Much to the delight of every thirtysomething Millennial, One Tree Hill has just landed on Netflix UK – meaning we’re all revisiting the basketball-themed teen drama in our droves (as well as our favourite emo bands that soundtracked the show, naturally).
For those of you not in the know or watching it for the first time (outrageous!), the show follows Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) – the illegitimate half-brother of basketball captain Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) – as he battles his way onto the school team, the Ravens.
Simultaneously, Lucas and Nathan’s girlfriend, cheerleader Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton Morgan), clearly have a helluva lot of chemistry, while Lucas’ BFF Haley James (Bethany Joy Lenz) starts falling for his jock half-brother after being tasked with tutoring him. And that’s before we even get to Brooke Davis, played by the phenomenal Sophia Bush.
Now, a lot of the cast members are still very much in the public eye – Chad Michael Murray, for example, only recently reprised his role as Jake in the 2025 reboot of Freaky Friday, and before that, appeared in Netflix hit Riverdale. But others in the original line-up have either stepped away from the limelight altogether or have focused on other careers.
Here’s where the One Tree Hill cast is today
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Lucas, played by Chad Michael Murray
As mentioned, Chad Michael Murray has kept pretty busy since leaving One Tree Hill in 2009, which stands to reason, as he’d already appeared in Gilmore GirlsDawson’s Creek, A Cinderella Story and the original Freaky Friday movie before he got the role of Lucas Scott.
After the show, he went on to appear in various series and movies, staying active with an acting project pretty much every year since the show, and most notably featuring in season 3 of Riverdale as Edgar Evernever – a sinister yet charming cult leader who was “farming” human organs. Yup.
In terms of his personal life, although he dated co-star Sophia Bush from 2003 and got married to her in 2005, the pair split five months later. He then married fellow actor Sarah Roemer in 2014 and shares three kids with her.
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Nathan, played by James Lafferty
Similarly, James Lafferty has enjoyed a decent acting career since One Tree Hillstarring in The Haunting of Hill House and Everybody Is Doing Great.
