her first role at 7 as a Munchkin in an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz and by age 10 she had been cast in the role of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird at the Irving Community Theater in Texas. While on a class trip to Los Angeles, Lenz landed her first professional job in a commercial for Swans Crossing, a teen series.
Lenz loved to perform, and in 1992 her family moved again, this time to New Jersey, which enabled her to pursue acting in New York City. She began auditioning and booked several commercials, including Eggos Waffles and Dr. Pepper. In her sophomore year of high school, Lenz's talent caught the eye of a casting director. Joy was hired to play Linda Halleck in the Stephen King thriller Thinner.
In March of 1998, she landed a nine-episode stint on the daytime drama Guiding Light as Reva Shayne's teenaged clone. Lenz's performance as the spunky and vulnerable clone earned her raves from viewers and critics alike. Soon after she was offered a contract role playing Michelle Bauer, the proverbial girl next door. In 1999, while still appearing on the show, she won the role of Rose Cronin in Mary and Rhoda, playing the daughter of Mary Tyler Moore's character in the TV movie based on the popular 1970s TV show.
After two successful years on the soap opera, Lenz headed to the West Coast and immediately booked a guest spot on The WB comedy Off Centre. She followed that up with guest roles on Felicity, Maybe It's Me, Charmed, The Guardian and the pilot Destiny for Jerry Bruckheimer Productions.
Lenz is also an incredible singer, with a four-octave vocal range. She has worked with director Garry Marshall and Carole King on a new musical and with director Arthur Allan Seidelman on a production of The Outsiders.
She can next be seen as Marni in the feature Bring It On, Again, a sequel to the Universal feature.
Lenz likes to spend her free time with her family and friends. She enjoys horseback riding, playing piano and guitar and writing new music.
Craig Sheffer (Kieth Scott)
D.O.B.: April 23, 1960
Hometown: York, Pennsylvania
With a strong, understated presence, Craig Sheffer has a quiet intensity that transcends both the big and small screen. Demonstrating versatility and skill in a range of unconventional performances, Sheffer returns to television with his role in One Tree Hill as Keith Scott, a kind-hearted mechanic who has helped raise his brother's son as his own.
Born in York, Pennsylvania, Sheffer had a passion for acting even at a young age. He won the Best High School Actor Award in a statewide competition. He studied theater at East Stroudsburg University, where he played Valere in a production of Moliere's Tartuffe. Immediately after graduation, Sheffer relocated to New York to pursue a career in acting.
Early auditions landed him a role in the off-Broadway play Punchy. Soon after, he found himself co-starring in the award-winning Broadway production Torch Song Trilogy. In less than a year, producers spotted his work on Broadway and cast him in his feature film debut in That Was Then, This Is Now, opposite Emilio Estevez. Sheffer also starred in the Vietnam based play G.R. Point, and won the LA Critics Drama Desk Award for his performance.
Sheffer went on to starring roles in the John Hughes comedy Some Kind of Wonderful and the father/son drama Split Decisions, with Gene Hackman. He followed that with the lead role in Robert Redford's critically acclaimed film A River Runs Through It, opposite Brad Pitt. Other film credits have included the hard-edged drama The Program, Sleep With Me and Wings of Courage. In addition, he starred with Lawrence Fishburne and Alfre Woodard in the Emmy Award-winning HBO special Miss Evers' Boys.
He has also written screenplays and authored a novel. His production company, Sheffer Films, is currently developing several projects, including one in which he will make his directorial debut.
Currently living in Los Angeles, Sheffer enjoys spending time with his family and writing poetry.
BARBARA A. WOODS (Debra Scott)
Biography:
Woods married John Lind, an assistant director from Vancouver, at the Banff Springs Hotel on Labour Day. The couple met while he was working on the Jackie Chan feature, Shanghai Noon, near the Honey studio.
