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Lucas Scott Portrayed by
Chad Michael Murray from Season 1 through 6, Lucas Eugene Scott is Haley's best friend and Nathan's half-brother. He was the heart of the show while in Tree Hill. He and Nathan started on bad terms but later become close brothers. He was a star on the high school basketball team, but had to quit after he found out he had a genetic heart problem, inherited from his father, seeing his dream of becoming a professional player vanish, but being able to focus on writing and his second dream: becoming an author. In high school, he was involved in a complicated love triangle with Brooke and Peyton, whom he eventually realized was the one for him all along (although he had actually loved her since childhood). About one year after graduation, Peyton temporarily turned down his marriage proposal because she thought it was too early, causing them to break up. Just over another year later, heartbroken and having lost every hope of getting back together with Peyton after a failed attempt to reconcile with her, he began dating his book editor Lindsey. Then, Peyton's return to Tree Hill made Lindsey realize that Lucas was still and would always be in love with her, no matter what, and that she was just a rebound, prompting her to leave him at the altar after Lucas had ended up proposing to her out of fear of being rejected again by Peyton. Lucas tried to move on, but soon realized that he couldn't keep running away from his true feelings and living miserable, so he finally made amends with Peyton and the two got back together. Then, they became engaged and she moved in with him, leading them to reach an adult and definitive stability, and, after some time, they got married and also had a daughter, whom they called Sawyer Brooke Scott. After her birth, the newborn family left Tree Hill for good. Lucas then returned in Season 9 to help Haley deal with Nathan's disappearance by taking care of his nephew and niece. Lucas is currently travelling with Peyton, Lily, Karen, and Andy while raising Sawyer and writing a new book.
Nathan Scott Portrayed by
James Lafferty since the pilot, Nathan Royal Scott was a basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats, husband of Haley James Scott and father of James Lucas Scott and Lydia Bob Scott. He originally started out as a villain and enemy of his brother, Lucas. After falling for Lucas's best friend, Haley, he becomes a better person and later forms a strong bond with his brother. During the course of his life, he has experienced many obstacles including spending time in a wheelchair following an accident after a fight; dealing with an overbearing father; an alcoholic-drug addict mother; and allegations he cheated on Haley. Nathan overcomes all of his problems throughout the series and vows to never raise his child the way Dan raised him. Nathan maintains a strong bond with his mother, who at one point becomes Jamie's nanny. Haley gives birth to Lydia Bob Scott. In Season 9, he is traveling a lot as an agent but when returning to Haley, Jamie and Lydia, he is taken by
Eastern European mobsters, with the aid of corrupt policemen, for a failed signing in
Europe. The gangsters plan to execute Nathan, but he is rescued by Chris Keller, Dan, and Julian. Dan, however, is critically injured after taking a bullet meant for Nathan. At the hospital, Nathan tells Dan that despite everything he ever did, he is still his father, and he forgives him, with Dan dying shortly after. In the final episode time jump, Nathan is seen with everyone else at Jamie's basketball game who has since broken Nathan's record for all-time scorer.
Peyton Sawyer Portrayed by
Hilarie Burton from the pilot until the Season 6 finale, Peyton Elizabeth Scott, née Sawyer, was introduced in Season 1 as
Nathan Scott's on-and-off girlfriend. She has a huge love for music and art, and frequently sketches certain events in her life, or feelings she cannot bring herself to tell anybody about. In Season 1, Peyton fell in love, reciprocated, with
Lucas Scott (who actually loved her since childhood), but frequently tried to bury her feelings since in the meantime he started an on-again, off-again relationship with Brooke, her best friend since childhood, who came between her and Lucas before they had the actual chance to get together. After three seasons stuck in this complicated situation, Peyton eventually decided not to give up on her love for Lucas any more and finally declare her true feelings to him, prompting him to realize she was the one for him all along and ultimately choose her over Brooke in Season 4. Her adoptive mother died in a car accident when she was young, and her adoptive father works at sea, leaving Peyton on her own for most of the first four seasons. She met her birth mother, Ellie Harp, at the end of Season 2; however she died of cancer by the middle of Season 3. Peyton was often surrounded by terrible events: she was shot in the leg during the school shooting in Season 3 and lost a lot of blood, but was rescued by Lucas, and was brutally attacked twice by Ian Banks, who pretended to be her long-lost brother Derek. She was saved the first time by Lucas and her real brother, and the second time by Brooke. Peyton left for
Los Angeles to work as an intern at a major record label at the end of Season 4 but did not enjoy herself or feel she was accomplishing anything, so she moved back to Tree Hill in the Season 5 premiere. After her return, Peyton decided to start her own record label, which she named “Red Bedroom Records”. Peyton eventually married Lucas and they had a daughter, Sawyer Brooke Scott, at the end of Season 6. Peyton and Lucas then left Tree Hill to raise Sawyer on the road, alongside Lucas's mother, Karen, her daughter Lily, and her boyfriend, Andy.
