--- name: "James Lafferty" canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-lafferty" fi1m_id: "james-lafferty" imdb_id: "nm0480798" tmdb_id: 98050 wikidata_id: "Q313095" roles: ["Director"] born: "25 July 1985" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-23T11:11:34.787338+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # James Lafferty ## Identity James Lafferty - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-lafferty - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** james-lafferty - **IMDb ID:** nm0480798 - **TMDB ID:** 98050 - **Wikidata ID:** Q313095 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lafferty, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313095, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98050 Director. Born 25 July 1985 in Hemet, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 25 July 1985, Hemet, California, USA - **Active:** 2003–2018 - **Also known as:** James Martin Lafferty - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (1), 2010s 80 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lafferty, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313095, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98050 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography James Martin Lafferty is an American actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Nathan Scott in the WB/CW series *One Tree Hill* (2003–2012), appearing in 182 episodes, and for directing four episodes of the series. Lafferty was born on 25 July 1985 in Hemet, California. He attended Hemet High School before moving to Wilmington, North Carolina, for the role on *One Tree Hill*. He has directed episodes of other series including *The Royals* and *All American*, and has appeared in films such as *Oculus* (2013) and *Small Town Crime* (2018), and series including *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018) and *The Right Stuff* (2020). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) - *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018), Fi1m 80, as Ryan — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-haunting-of-hill-house.md) ### Directed (1) — the average rests on these - *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, as Nathan Scott — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) ## Complete filmography (25) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *A Pickleball Christmas* (2025), as Luke Hollis - *Red Right Hand* (2024), as Lazarus - *Everyone Is Doing Great* (2021), series, as Jeremy Davis · Director, Writer, Creator - *The Caul* (2020), Executive Producer - *The Right Stuff* (2020), series, as Scott Carpenter - *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018), series, as Ryan — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-haunting-of-hill-house.md) - *All American* (2018), series, as Connor Murphy · Director - *Small Town Crime* (2018), as Tony Lama - *Waffle Street* (2015), as Jimmy Adams - *Oculus* (2014), as Michael Dumont - *Crisis* (2014), series, as Mr. Nash - *Lost on Purpose* (2013), as Fever - *The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy* (2011), as Eigson Howard - *S. Darko* (2009), as Iraq Jack - *Unscripted* (2005), series, as James Lafferty - *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, as Nathan Scott · Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) - *Boys on the Run* (2003), as Joe - *A Season on the Brink* (2002), as Steve Alford - *First Monday* (2002), series, Actor - *Emeril* (2001), series, as James Lagasse - *Boston Public* (2000), series, as Michael Scott - *Once and Again* (1999), series, Actor - *Get Real* (1999), series, as Billy - *TRL* (1998), series, Actor - *Annabelle's Wish* (1997), as Buster (voice) ## Gallery - ![Toronto International Film Festival 2013 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/722433/gallery-ef6090c22ca0.jpg) Toronto International Film Festival 2013 (2014) — Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/James_Lafferty_%2814616463922%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Toronto International Film Festival 2013 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/722433/gallery-7db6e8d945be.jpg) Toronto International Film Festival 2013 (2014) — Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/James_Lafferty_%2814616463922%29_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![James Lafferty](https://film.one/media/person/722433/gallery-4caf9e732a17.jpg) James Lafferty — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/James_Lafferty_at_Nostalgia_Con_Anaheim_2026.jpg/1280px-James_Lafferty_at_Nostalgia_Con_Anaheim_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![James Lafferty at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, june 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/722433/gallery-b94aabbb8521.jpg) James Lafferty at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, june 2018. — Sklae Photographer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/James_Lafferty_at_the_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![James Lafferty](https://film.one/media/person/722433/gallery-eaaa26ee8a3f.jpg) James Lafferty — Image via TMDB - ![James Lafferty](https://film.one/media/person/722433/gallery-9be3a529e576.jpg) James Lafferty — Image via TMDB - ![Moderator Franklin Leonard, Matt Lauria, James Lafferty, Jason George, Katherine Willis, Taylor Dearden, Nick Wechsler, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Riley Scott a (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/722433/gallery-e2a38c41644a.jpg) Moderator Franklin Leonard, Matt Lauria, James Lafferty, Jason George, Katherine Willis, Taylor Dearden, Nick Wechsler, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Riley Scott a (2018) — TheGeekLens, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/The_Black_List_live_script_reading_at_ATX_Television_Festival_2018.jpg/1280px-The_Black_List_live_script_reading_at_ATX_Television_Festival_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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