Chad Michael Murray is one of the best known actors and screenwriters in the United States, and also a former model. Chad Michael Murray was born in 1981 in New York. As a kid Chad was abandoned by his mother – that’s how he explains his role in the TV show “One Three Hill”. As a student he was interested in both literature and sports, especially football. In football he didn’t achieve anything to write home about, but he unfortunately had his nose broken. That’s why later journalists were sure that Chad Michael Murray underwent a nose job, but that wasn’t true. Surgeons were able to simply reset it. Anyways, it didn’t inhibit him in Murray’s future career as a model.
Chad Michael Murray Net Worth $12 Million
Since 1999, after moving to Los Angeles, Chad has been modelling and soon afterwards became known as the face of companies such as Tommy Hilfiger, Gucci and Skechers. He has appeared on different magazines covers, including on Rolling Stone, Weekly, Vanity Fair and People. People magazine even named Murray one of the “Sexiest Men Alive”. His career in the fashion industry was one of the first serious investments in his net worth.
About that time he also started to get his first roles in movies and TV shows. Murray’s first appearance on TV was in 2000, when he played Dan in the TV show “Undressed”, Episode #2, 17. But unquestionably, the most notable of Chad Michael Murray’s appearances on TV was in the American TV drama series called “One Three Hill”. In this young adult drama, he played talented writer and basketball player Lucas Eugenes Scott. This character has become extremely popular among teenagers, especially young girls.
Thanks to his role in One Three Hill, Chad Michael Murray was five times nominated for Teen Choice Awards – for most Breakout TV Male Star , best drama actor, best choice TV chemistry, best drama/action/adventure. He won this award twice – in 2004 (Choice Breakout TV Star – Male) and in 2008 (Choice TV Actor: Drama). He received two more Teen Choice Awards for starring in movies “House of Wax” and “A Cinderella Story”. Thanks to his great acting, Murray has become one of the most loved actors and one of the richer ones too. For 2012 the actor has an estimated net worth of $12 milion.
Today Chad Michael Murray continues his career as an actor. In 2013 alone he played six roles in different TV movies and shows such as Fruitvale Station, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia and A Madea Christmas.
Talking about personal life, Chad married an American actress, spokesperson and director in year 2005. However, this marriage was the one of short duration and couple announced a divorce in 2006. But Murray wasn’t single for long, and in the same year he began dating the actress Kenzie Dalton. The couple became engaged in April 2006, but after seven years their relationship ended. Since then Chad Michael Murray is dating the famous Australian model and actress Nicky Whelan, but the couple haven’t announced their engagement yet.
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star - Male
Nominations
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Chemistry, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Love Scene, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble
Movies
A Cinderella Story, Freaky Friday, House of Wax, Outlaws and Angels, Left Behind, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, A Madea Christmas, Fruitvale Station, To Write Love on Her Arms, Cavemen, Lies in Plain Sight, Christmas Cupid, Other People's Children, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, Home...
TV Shows
Agent Carter, Texas Rising, One Tree Hill, Sun Records, Movie Life: House of Wax
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(2003) I've never considered myself a dreamer. I have goals and I'm going to obtain them. I say, "This is what I want to do", and then I go do it. When I came to town, my first three goals came true -- in the order I set them up. I sat down with my manager the first day. He wanted to know my goals and why I was here. I told him I wanted to be on the WB. I said, "It's great training ground". I wanted to be on Dawson's Creek (1998). I told him, "I think those kids could help me sharpen my teeth. They could teach me a lot". I also told them I wanted my own series. In that order, it's happened! It's really, really weird.
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(2003, on first moving to L.A.) My first thought was, "Oh my goodness. I'm alone. What do I do now?" I didn't know anybody. I'd sit at home in a studio apartment that had nothing. I had two channels on my TV. I didn't even have furniture. I slept on the floor. I'd get lonely during the day so I'd pick up the phone and want to talk to people from home.
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(2003, on his love of football) Sunday mornings, I wake up at 10 and I don't leave from in front of the set until midnight. I have friends over, except when the Buffalo Bills are playing. Then I don't want anyone around. It's just me and the dog. We sit there in our Buffalo Bills jerseys -- my dog has one too -- and we totally focus on the game. At 8 p.m. I take a break and watch The Simpsons, then it's back to football. Listen, I even have DirecTV in my trailer for when we have to work out of town. I'm not missing any games.
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I don't like to be alone. It's scary being alone. I'm always worried that I'm going to be abandoned or that people won't care for me.
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I love acting, but part of me wants to have a family, raise kids - have a normal life.