Haley James Scott Portrayed by Bethany Joy Lenz since the pilot, Haley Bob James Scott is introduced as Lucas Scott's best friend. Although Lucas and Nathan Scott are half brothers and teammates on the basketball team, they do not get along at all and Nathan picks on Lucas incessantly. When Nathan asks Haley to tutor him in school because his low grades are putting him in danger of getting kicked off the basketball team and he hopes to further bother Lucas by hanging out with Lucas' best friend, she initially resists knowing that it would anger Lucas. However, Haley changes her mind and promises Nathan that if he leaves Lucas alone, she will tutor him, and Nathan agrees. When Lucas finds out about this, he is very angry with Haley, until Haley tells him about the deal she made with Nathan. While Haley tutors Nathan, they grow very close and eventually fall in love. Lucas is not initially supportive of the relationship, but as time goes on he forgives Haley, and Lucas and Nathan grow closer as brothers. At the end of the first Season Nathan and Haley decide to get married at the age 16. Early in Season 2, Haley and Nathan begin their married life and Haley starts to pursue music. She is asked to record a song with a man named Chris Keller, and afterwards he offers her the opportunity to go on tour with him. Nathan does not want her to leave so he gives her an ultimatum in which she could either choose him or the tour. Haley is angry at Nathan's ultimatum and leaves to go on the tour. During the tour, Haley and Nathan struggle with their feelings as they both love and miss each other but are also quite angry and hurt. They almost get an annulment, but Haley decides to come back home to Nathan. He eventually forgives her and they rekindle their relationship. Feeling more in love than ever, the couple decides to renew their vows in front of all their friends and family. During their senior year, just as Nathan is offered a scholarship to play for Duke University, Haley informs him that she is pregnant. Although he is initially upset about her not informing him about the pregnancy first, Nathan comes around and the two are quite excited about the pregnancy. They end up having a son named James "Jamie" Lucas Scott. During the four-year time jump between Season 4 and 5, it is revealed that Nathan was a star basketball player was on the verge of becoming a first round pick in the NBA draft. However, on the night before the draft he got into a fight that resulted in temporary paralysis and long-lasting back injuries. Nathan fell into a depression and was quite angry with his circumstances. As the season opens several months after his injuries, Nathan's depression is taking a serious toll on his family. Haley tells him that she cannot stay in their marriage any longer if it continues the way it has been. This wakes Nathan up and he reengages in fatherhood, their marriage, and his life. After struggling through marriage counseling, an obsessed nanny, and Haley's depression after the death of her mother, Haley and Nathan's life and relationship settle down and they have a second child, a daughter named Lydia Bob Scott.
