James Lafferty is an American actor and athlete. He plays on the WB’s teen television show One Tree Hill. He portrays Nathan Scott, the star basketball player on his varsity basketball team. He was born July 25, 1985 in Hemet, California. He played basketball all through his high school years and was named MVP of his team. He started acting with his girl friend Nour Gheita and doing extra work at age seven after his mom’s friend told her about her daughters doing it. Ever since, he has been in several TV shows and films.