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Chad Michael Murray

Chad Michael Murray

4 films · 424 frames · top-billed in 3 · 20042021

Born 24 August 1981 · Buffalo, New York, USA

Chad Michael Murray is an American actor, writer, producer, director, and former fashion model. He is best known for his roles as Lucas Scott on The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill, Edgar Evernever on Riverdale, Mirabeau Lamar on Texas Rising, Jacob Thompson on the ABC series Marvel's Agent Carter, Jacob Orr on Chosen, a recurring role as Tristan Dugray on The WB/CW series Gilmore Girls, and Charlie Todd on The WB series Dawson’s Creek.

He also had supporting roles in the films Freaky Friday, A Cinderella Story, House of Wax, and Fruitvale Station.

How their films are shot

Measured across 424 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Chad takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Chad takes.

Time of day

Night57%
Day34%
Golden hour4%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural38%
High key17%

Shot size

Medium52%
Closeup22%
Wide15%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level90%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral60%
Tense17%
Lonely7%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 424 frames from Chad Michael Murray's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.