Dan Scott Daniel Robert "Dan" Scott, also known as Danny, played by
Paul Johansson as a series regular from the pilot to Episode 13 of Season 7, as a special guest star for two episodes in Season 8, and in Season 9 until he is killed, is the original villain in Tree Hill. Dan is Deb Lee's ex-husband and Lucas and Nathan Scott's father. Originally wanting nothing to do with Lucas, he begins to want a part in Lucas's life. We find out that not only has Dan been following Lucas all his life, but that he wanted joint custody of Lucas but Karen refused. Lucas later moves in with Dan after learning that he has Dan's heart condition because it is the only way he could afford the medication. When Lucas fails Dan's test, he takes away Lucas's college fund that he had started when Lucas was a baby. He hires a woman (Jules) to make Keith fall in love with her as revenge for sleeping with Deb. Jules actually falls in love with Keith but leaves him on the altar after being threatened by Karen. Deb attempts to murder Dan by burning down his dealership. Dan, thinking it was Keith, shoots Keith and lets Jimmy Edwards take the blame since Jimmy died by suicide. Lucas gradually accepts Dan as his dad until he finds out what he did to Keith. Dan, realizing Nathan will never forgive him, turns himself in to the police. He then spends almost five years in prison and does not get out until Lucas and Lindsey's wedding day. After prison, Dan becomes close with Nathan's son Jamie. Dan is taken hostage by Carrie, Jamie's ex-nanny who planned to kidnap Jamie and set Dan up for it. He is later rescued by Haley (who went to see him after Carrie called pretending to be a nurse saying Dan was about to die) and Deb (who came afterward to help Haley and Jamie after realizing where Haley had really gone). He shoots Carrie, and she is believed to be dead. When Jamie finds out what he did, he at first stops talking to Dan. Dan leaves Tree Hill to die because he does not think he will be able to find a new heart since one became available while he was being held hostage and he lost out on it. In the year time gap between Seasons 6 and 7, Dan marries Rachel, who takes him to Mexico and illegally buys a heart. After realizing the type of person Rachel is when she wants to take their TV show to the corridor where he murdered Keith, he gives all his money to charity and divorces her. Before leaving Tree Hill once again, he says goodbye to Jamie, who tells him he forgives him. He is seen working in a burger joint, where he is visited by Quinn for help with murdering Katie, but he ends up talking her out of it. He appears shortly in the Season 8 finale when Nathan gives him a photograph of Lydia and a baseball that Jamie hit in a game. Dan returns in Season 9 because he loses everything when his diner burns down. He convinces Haley to let him stay with them for a few days, saying he has nowhere else to go. A flash-forward sequence shows Dan with Chris Keller, burning down a house and apparently ready to kill someone. When Nathan is kidnapped, Haley seeks help from Dan, who promises her that he will do whatever it takes to bring him back home. Eventually, Dan finds him and he ends up taking a bullet meant for Nathan, which critically wounds him. At the hospital, Haley tells Dan that Lucas refuses to come see him. Dan says he is okay with that because he cannot blame Lucas for not being there in his final moments when he was not there for Lucas his whole life. Dan also makes peace with Haley by saying he is glad he was proven wrong about Haley not being good enough for Nathan because she is the best thing that ever happened to him and apologizes for Keith's murder since Keith also meant a lot to her. Haley lets him hold Lydia and tells Dan that whenever Lydia asks about him, she and Nathan will tell her that he loved her and Jamie very much. Dan also makes amends with Deb and lastly, Nathan (in which Dan has a dream that he and Nathan play basketball just for fun for the first time ever), to which Nathan says that despite all the bad he did, he is still his father and forgives him. Dan dies moments later. He is visited by the
ghost of Keith, who tells him that he is proud of him for finally learning to put family and friends first and become the brother he always wanted. As the two enter the
afterlife, Dan asks Keith, "I know where you're going. But what about me?" Keith answers, "Don't worry, little brother. You're my plus one."
