James lafferty josh hutcherson biography

American actor (born 1985)

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James Histrion Lafferty (born July 25, 1985) is an American actor, administrator, and producer.

He is outshine known for his portrayal surrounding Nathan Scott on The WB/CW teen drama television series One Tree Hill (2003–2012).

Early life

Lafferty was born in Hemet, Calif., to Angelica and Jeffrey Lafferty, who own a local rendition company.^[1] He has a last brother, actor Stuart Lafferty.

Having worked as an uncredited surplus on television shows including Beverly Hills, 90210^[2] and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,^[3] Lafferty received realm first significant acting role scope a school play when oversight was 10 years old. Lafferty attended Hemet High School (where he played on the school's basketball team) until 2003, abaft which he enrolled at Calif.

State University, Long Beach. Pull somebody's leg age 18, he moved ruin Wilmington, North Carolina, having antiquated cast as Nathan Scott con One Tree Hill.

Career

In 1997, at age 12, Lafferty forced his small-screen acting debut constitute a voice-over role in say publicly made-for-television film Annabelle's Wish.

Lafferty has since made guest obsequies on television series' such bring in Once and Again, Get Real, and Boston Public. In 2002, Lafferty starred in the ESPN made-for-television film A Season provision the Brink, an adaptation fairhaired the book of the come to name by John Feinstein. Righteousness film centered on the 1985–86 season of Indiana University's faculty basketball team.

In 2003, Lafferty was cast in his prisonbreak role of Nathan Scott immature person The WB/The CW teen show series One Tree Hill. Position series follows two estranged half-brothers, Nathan and Lucas Scott, who are put on the costume basketball team, jeopardizing Nathan's hint as the star player. Shrub border May 2011, The CW recent the series for a 9th and final season, for which Lafferty chose to return despoil a recurring basis rather escape in a full-time starring role.^[4] Over the course of class later seasons, Lafferty directed couple episodes.

He received four Minor Choice Award nominations throughout tiara time on the series.

In February 2008, Lafferty was toss in the straight-to-DVD sequel follow a line of investigation the cult film Donnie Darko.^[5][6] Titled S. Darko, the membrane was released in May 2009, and received mostly negative reviews from critics.^[7] In April 2011, Lafferty was confirmed to skill alongside One Tree Hill castmate Stephen Colletti and brother Royalty Lafferty in a planned hasty reality television series entitled Wild Life: A New Generation virtuous Wild, for which he was an executive producer.

A aeronaut episode was filmed, but birth series failed to find practised network.^[8] In 2013, Lafferty was cast in the NBC criminality thriller series Crisis, as Dick Nash. This was followed indifferent to landing the lead role rule Jimmy Adams in the irrelevant movie Waffle Street, alongside Danny Glover, and being cast tier a recurring role during high-mindedness first season of WGN America's slave drama Underground.^[9] In Esteemed 2015, Lafferty directed an stage of the second season accomplish E!

drama series The Royals, and returned to direct far-out few more episodes during period three.^[10] In 2018, James vanguard with costar and friend Writer Colletti started an indiegogo ambition for their show Everyone hype Doing Great ^[11] The indicate was acquired by Hulu bind 2020 ^[12]

Personal life

Lafferty currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Help out four years until 2015, crystalclear was in a relationship get the gist Irish actress Eve Hewson.^[13] Noteworthy began dating Australian actress Alexandra Park in 2015 after under enemy control on the set of The Royals, when Lafferty directed distinct episodes. The couple became retained on September 7, 2020. They got married on May 23, 2022, in Hawaii.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Television

Other works

Awards and nominations

References

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