 Aside
from a love for hoops, it seemed that Lucas (Chad Michael Murray,
Cinderella Story, House of Wax) and Nathan (James Lafferty, Emeril)
were two young men with little in common, but they were bound by the
fact that they share the same father.
Nathan
has gone through significant changes since he and Lucas first met.
The star of the high school basketball team, Nathan hails from a
wealthy family, while his half-brother Lucas is the only child of
a single working mom. He is also a legendary basketball player in
his own right. After growing up on opposite sides of the tracks
in the same small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, the two boys'
lives suddenly collided when a twist of fate put Lucas on Nathan's
high school basketball team and the half-brothers competed, not
only for control of the court, but also for the heart of Nathan's
then-girlfriend Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton, MTV's TRL).
Lucas'
transition into Nathan's world created an instant love triangle.
Although she was Nathan's girlfriend at the time, Peyton felt an
instant connection to Lucas. Complicating things even more, Peyton's
feisty best friend, Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush, Van Wilder), quickly
set her sights on Lucas, adding to Peyton's confusion over her own
growing feelings for him. It didn't take Nathan long to notice Lucas'
best friend, Haley (Bethany Joy Lenz, Guiding Light), an unusual
and intriguing girl who helped Nathan deal with his family issues
and become a kinder person in the process.
While
the teenagers struggled to find their places in the world, the adults
in Tree Hill were left to deal with the residue of decisions they
made years ago. Nathan's father Dan (Paul Johansson, John Q) and
Lucas' mother Karen (Moira Kelly, The West Wing) were high school
sweethearts. When Karen became pregnant during their senior year,
she was devastated by Dan's decision to put his own life and career
first. He went off to college on a basketball scholarship, leaving
Karen behind to raise their son Lucas alone. When Dan's dream of
a basketball career didn't work out, he returned to town with Deb
(Barbara Alyn Woods, Striptease), the wife he met in college, and
his new son, Nathan. Although he became a wealthy businessman and
one of the biggest fish in the small pond of Tree Hill, Dan's marriage
to Deb slowly fell apart, and he lived his basketball dreams through
Nathan.
Dan's
actions have had a ripple effect on many people in the town. While
Karen struggled to raise Lucas without a father, she remained friends
with Dan's older brother Keith (Craig Sheffer, A River Runs Through
It). Keith is Lucas' biological uncle and served as his surrogate
father over the years. His connection to Lucas is complicated by
his attraction to Karen, and he is haunted by the possibility that
he and Karen might have ended up together - and the hope that they
still could. Karen's entire adult life has been focused on her son,
but now that he's taking his first steps into a new world, she knows
she can't protect him anymore and must start leading her own life.
Lucas
Scott on One Tree Hill
Chad
Michael Murray stars on The WB's hit drama, One Tree Hill, as Lucas
Scott, a brooding intellectual who is struggling to find his place
in Tree Hill in The WB's hit drama One Tree Hill.
Murray's
previous television roles included playing the love interest to
both Joey (Katie Holmes) and Jen (Michelle Williams) on Dawson's
Creek. He also appeared in a recurring roll as Rory's (Alexis Bledel)
overconfident classmate, Tristan, on Gilmore Girls. Other television
credits include Aftermath, with Meredith Baxter Birney and Robert
Ulrich and the title role in The WB's The Lone Ranger.
On
the big screen, Murray recently starred as Prince Charming in Warner
Bros' A Cinderella Story, opposite Hilary Duff. Additionally, he
will star as the lead in Joel Silver's remake of House Of Wax, opposite
Elisha Cuthbert. House of Wax is scheduled to be released in Spring/Summer
2005. He also co-starred in Disney's critically acclaimed remake
of Freaky Friday, opposite Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan.
Murray
was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, where he also attended
college on scholarship. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Murray
is an anti-drug role model for kids and is active in charities for
children and teens.
Nathan
Scott on One Tree Hill
James
Lafferty plays Nathan Scott, the star basketball player who has
recently abandoned his parents and hopes to start a new life as
a newlywed in The WB's hit drama One Tree Hill.
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 Wilmington while filming, 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.
Peyton
Sawyer on One Tree Hill
Audiences
are familiar with Hilarie Burton from her work as one of MTV's hottest
VJs. Today, Burton plays Peyton Sawyer, the fiercely independent,
beautiful high school student on The WB's hit drama One Tree Hill.
With a presence in network and cable TV, radio and soon, the big
screen, she is one of the hottest young stars of today.
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 to pursue her dream, she landed the coveted job
of VJ at MTV.
As
a host of TRL, MTV's wildly popular request show, and various MTV
specials, Burton interviews the most talked-about people in entertainment,
from Angelina Jolie to Ben Affleck. You can also catch her talking
to the hottest names in music on her popular syndicated college
radio show "W.O.B.U."
Haley
James on One Tree Hill
Multi-talented
actress and musician Bethany Joy Lenz returns for a second season
as Haley, the quintessential girl next-door and best friend to Lucas
Scott (Chad Michael Murray), on The WB's hit drama One Tree Hill.
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.