Brooke Davis Portrayed by
Sophia Bush since the series' second episode, Brooke Penelope Baker, née Davis, was originally a party girl, who was neglected by her parents. She is first introduced as Peyton Sawyer's promiscuous and messed up best friend, but then forms a close bond also with Haley and the two of them help her to grow into a better person. She goes through an on-again, off-again relationship with Lucas (which is part of a complicated love triangle involving the two of them and Peyton) during the first three seasons, but the two eventually understand they don’t belong together. Lucas then finds his way back to Peyton, his one true love, while Brooke decides to move on and starts focusing on herself. She manages to remain best friends with the two of them as she eventually understands they are meant to be together, but, afraid to open up to love again, she does not really fall for anyone until six years after graduation when she meets the film producer Julian Baker, who eventually becomes her husband. While still in high school, Brooke realizes her passion for clothes design, thus deciding to become a stylist. Brooke also creates her own fashion venture called "Clothes Over Bros", which she then manages to make into a multimillion-dollar corporation thanks to the help and co-leading of her mother Victoria, with whom she has a turbulent relationship: in fact, Brooke is angry at the way her parents ignored her while she was growing up but are interested in her as an adult when she has money and a successful company. Victoria eventually signs 100% of the company over to Brooke, finally realizing she cares more about her daughter than money. She also tells Brooke to go LA and tell Julian she loves him and to not let her inability to open her heart affect her - a trait she got from Victoria, who was also responsible for causing it. Victoria remains working for Brooke's company. Meanwhile, Brooke is devastated to discover she can’t have children. In Season 8, she is almost arrested after Victoria and Millicent began forging documents for the company but Victoria faces the charges and goes to prison instead. Brooke pays all the investors back by selling her company. She later turns down an offer to return as vice president. Then, Brooke and Julian decide to adopt a child, but shortly after, the mother changes her mind and decides to keep the baby, leaving both of them heartbroken. However, Brooke soon discovers that, by some miracle, she got pregnant with twins. Brooke then has an accidental fall, causing her to go into premature labor, but fortunately the twins, Jude and Davis, are fine and Brooke and Julian start raising them and navigating parenthood. Later she forms a true family with both her parents, including her father, Robert Theodore Davis, and starts a new company, Baker Man.
Whitey Durham Barry Corbin plays Brian Durham, also known as Whitey, as a series regular in Season 1 through 4, as a guest star for one episode in Season 5 and as a special guest star for one episode in Season 6. Durham was the Tree Hill Ravens basketball coach throughout Season 1 to 4, and also a source of wisdom and advice not only for the students of Tree Hill High, but occasionally the adults living in Tree Hill. He is close to Keith Scott and Karen Roe but has a major rivalry with his former basketball player Dan Scott. Whitey eventually left the Tree Hill Ravens, and during the time period between Season 4 and 5, he coached a college basketball team, before finally retiring, leaving the college team for Lucas to coach. In Season 6, now retired, he is visited by Dan, who finally apologizes, and they have a reconciliation where Whitey tells Dan that he still has time to earn his family's forgiveness.
Keith Scott Played by
Craig Sheffer as a series regular for Seasons 1 through 3 and as a special guest star in two episodes in Season 4 and one episode in Season 9, Keith Alan Scott is Dan Scott's older brother, as well as a recurring love interest for Karen Roe,
Lucas Scott's mother and Dan's ex. Keith was portrayed as Lucas's father figure and was dearly loved by most characters in the show. He was a mechanic and spent a lot of time teaching Lucas about cars. Keith was in love with Karen from their schooldays and despised the way his younger brother Dan had treated her when she became pregnant and had his son. After Dan and Deb split up for a short time, Keith ended up sleeping with Deb. Dan was angry when he found out and accused Keith of always wanting his leftovers. In revenge, Dan hired Jules to make Keith fall in love with her and to stand him up at the altar. Instead, she actually falls in love with Keith but leaves when Karen finds out about Dan's plan and tells her to leave Tree Hill, or she would tell Keith the truth. In Season 3, Dan shoots and kills Keith because he believes Keith had attempted to murder him in the dealership fire. After he is killed by Dan, Karen finds out that she is pregnant with his daughter Lily Roe Scott. Following his death, Keith continued to have a lasting influence on Tree Hill and the lives of those who lived there. His ghost visits Lucas during his near death, Karen while she is giving birth, and Dan while he is in prison. Many years later, after Dan is shot and killed upon rescuing Nathan, Keith's ghost returns to praise Dan for learning to put family first. They make amends, and they both go to the afterlife, with Keith telling Dan he is his "plus one".
