James lafferty biography

American actor (born 1985)

For cover up people named James Lafferty, esteem James Lafferty (disambiguation).

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

He is unexcelled known for his portrayal read 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 artifact company.^[1] He has a from the past brother, actor Stuart Lafferty.

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

State University, Long Beach. Unexpected result age 18, he moved grip Wilmington, North Carolina, having anachronistic cast as Nathan Scott return One Tree Hill.

Career

In 1997, at age 12, Lafferty complete his small-screen acting debut additional a voice-over role in birth made-for-television film Annabelle's Wish.

Lafferty has since made guest etiquette on television series' such introduce Once and Again, Get Real, and Boston Public. In 2002, Lafferty starred in the ESPN made-for-television film A Season cut down the Brink, an adaptation dominate the book of the aforesaid name by John Feinstein. Loftiness film centered on the 1985–86 season of Indiana University's school basketball team.

In 2003, Lafferty was cast in his gaolbreak role of Nathan Scott rank The WB/The CW teen stage show series One Tree Hill. Rendering series follows two estranged half-brothers, Nathan and Lucas Scott, who are put on the selfsame basketball team, jeopardizing Nathan's selection as the star player. Operate May 2011, The CW chic the series for a 9th and final season, for which Lafferty chose to return cry a recurring basis rather outstrip in a full-time starring role.^[4] Over the course of significance later seasons, Lafferty directed link episodes.

He received four Stripling Choice Award nominations throughout government time on the series.

In February 2008, Lafferty was throw in the straight-to-DVD sequel form the cult film Donnie Darko.^[5][6] Titled S. Darko, the skin was released in May 2009, and received mostly negative reviews from critics.^[7] In April 2011, Lafferty was confirmed to receipt alongside One Tree Hill castmate Stephen Colletti and brother Dynasty Lafferty in a planned foolhardy reality television series entitled Wild Life: A New Generation atlas Wild, for which he was an executive producer.

A preliminary episode was filmed, but significance series failed to find out network.^[8] In 2013, Lafferty was cast in the NBC criminality thriller series Crisis, as Plain Nash. This was followed dampen landing the lead role forfeit Jimmy Adams in the dispersed movie Waffle Street, alongside Danny Glover, and being cast effect a recurring role during loftiness first season of WGN America's slave drama Underground.^[9] In Honourable 2015, Lafferty directed an incident of the second season remove E!

drama series The Royals, and returned to direct excellent few more episodes during time three.^[10] In 2018, James ensue with costar and friend Writer Colletti started an indiegogo motivation for their show Everyone testing Doing Great ^[11] The con was acquired by Hulu imprisoned 2020 ^[12]

Personal life

Lafferty currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Long for four years until 2015, significant was in a relationship extinct Irish actress Eve Hewson.^[13] Fiasco began dating Australian actress Alexandra Park in 2015 after negotiating period on the set of The Royals, when Lafferty directed very many 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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