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Imagine you are walking along and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life. - on fiancée Kenzie Dalton.
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In the end, it's not about fame or fortune. It's what you leave behind
your work and your family - that really counts.
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Yeah, you lose equipment, You lose the stage. You lose everything else. But the fact of the matter is everyone got out OK. That's all we cared about. Everything else can be replaced.
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"I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that's a philosophy then that's my philosophy.
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When you realize you're alive, you can live life!
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I am bothered by some rumors, but they come with the job.
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I am an ordinary guy who likes normal things, and have feelings like a normal human being.
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Tyler Hilton is one of my best friends now, As a human being, he's an incredible person and as an artist, he's an incredible artist. I love his music, every time I get in the car, he's in the CD player.
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My goal is to grow as much as I can as a human being.
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If nothing had happened for me with acting, I would have gone to college and played football.
I hated high school. I didn't have any friends because I didn't fit in, but I enjoyed the educational part of it. My teachers allowed me to be creative, so I thought past high school to what I wanted to do.
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The rumors - that's the thing I hate. People assume way too much, and I can't stand it. I know the truth; I don't feel like I have to defend myself. I'm a pretty good guy. Yeah, I like to go out with my boys and have a good time - I'm 23 years old! But the next thing you know, there are 20 stories about me. It's inappropriate on so many levels. I don't know if it will ever stop. All I need to know is, I have faith in myself and I know what's really going on.
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Writing inspires me. I couldn't live without my journal.
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My ideal girl is someone who's smart and pretty in an innocent way, and someone who listens and cares.
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[on why he looked so different when not filming OTH] I prefer to keep my hair short - very short. I also like having a good amount of facial hair. But unfortunately, Lucas cannot have a beard. At the end of the season, hacking off the hair is my ritual. It all goes!
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I'm scared of dolls. When I was a little kid, we used to go to my grandma's house and she'd have all these porcelain dolls and they are just freaky. They have those little painted faces on them...and ugh! They used to scare the crap out of me.
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I love a conservative girl. Let me be honest. I love a great pair of jeans and I love turtlenecks... Most guys want to see a girl wearing nothing! Tank tops are cute, too. Then you show a little skin, but you're still conservative.
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I didn't fit in to the trends at school, but I did just fine.
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"Dad never had time to relax. When we were young, he'd get us off to school before he'd go to work as a controller for a nine-hour day, come home, make dinner, make sure we got our homework done, then go right to sleep and do it all over again the next morning." - Chad says of his father's hectic work and family juggling act.
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"Trust me, high school ends. You graduate and get away from all the people you never want to see again - it's all good".
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"I think people should do what makes them happy. Peer pressure shouldn't make an impact on what you want to do with your life".
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When asked about what he thinks is the most important issue he says, "Kids being drug-free. I always want kids to be allowed to have a chance or a shot in life."
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He has English, Irish, Polish, German, and Swiss-German ancestry.
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His wife, Sarah Roemer, gave birth to their first child, a son on May 31, 2015.
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Ended his 7-year engagement to Kenzie Dalton in September 2013.
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He has recently finished filming House of Wax (2005) and has no current plans in the future except his new song about a drug free America! [2005]
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In Wilmington filming Season 5 of One Tree Hill (2003). [August 2007]
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He is currently residing in Wilmington, North Carolina, working on the Third season of One Tree Hill (2003). [June 2005]
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He is currently residing in Wilmington, North Carolina, working on the second season of One Tree Hill (2003). [August 2004]
His mom left his family when he was only 10 years old, which he says helps him to relate to his character Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill (2003).
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Ranked #22 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (23 January 2005 issue).
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He has three dogs. A shepherd/wolf mix named Joe, which he takes everywhere with him and a guard dog named Axel. He and Kenzie share a Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix named TumTum.
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His favorite book is "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.
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His first job was when he was 10 delivering newspapers, then when he turned 14 he started working as a janitor at the local doughnut shop.
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His favorite football team is the Buffalo Bills
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Has 4 brothers (Rex, Nick, Brandon, and half brother Tyler) and a sister (Shannon).
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His mother abandoned his family when he was just 10 years old.
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His father Rex works as an air traffic controller.
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Underwent a resection of his small intestine as the result of a football injury, so he can't gain weight.
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Got an accidental 'nose job' during his earlier modeling career! He was 'jumped' in a fast food restaurant and got his nose broken and had to have surgery. If you look closely, you can see the difference between his nose now and back then, because he had to get it fixed and it couldn't be constructed to the way it was.
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His favorite fashion accessory is a hemp necklace that his father gave him and a necklace made for him from Kenzie.
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