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Born in Buffalo, New York, Chad Murray found an eager audience early on. When he was four or five years old, the young ham performed skits and sang made-up songs for his large
family which includes three brothers, a half-brother and a sister. He admits to being picked on as a young child by neighborhood bullies. At age fifteen at Clarence High School, a football injury landed
him in a hospital. Fortunately a nurse there encouraged him to pursue a modeling career.
Two years later, Chad won a scholarship from a modeling agency in Buffalo to attend a modeling convention
in Orlando, Florida. There he met his destiny when an agent from Los Angeles spotted him and persuaded the seventeen-year-old to pursue his dream of acting after graduation from high school.
Before Chad become an actor, it is reported that he worked as both a donut shop janitor and a receptionist for a limousine company
In 1999, the aspiring actor headed for Hollywood where he
supported himself modeling for such clients as Sketchers, Tommy Hilfiger, and Gucci while looking for a break. Soon after he arrived, Chad appeared in several television guest roles including an episode
of "Diagnosis Murder." Soon he got the call he'd been hoping for. The WB's "Gilmore Girls" was casting for the role of Tristan DuGrey. They were looking for someone who was likable
and charismatic but with an edgy side, and someone who had that certain "IT" quality. Chad was all that plus he had the perfect physical characteristics that the show's writers had in mind. The
teenager won the role and has since made the character his own.
His favorite movies (all on DVD) include Gladiator, Fight Club, Varsity Blues, and Any Given Sunday with his fave TV shows being
the Simpsons and Fear Factor. Favoured books include Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; and Incubus and Dave Matthews Band are his fave bands
He loves Mint and choc chip ice cream as well as
spaghetti with sausage and chicken with french fries. He admits to eating way too much sugar and junk food! And if he could have dinner with anyone in the world it would be with Brad Pitt.
His
confessed worst habit is "Putting my foot in my mouth" - when I talk sometimes I say stuff I don't mean - usually very stupid things. He is most comfortable on weekends in jeans, sleeveless
shirts, t-shirts and jean jackets.
He admires the talents of actors Ed Norton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino and Robert DiNiro and uses their influences in his work. Always a firm believer in
clean living, Chad is a natural athlete. He played his favorite sport, football, in high school and keeps fit by working out at the gym, inline skating, playing soccer, volleyball and basketball as well
as football pick-up games. He is an anti-drug role model for kids and is active in charities for children and teens during his spare time. Still very single, Chad has set up house with a pug named Gus
and a unique boisterous cat named Jack, who keep him from missing his large family too much.
His dream girl? Someone who is sweet, supportive, with a great personality; a girl who can talk,
and who can listen; can enjoy doing nothing sometimes; a smart girl.
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