Karen Roe Played by
Moira Kelly as a series regular from Seasons 1 through 4 and as a special guest star in Seasons 5 and 6, Karen Roe is the single mother of Lucas Scott. She has a very fraught relationship with Lucas's father, Dan Scott, because Dan had left her and Lucas to attend college. Lucas finds out that Karen lied to him when Dan tells him that he wanted joint custody of him and Karen refused. She is a businesswoman and owned Karen's Cafe and TRIC nightclub, the venue where both Lucas and Nathan had their wedding receptions. She is seen as a mother figure to Haley, often offering her support and advice. After the breakup of Dan and Deb's marriage, Karen and Deb become good friends and end up going into business together. However, their partnership later ends due to Deb's drug addiction and when she accidentally shoots a gun off in the customer-filled cafe. When Brooke moves in with her and Lucas, she also becomes a mother figure for her and somebody Brooke looks up to. After years, she admits her feelings for Keith and decides to marry him, but he is murdered by Dan before the ceremony. It is later revealed that she is pregnant with Keith's child and has a daughter, Lily Roe Scott. She later sells the cafe and goes traveling the world with her boyfriend and later husband, Andy. Eventually, she is also joined by Lucas, Peyton, and their daughter Sawyer, and they travel with them. In the final episode, Haley convinces Karen to sell TRIC to Chase.
Deb Scott Barbara Alyn Woods portrays Deborah "Deb" Lee, previously Scott, as a series regular from Season 1 through 4 and in Season 6, and as a recurring character Season 1, 5, and 9. She is Dan Scott's ex-wife and Nathan's mother. She becomes good friends with Dan's ex and Lucas's mother, Karen, and they go into business together. She battles alcohol and drug problems in Season 2 and sets fire to Dan's car lot hoping he would die, but Lucas drags him to safety. She again battles drugs in Season 4, so Dan and Karen set up an intervention, but Deb turns it down and storms out. In Season 5, however, she cleans up her act and becomes Jamie's nanny. She meets a man on the internet who turns out to be her son's friend "Skills" and begins a relationship. Deb later ends it as she believes he should have children and get married which she does not want to do again. In her final episodes, Dan tells her it is as much her fault Keith died as his because he thought it was Keith who set fire to the car lot, which is why he killed him, which again leaves Deb filled with guilt. However, in Deb's last scene, Dan tells her to not blame herself and to not feel guilty because it is not her fault. Following this, Deb falls off the canvas, only to return to Tree Hill a few years later upon Nathan going missing. During her return, she consoles Haley and confronts Dan once he is hospitalized upon rescuing Nathan. Deb is able to find closure with Dan before his death.
Mouth McFadden Marvin McFadden, also known as Mouth, is portrayed by
Lee Norris. He is Lucas's friend from the River Court. Originally a recurring character during Season 1 and 2, he was upgraded to series regular status from Season 3. He becomes close friends with Brooke and Rachel. Mouth is the only one who knows it was Rachel who released the time capsule which caused the events leading up to Keith's death. He at first stops speaking to her but forgives her in the end. Four years later; Mouth falls in love with Millicent, Brooke's assistant. After the pressures of the modelling industry cause her to worry about her weight she begins to take drugs and rejects all her friends, including Mouth. When Skills leaves for a new job in Season 7, Mouth begins to date Lauren, which ends his friendship with Skills when he finds out. Skills later forgives Mouth. Despite Lauren wanting to continue their relationship, Mouth refused as his friendship to Skills meant more to him. Since Lucas left Tree Hill, Mouth and Nathan have become close friends. Mouth lost his job because he refused to speak on air about Nathan's scandal. At the beginning of Season 8, Mouth and Millicent sleep together after getting drunk together at a bar discussing their problems and why they broke up. During Season 8, he and Millicent get a job as hosts of a talk show. In Season 9, Mouth goes through a transformation by gaining around 50 pounds for his food reviews. In the final episode, Mouth receives $500,000 from Dan. Mouth uses this to create a sporting scholarship in memory of Jimmy Edwards and Keith Scott. Also in the final episode, in the time jump, Millicent and Mouth are expecting a baby and both are wearing rings on their ring fingers, indicating that they are married.
