Born on the 25th of July in the year 1985, James is active in the entertainment business since the year 1997. James full name is James Martin Lafferty and his birthplace is Hemet located in California. His parents are Angie and Jeff Lafferty. They both are the owners of a construction company in their native. Acting drew his family attention owing to which his younger brother, Stuart is also an actor. Starting from a school play at the age of ten to acting on screen he has come a long way. Hemet High School is the one he attended for his primary education and later on he got admitted to the California State University located in Long Beach. However, soon when he was 18 year of age he had to relocate to Wilmington located in North Carolina for his role in the TV show ‘One Tree Hill.’
Talking about his debut, it was a voice role in Annabelle’s Wish, a TV film. His early days on screen appearances include cameos in TV serials like Boston Public and Once and Again. He was also a part of a television film named Season on the Brink, centred on basketball team of Indiana University. One Tree Hill happened to him in the year 2003. He played the role of a teenager named Nathan Scott. The show was plotted to be the story of two brothers in an estranged relationship. The character of Nathan did wonders for him and he emerged as crowd’s favourite. The show had a whooping viewer’s count of 2.5 million and rose as more episodes were aired. James, owing to the popularity of the show was called upon to gossip and chat shows like Elle Girl, Teen people and Entertainment Weekly. James extended his contribution on the show and went on to direct four episodes of the later season. Donnie Darko’s sequel film casted James. Shooting for the film started off on 18th of May in the year 2008 at various locations in Utah. With a total budget of 4 million USD the film released in the year 2009 but came off as a total disappointment from the critics’ side. Having worked in various movies and TV shows James later managed to produce the wildlife show ‘Wild Life: A New generation of Wild.’ His current endeavours include direction of the shows ‘The Royals’ which is aired on the cable’s E! Network.
Apart from being into acting business, James has a handsome height of 1.88m which supports him to be a talented basketball player. Playing basketball is not the only thing his is into, he has also hosted annual charity basketball in Wilmington from the year 2003 to 2008.
The One Tree Hill actor is not married yet, but he is known for his more than one past affairs. Prominent amongst them was with One Tree Hill co-actor, Sophia Bush. Lately, there was news that he got engaged to his current girlfriend and is planning for marriage soon. Total net worth of James as now is nearly 5 million USD.
| Birth Date: | 25 Jul, 1985 |
| Age: | 34 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Television actor Television director |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Hemet |
| residence: | Los Angeles |
| Education: | California State University, Long Beach |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor |
| Twitter Id: | Thisislafferty |
| Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |
