In 2000, he stood out in the role audition of Warner Bros. Entertainment and appeared in the family emotional TV series " Gilmore Girls "
, thus officially entering the show business circle. In 2001, he co-starred in the science fiction film " Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 " with Michael Hugh Johnson and Michael Bean , which was his first film work.
In 2003, he co-starred in the idol drama " One Tree Hill " with Soph and James Lafferty . In the drama, he played the leading actor and played the role of Lucas Scott, a high school basketball player who grew up from a single-parent family
. In the same year, he co-starred in the comedy " Freaky Friday " with Lindsay Dee Lohan, LL, and La .
In 2004, he co-starred in the romantic comedy " A Cinderella Story " with Hilary Duff , and played the captain of the school football team Austin Ames in the film. With this film, he won the American Youth Choice Award for Best Breakthrough Film Actor Award
.
In 2005, he co-starred in the horror film " House of Wax " with Leesh , Paris Whitney Hilton , and Jared Padalecki . In the film, he played Carly's tough brother Nick. With this film, he was nominated for the best film confrontation in the American Youth Choice Award
.
On December 15, 2006, the war drama " Home of the Brave " co-starred with Samuel L. Jackson and Jesse was released
. In 2008, he won the American Youth Choice Award for Best Drama TV Actor for "One Tree Hill"
.
In 2009, after the end of "One Tree Hill Season Six", due to personal and professional reasons, he did not choose to renew his contract with the crew
. In 2010, co-starred in the comedy " Christmas Cupid " with Christina Milian and Ash . In August 2011, Chad Michael Murray announced his return to the "One Tree Hill" crew and starred in the ninth season (the final season)
.
In 2012, he co-starred in the feature film " Renee " with Kat Dennings . In February 2013, the horror film " The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia " co-starred with Katee Sackhoff was released
; in July, the feature film " Fruitvale Station " co-starred with Michael Bakari Jordan and Kevin Durand was released. Adapted from real events
; in December, the comedy " A Madea Christmas " starring in partnership with Tyler Perry was released.
On October 3, 2014, the disaster film "Left Behind" co-starred with Nicolas Kim Coppola and Nicky Whelan was released in North America. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name, in which he plays the reporter Buck Williams
. In January 2015, the sci-fi TV series " Agent Carter " co-starred with Hayley Atwell was launched. The play was adapted from Marvel comics, in which he played an agent named Jack Thompson
; in May, the drama mini-series " Texas Rising " starred by him was launched.
In 2016, starred in the feature film " Outlaws and Angels ". In 2017, he starred in the music biography TV series "Sun Records" and played the role of American music producer Sam Phillips who discovered Elvis Presley and other rock singers in the play
.
In 2019, starred in the crime suspense TV series " Riverdale " and played Edgar Evernever
. In 2020, co-starred in the action film " Survive the Night " with Walter Bruce Willis
.