Heck, it’s hard to imagine that era of the CW without him.

But that’s what could’ve been if Lafferty had walked away from acting altogether.

If things had gone differently, he wouldn’t be where he is today.

ONE TREE HILL, James Lafferty

James Lafferty as Nathan Scott in ‘One Tree Hill’.Fred Norris/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection

It was my last shot at it, he said.

It felt like fate."

As a child actor, he appeared on shows likeBoston Public,Get Real, andFirst Monday.

Lafferty auditioned forOne Tree Hillwhen it was calledRavens, after the high school’s basketball team.

Stephen Colletti wrote, Beast!

andRobert Buckleywrote, Get it, stud.