Skills Taylor Portrayed by
Antwon Tanner as a series regular from Season 4 to Episode 13 of Season 7 and in a recurring role in Season 1 through 3 and Episode 18 of Season 7 onwards, Antwon Taylor, also known as Skills, is one of Lucas's best friends from the River Court, who later becomes good friends with Nathan too. He begins to date Bevin (
Bevin Prince), a cheerleader, but their relationship ended sometime in the time-jump between Season 4 and 5, leading Skills to tell Jamie that relationships with women named Bevin end badly. He meets someone else online, who turns out to be Nathan's mother, Deb. After initially saying nothing can happen, they sleep together and start a relationship. Deb later ends the relationship feeling he can do better and deserves to have children and get married, which she does not want to do again. He then starts dating Jamie's teacher, Lauren. He moves to Los Angeles to start a new job but comes back as he cannot get over Lauren. Skills finds out Lauren and Mouth started dating while he was away but later forgives Mouth. In Season 9, Skills sees Lauren again and sees that she is pregnant, and thinks that the baby is his, but it is not; the baby is David's (Quinn's ex-husband). In the series finale time jump, he is shown to apparently be in a relationship with Bevin again.
Rachel Gatina Played by
Danneel Harris as a series regular in Season 4, along with a recurring role during Season 3, 5 and 7, Rachel Virginia Gatina was introduced as a bad girl and rival to Brooke Davis, before becoming good friends with Brooke and a friend to Mouth. In Season 3 she began dating her current boyfriend Cooper Lee. She was originally obese before undergoing plastic surgery treatments to alter her appearance before moving to Tree Hill. In Season 4 she tries to break up Nathan and Haley but fails which causes Haley to confront her. In the time gap between Season 4 and 5, she worked for Brooke's company "Clothes Over Bros" and began using drugs which forced Brooke to let her go. However, after finding her lying unconscious from an overdose in her private
New York apartment, Brooke decides to bring her back to Tree Hill to look after her. Rachel then (after being taunted by Victoria that she will never really recover from her addiction and is kidding herself) steals Brooke's money and leaves. In Season 7, she returns and is married to Dan Scott and is the mastermind behind his
Redemption TV series. She suggests they film a scene in the hallway where Dan murdered Keith, which disgusts him. After realizing the sort of person she is, Dan gives all his money to charity and divorces her, leaving Rachel with nothing.
Jamie Scott Played by
Jackson Brundage since Season 5, Jamie Lucas Scott, known as Jamie, is Nathan and Haley's four-year-old son. He gets his middle name from his uncle and godfather, Lucas Scott. Brooke Davis is Jamie's godmother, and they spend much of their time together, and Brooke always gives Jamie a check with "a lot of zeroes" each year on his birthday (it is Jamie's favorite present). Jamie is often a shoulder to lean on for many of the characters and is shown to be very intelligent and cute. He forms a close bond with his grandfather, Dan Scott, since he feels everyone deserves a friend. After Dan reveals to him he is the person who killed his great Uncle Keith, Jamie feels lost. Lucas takes him to the auto shop where he grew up to tell him about his great Uncle Keith. Jamie later forgives Dan. Jamie is shown to be a good basketball player and has a strong friendship with Skills and Marvin. Jamie is very fond of both Brooke and Julian, serving as best man at their wedding. He has had a very big interest in playing baseball, which grew after Julian gave Jamie a glove once worn by
Roberto Clemente and he met ace pitching prospect Ian Kellerman. He misses his uncle Lucas greatly and mentions this to his father often. In Season 8, he gets braces for his teeth and has a growing attraction for female classmate Madison, allowing her to win the school spelling bee. He also helps his father study for his college course. In Season 8 he becomes a big brother to Lydia Bob Scott. He is seen to love his baby sister. In Season 9, after Nathan goes missing, Jamie fears that he will never see him again and repeatedly watches the last video Nathan had sent to him before disappearing. When Lucas returns to Tree Hill, Jamie and Lydia leave with their Uncle Luke allowing Haley to relieve some stress as she awaits word on Nathan. He and Lydia return after Nathan is rescued, and Jamie is able to say goodbye to Dan before he dies. In the series finale, Haley shows Jamie the box of predictions she and Lucas used to do, and Jamie makes a prediction that he will beat Nathan's score record. In the time jump, Jamie is now a teenager and has become the new leading scorer, beating Nathan's record and wears the number #12 because it is his favorite number.