Barry Corbin ( Coach Whitey Durham)
D.O.B.: October 16, 1940
Hometown: Lubdock, Texas
Known for his hefty portrayals of cops, military men and patriarchal figures on both television and film, Barry Corbin plays Coach Whitey Durham, the tough-minded but fair basketball coach on One Tree Hill. Corbin gained fame as Maurice Minnifield, former astronaut turned entrepreneur and all-around big-shot, on the popular and critical favorite Northern Exposure.
Born and raised in Lamesa, Texas, Corbin attended Texas Technical University, where he studied Drama. He moved to New York to pursue acting after spending two years with the Marine Corps. For nearly a decade, he starred in a string of stage productions before moving to Los Angeles. While writing plays for National Public Radio, he landed the role of Uncle Bob in the hit 1977 film Urban Cowboy, which launched his prolific career. Since that break, Corbin's well-known film roles have included War Games, Nothing in Common, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Who's Harry Crumb? Career Opportunities, Ghost Dad, Curdled, Solo and Inconvenienced.
He has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theater in such roles as Henry in Henry V, Jud in Oklahoma, Henry II in Beckett, Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Macbeth, among others. Corbin also performs a one-man traveling show he co-wrote called Charlie Goodnight's Last Night, about the celebrated Texas cowboy.
Corbin currently shares a ranch with his daughter and three grandchildren in Fort Worth, where they raise horses and cattle.
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Chad Michael Murray (Lucas Scott)
Familiar to The WB audiences from his roles on Dawson's Creek and Gilmore Girls, Murray lands his first leading role in One Tree Hill as Lucas Scott, a brooding intellectual whose skills on the basketball court are matched only by his growing attraction to the beautiful girlfriend of his half-brother.
D.O.B.: August 24, 1981
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Familiar to The WB audiences from his roles on Dawson's Creek and Gilmore Girls, Murray lands his first leading role in One Tree Hill as Lucas Scott, a brooding intellectual whose skills on the basketball court are matched only by his growing attraction to the beautiful girlfriend of his half-brother.
Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Murray found a ready audience early in life. When he was 4, the young ham performed skits and sang made-up songs for his large family, which includes four brothers and a sister. At age 15, a high school football injury landed him in a hospital, where a nurse encouraged him to pursue a modeling career. Two years later, Murray won a scholarship from a modeling agency in Buffalo to attend a modeling convention in Orlando. There, an agent spotted him and brought him to Los Angeles.
Murray started modeling for such clients as Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci. His first television role soon followed, with a guest appearance on Diagnosis Murder. Shortly after, Murray won the role of Tristan, Rory's overconfident classmate, on Gilmore Girls. After one season on the show, he moved to Wilmington, North Carolina to play Katie Holmes' love interest in Dawson's Creek. Other television credits include the movie Aftermath with Meredith Baxter Birney and Robert Urich and the title role in The WB's The Lone Ranger.
A rising star on the big screen, Murray was seen this August in the remake of the classic film Freaky Friday, with Jamie Lee Curtis. He is currently filming the coveted lead role of Prince Charming in the Warner Bros. feature Cinderella Story, opposite Hilary Duff. He also appeared in Megiddo: Omega Code 2.
Currently living in Los Angeles, Murray is a natural athlete. His favorite sports are football and basketball. He is also an anti-drug role model for kids and is active in charities for children and teens.
Hilarie Burton (Peyton Sawyer)
D.O.B.: July 1, 1982
Hometown: Virginia
One of MTV's hottest VJs, Hilarie Burton, plays Peyton Sawyer, a smart, beautiful girl torn between two half-brothers on The WB's new drama One Tree Hill.
Born and raised in Loudoun County, Virginia, with her three brothers, Burton developed a passion for acting early in life. Shortly after moving to New York and pursuing her dream, she landed the coveted job of VJ at MTV.
As a host of TRL, MTV's wildly popular request show, Burton interviews the most talked-about people in entertainment. Her own show, MTV's Hits, launched from MTV's Beach House in May 2002. A daily show, the series features a one-hour block of the music videos from viewers' favorite artists such as Jennifer Lopez and Justin Timberlake.
