In the pantheon of network teen heartthrobs, actor James Lafferty proved himself worthy of inclusion, making his way through the much-traveled training ground of nighttime WB dramas. As the conflicted basketball player Nathan Scott on “One Tree Hill” (CW, 2003- ), the well-chiseled hunk brooded in the arms of some rising and equally attractive company, proving that he had – much like his character – both the determination and the chops to rise above expectations.

Born on July 25, 1985, Lafferty experienced a relatively sunny childhood while being raised in Hemet, CA. His parents ran a