Facts & Info

Trivia:
-Has a large family which includes three brothers, a half-brother and a sister.
-His father Rex works as an air traffic controller.
-His favorite football team is the Buffalo Bills.
-His favorite movie is Fight Club (1999).
-Was originally up for the role of Ryan Atwood on "The O.C." (2003), but turned it down for Lucas Scott on "One Tree Hill" (2003).
-Chad has said the most important event of his life so far was the day he got his dog Joe.
-If Chad was not an actor, he would have been a pediatrician.
-Chad and two of his "One Tree Hill" (2003) co-stars were on "Dawson's Creek" (1998) with him; Hilarie Burton (who plays Peyton Sawyer) and Lee Norris (who plays Mouth McFadden).
-Chad was on set when the studio burned down in Australia during the filming of House of Wax.
-Chad modelled for Tommy Hilfiger, Gucci and Skechers before becoming an actor.
-Chad was named #19 out of 137 on Entertainment Weekly's "2004 Must List."
-Got an accidental 'nose job' during his earlier modeling career! He was 'jumped' in a fast food restaurant and got his nose broken and had to have surgery. If you look closely, you can see the difference between his nose now and back then, because he had to get it fixed and it couldn't be constructed to the way it was.
-Was married to and divorced from Sofia Bush in 2005.
-His favorite book is "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger.
-Had his small intestine removed as the result of a football injury.
-At age fifteen, an injury landed him in a hospital where a nurse encouraged him to pursue a modeling career.