Millicent Huxtable Recurring in Season 5 and starring from Season 6 onwards, Millicent "Millie" Huxtable, played by
Lisa Goldstein, is Brooke's friend and originally her assistant. She began a serious relationship with Mouth after moving to Tree Hill with Brooke to open a store for "Clothes Over Bros". In Season 7 after modelling for Brooke, she becomes a full-time model and the face of "Clothes Over Bros". This causes her to worry about her weight. As the pressure became too much, she started using cocaine with her new modelling friends. She became a shadow of her former self rejecting Mouth's love and Brooke's friendship. After help from Victoria and Alex, she gets her life back on track and moves back to New York to resume her position as vice president of the company. She assisted Victoria in forging documents for "Clothes Over Bros", causing Brooke to be arrested when it all came out. Brooke says to her "the old Millie would have never done this." She later falls into bed with Mouth after a drunken night and after a while they get back together. After "Clothes Over Bros" closes, she gets a job as a news reporter. At the end of Season 8, she and Mouth get their own talk show. Millie is tempted to become the co-host in a bigger market show but decides to stay with Mouth. At the start of Season 9, she is concerned over the fact that thanks to all their cooking segments, Mouth has gained about 50 pounds. In the final episode, in the time jump, Millicent and Mouth are expecting a baby and she is wearing a ring on her ring finger, meaning that she and Mouth are married.
Julian Baker Played by
Austin Nichols in a recurring note during Season 6 and as a regular from Season 7 onwards, Julian Andrew Baker is a movie producer and director. He has gone through life feeling as though he is never good enough as his father had never shown him that he is proud of his achievements. When he first appears he begins a relationship with Peyton when she has broken up with Lucas. After he realizes she will never get over Lucas, he leaves her. Some time after, he heads to Tree Hill to produce a movie version of Lucas's book. At first it seemed like he just wanted Peyton back, but later falls for Brooke as he feels a connection with her as they share a similar past both as footnotes in the Lucas/Peyton love story. In Season 7, Julian catches Alex Dupre's eye, a model and actress hired by Brooke for "Clothes Over Bros". Brooke becomes very jealous of the friendship between the two and they break up for a while. After getting back together, the gang take a trip to Utah where Julian proposes to Brooke. She says yes. In Season 8, he marries Brooke. Julian and Brooke decide that they want to start a family, so they explore adopting. They meet a nineteen-year-old girl named Chloe. Chloe then decides to give her baby to Brooke and Julian, but once she reconciles with her ex-boyfriend, she decides to keep the baby, leaving Julian and Brooke heartbroken. A few weeks later Brooke and Julian decide to move to New York until she discovers they are expecting a baby and decide to stay in Tree Hill. The couple then found out they were expecting twins and after a fall while working they were delivered at seven months and put in a special care unit. At the end of Season 8, Julian and Brooke are seen playing at home with their sons, whom they named Jude and Davis. In Season 9, Julian accidentally leaves Davis in the car on a hot day and feels extremely guilty for almost killing his son. He carries the guilt around until Brooke forgives him, which allows him to eventually forgive himself. Julian plays a big part in saving Nathan, helping Dan find and rescue him. Julian also helps Brooke deal with Xavier coming back.
Clay Evans Played by
Robert Buckley from Season 7 onwards, Clayton "Clay" Evans became Nathan's agent and close friend during the time jump of fourteen months between Season 6 and 7. He is also close to Nathan's family, his wife Haley James Scott and their son James Lucas Scott. At first Clay is shown as a flirt and fond of one-night stands. Upon meeting Quinn James, Haley's sister, he is immediately drawn to her but backs off once he learns that she is going through a separation with her husband. In his past, Clay was married to a woman named Sara who died suddenly, leaving Clay emotionally scarred and unable to let go of her. Clay is a loyal friend and helps the Scotts through the Renee scandal but is fired once he fails to re-sign Nathan with the Bobcats. Quinn helps him get his job back and make peace with the loss of his wife so he can move on and the two fall in love. In the Season 7 finale, both he and Quinn are shot by Clay's stalker, Katie Ryan and left for dead. Clay lingers between life and death with a gunshot wound to the chest and comes close to dying when his organs start to fail but makes a miraculous recovery after a kidney transplant and awakens with Quinn at his side. He later helps Nathan with a career as a sporting agent. We later find out that Clay in fact fathered a baby with Sara named Logan, who he later meets in a hospital while undergoing counseling for his disease. In the penultimate episode of Season 9, Clay proposes to Quinn in Logan's tent, which is set up in the living room. Quinn says yes. In the final episode, Clay and Quinn get married and adopt Logan.