Burton will continue to host TRL and MTV's Hits, traveling back and forth between New York and Wilmington, North Carolina, where One Tree Hill is being shot.
Sophia Bush (Brooke Davis)
D.O.B.: July 8, 1982
Hometown: Pasadena, California
Sophia Bush plays Brooke Davis, a feisty cheerleader who sets her sights on Lucas in The WB's new family drama One Tree Hill.
Born and raised in Pasadena, California, Bush started her career on her high school theater stage. Having been crowned the Pasadena Rose Queen, Bush quickly attracted representation.
Soon after Bush landed her first film role, in the comedy Van Wilder with Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid. Bush played Sally, a freshman in college who harbored a huge crush on Reynolds' character. She also appeared in HBO's Point of Origin with Ray Liotta and John Leguizamo and the independent film Learning Curves.
Recently, Bush was featured in a three-episode arc in the drama Nip/Tuck as a devious teenage bisexual. She also made a guest appearance on The WB's Sabrina The Teenage Witch as Sabrina's archrival.
Currently living in Wilmington, North Carolina while filming the series, Bush is an avid scrap-booker. Besides taking photographs for her books, she enjoys reading and spending time with her friends.
Paul Johansson (Dan Scott)
D.O.B.: January 26, 1964
Hometown: Spokane, Washington
Multi-talented actor, writer and director Paul Johansson stars as Dan Scott, a father who has chosen to live vicariously through one son, while ignoring the existence of the other, in the new drama One Tree Hill.
Born and raised in Spokane, Washington, Johansson was an avid athlete like his father, a former NHL player. After playing with the Canadian national team and leading his university to the Canadian College Championship game, he began contemplating a professional career in basketball overseas. Johansson chose to close the door on his athletic career and instead set his sights on Hollywood.
Making his Hollywood debut on the soap opera Santa Barbara, he soon moved on to a succession of television roles in such shows as Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Beverly Hills, 90210, Lonesome Dove: The Series, Highlander: The Raven and Ed McBain's 87th Precinct. Johansson also made memorable guest appearances in Dharma and Greg and The Drew Carey Show. He also had a recurring role in The District.
On the big screen, Johansson played Sally Field's soap opera husband in the film Soapdish. His other movie credits include When the Party's Over, The Big Picture, She's So Lovely, A Wilderness Station and Carnival of Souls.
As a filmmaker, Johansson wrote and directed the acclaimed film short Conversations in Limbo, which opened the Toronto Short Film Festival and was honored at the Nashville Independent Film Festival and ultimately acquired by the Sundance Film Channel.
Continuing as a writer and director, Johansson's current full-length feature The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie is premiering on Showtime this summer and stars Gena Rowlands and James Caan.
Currently, Johansson lives in Los Angeles.
Moria Kelly (Karen Rowe)
D.O.B.: March 6, 1968
Hometown: Queens, New York
Moira Kelly, best known to television audiences from her role as Madeline Hampton in The West Wing, plays a struggling single mother in The WB's new drama One Tree Hill.
Born and raised in Long Island, New York, Kelly studied music in high school and pursued a degree in drama at Marymount Manhattan College in New York. While performing in a senior-year theatrical showcase, she was spotted and soon after was signed by an agent.
She made her feature film debut in The Boy Who Cried Bitch. Her other noted film roles include Billy Bathgate, opposite Dustin Hoffman, The Cutting Edge, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, directed by David Lynch, Chaplin, with Robert Downey Jr. and director Sir Richard Attenborough and "With Honors," opposite Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser.
She also provided the voice of Nala in Disney's The Lion King. Her other film credits include Unhook the Stars, with Gena Rowlands and Marisa Tomei, and Dangerous Beauty, directed by Marshall Herskovitz.
Kelly's previous television appearances include the telefilms Love, Lies and Murder and Daybreak with Cuba Gooding Jr. She received critical accolades for her performance as Helen Keller in the television movie Monday After the Miracle and made her television series debut as the star of the romantic drama series To Have and To Hold.
Kelly divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.
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