Bethany
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. Bethany was
hired to play Linda Halleck in the Stephen King feature Thinner.
Next
year, Burton will make her feature film debut in, Our Very Own,
a comedy/drama set in Nashville, Tennesse, in the 1970s.
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.
Dan
Scott on One Tree Hill
Multi-talented
actor, writer and director Paul Johansson stars as Dan Scott, Lucas
and Nathan's father, who is struggling to recover from his heart
attack and seemingly wants to put his family back together, in The
WB's hit 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, Paul wrote and directed the acclaimed 19-minute film
short, Conversations in Limbo, which opened the Toronto Short Film
Festival. This film was honored at the Nashville Independent Film
Festival and ultimately acquired by the Sundance Film Channel.
Paul
was recently awarded two Emmys for the feature film he wrote and
directed, The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie. The film stars Gena Rowlands
and James Caan and was produced by Nick Cassavetes.
Currently,
Johansson lives in Los Angeles.
Haley
James on One Tree Hill
Multi-talented
actress and musician Bethany Joy Lenz returns for a second season
as Haley, the quintessential girl next-door and best friend to Lucas
Scott (Chad Michael Murray), on The WB's hit drama One Tree Hill.
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.
Bethany
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. Bethany was
hired to play Linda Halleck in the Stephen King feature 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. In 1999, while still appearing on the show, she
was cast as 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 into prime time. She booked roles on Felicity , Charmed,
The Guardian, the Weitz brothers comedy Off Center, Maybe It's Me
and the pilot Destiny for Jerry Bruckheimer Productions. Later that
year, she starred in the comedy Bring It On, Again, a sequel to
the Universal feature.
Lenz
is a triple threat and was vocally trained by the Director of The
Brooklyn College of Opera. She still considers herself a "musical
theatre baby" and spends much of her free time with her guitar
or piano, writing new music. Her stage credits include working with
director Garry Marshall and Carole King on a new musical and with
director Arthur Allan Seidelman on a production of The Outsiders.
Her
hobbies include cooking, horseback riding, knitting, fashion and
of course music.
Dan
Scott on One Tree Hill
Multi-talented
actor, writer and director Paul Johansson stars as Dan Scott, Lucas
and Nathan's father, who is struggling to recover from his heart
attack and seemingly wants to put his family back together, in The
WB's hit 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, Paul wrote and directed the acclaimed 19-minute film
short, Conversations in Limbo, which opened the Toronto Short Film
Festival. This film was honored at the Nashville Independent Film
Festival and ultimately acquired by the Sundance Film Channel.
Paul
was recently awarded two Emmys for the feature film he wrote and
directed, The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie. The film stars Gena Rowlands
and James Caan and was produced by Nick Cassavetes.
Currently,
Johansson lives in Los Angeles.
Brooke
Davis on One Tree Hill
Sophia
Bush plays Brooke Davis, a feisty cheerleader and provocateur in
The WB's hit 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.
Bush
recently wrapped production on the feature film Supercross, co-starring
Daryl Hannah and Robert Patrick. She landed her first movie 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.
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 arch rival.
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.
Deb
Scott on One Tree Hill
No
stranger to television, Barbara Alyn Woods returns to the small
screen as Deb Scott, Nathan's (James Lafferty) mother who must deal
with an estranged son and a broken marriage on The WB's drama One
Tree Hill.
Born
and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Woods performed regularly at "The
Victory Gardens Theatre" before moving to Los Angeles to pursue
her film career.
On
the big screen, Woods appeared in the feature film Striptease with
Demi Moore. Other film credits include Circuitry Man, I Downloaded
a Ghost, Frankie Starlight, The Waterdance with Eric Stoltz and
Flesh and Bone with Dennis Quaid.
Woods
is most famously known for her role on the television series Honey,
I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show where she played Diane Szalinski
for three seasons. She has guest starred on numerous hit television
shows including American Dreams, Providence, Ally McBeal, Touched
by an Angel, Murder She Wrote, Seinfeld, Star Trek: The Next Generation
and Wings. In addition, Woods was a recurring character on the award-winning
show Picket Fences and Dream on and starred in the telepicture House
of Secrets and Lies.
Woods
currently resides in Wilmington, North Carolina, with her husband
and two young daughters.
Whitey
Durham on One Tree Hill
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. This summer, Corbin played the role of
Sheriff Buster Watkins in the feature Molding Clay, directed by
William Katt.
Corbin
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, which 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.
Keith
Scott on One Tree Hill
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 stars
as Keith Scott, a kind-hearted mechanic who has helped raise his
brother¿s son as his own, on The WB's hit drama One
Tree Hill.
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 state-wide
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
Desh 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
Fishburn and Alfre Woodard in the Emmy Award-winning HBO special
Miss Evers' Boys.
On
his break from One Tree Hill, Sheffer directed his first feature
film called American Crude, starring Rob Schneider, Ron Livingston
and Michael Clark Duncan.
Currently
living in Los Angeles, Sheffer enjoys spending time with his family
and writing poetry.
Karen
on One Tree Hill
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 drama One Tree Hill.
Born
and raised on 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. |
