James Martin Lafferty (born July 25th, 1985 in Hemet, California) is an American actor and director. He is best known for One Tree Hill.
He is currently married to actress Alexandra Park.
Filmography:
- As Creator/Executive Producer/Writer:
- Everyone Is Doing Great (2021 - Present)
- As Director:
- One Tree Hill (2003 - 2012; 4 episodes)
- The Royals (2015 to 2018; 5 episodes)
- Everyone Is Doing Great (2021 - Present; 8 episodes)
- All American (2022; 1 episode)
- As Actor:
- Boston Public (2001) as Michael Scott
- Once and Again (2001 - 2002) as Tad
- One Tree Hill (2003 - 2012) as Nathan Scott
- S. Darko (2009) as Justin Sparrow
- Oculus (2013) as Michael Dumont
- Crisis (2014) as Mr. Nash
- Waffle Street (2015) as Jimmy Adams
- Underground (2016) as U.S. Marshal Kyle Risdin
- Small Town Crime (2017) as Tony Lama
- The Haunting of Hill House (2018) (2018) as Ryan
- The Right Stuff (2020) as Scott Carpenter
- Everyone Is Doing Great (2021 - Present) as Jeremy Davis
- All American (2022) as Connor Murphy
This actor's roles provide examples of:
- Cast the Expert/The Cast Show Off: Was cast as Nathan Scott in One Tree Hill in part because he was able to actually play basketball, and as such would film all of Nathan's athletic feats himself.
- Mr. Fanservice: Mostly in One Tree Hill.
- Romance on the Set: Reportedly dated his One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Shantel VanSanten. He later married Alexandra Park after meeting on the set of The Royals when he was working as director.
- Star-Making Role: As Nathan Scott in One Tree Hill.
- Write What You Know: Everyone Is Doing Great is in part inspired by the difficulties Lafferty faced getting work after the conclusion of One Tree Hill.