Quinn James Played by
Shantel VanSanten since Season 7, Quinn A. Evans, (née James, previously Fletcher) is a photographer and the oldest of the James sisters who moves back to Tree Hill after her marriage breaks down. She feels that her husband has begun to change and that they no longer have anything in common and later divorces him. She begins a relationship with Nathan's agent Clay. Her younger sister, Taylor, returns to Tree Hill with Quinn's former husband, causing a fight between the sisters. They later make things right before their mother dies of cancer. Quinn was the first one to be shot by Katie Ryan when she was heading to bed. She and Clay are in limbo while fighting for their lives. Clay tells her that she has to wake up because she is needed, especially by Haley. They confess their love for each other ("Til kingdom come") before Quinn wakes up and makes a full recovery, but fears for Clay when Haley tells her that his organs are failing. She visits Clay every day and he awakens with her by his side. Once they return home, Quinn is still haunted by the attack from Katie and keeps a gun hidden. When Clay finds it, he tells her that she should go to Africa for a photography gig because that will save her. She does and when she returns, it is revealed that part of her trip had been spent tracking down Katie as she has numerous photographs of her. She then visits Dan for help in killing her but backs out at the last minute. Katie, however, initiates an attack on Quinn when Clay is out of town but this time it is Quinn who shoots Katie. In Season 8, she goes to Brooke's bachelorette party and ends up, after a drunken night, with a tongue piercing, raw meat in her purse and a stolen skateboarding dog. In Season 9, Quinn helps Clay with his mental problems and supports Haley when Nathan goes missing. She is quite jarred when Clay reveals he had fathered a son named Logan whose existence he had blocked out of his mind after Sara's death. In the penultimate episode of Season 9, Clay proposes to Quinn in Logan's tent, set up in the living room. Quinn says yes. In the final episode, Quinn and Clay get married and adopt Logan.
Alex Dupre Portrayed by
Jana Kramer since Season 7, Alex Dupre, real name Alice Whitehead, was originally a recurring character, but was moved to starring in Episode 14. She is a fallen starlet whom Millicent hires to be the face of Clothes Over Bros' new line. At first, everyone thinks she is a ditzy and promiscuous girl. She later tries to have Julian produce a movie she scripted (although she at first does not disclose that she wrote it) and butts head with Brooke who sees her as a potential rival for Julian's attention. She almost ruins her chances of working with Julian by making a move on him, but they later reconcile and begin to write a script for a movie. She also jump-starts Millicent's modeling career by drugging another model, leaving Millie to take her spot. She is fired by Brooke when it is revealed she exposed herself to Julian in her hotel room. Later on, Alex and Millie become quite close, and Alex also tries to become close to Julian. When Julian refuses to be with her, she attempts suicide by slitting her wrists. She was hospitalized, and in a coma for a while, but she survives. Eventually, she takes her own place in the Tree Hill crowd, and everyone accepts her. Whilst at the film festival to promote the film she made with Julian, she begins to develop a crush on Chase, who had just broken up with Mia. On the last night, they kiss and then sleep with each other. In the Season 8 premiere, they have become a couple and Alex flaunts this in front of Mia while Chase teaches her how to bartend. Chase breaks up with her after she lies to him about a new movie project. Alex and Mia later fight over Chase before it is revealed that he wants to be by himself now. After "inviting herself" to Brooke's bachelorette party, while they are all partying and drunk, Alex becomes included within the girls' group. At the end of the episode, she says to Quinn that even though the gang does not like her, she likes them and enjoys spending time with real friends — even though she is not their friend. Quinn then tells her that she considers Alex a friend.
Chase Adams Stephen Colletti portrayed Chase Adams in a recurring role from Season 4 through 8, before being upgraded to a regular from the Episode 11 of Season 8. He was another member of the Clean Teens who got close to Brooke after she and Rachel joined the Clean Teens. Brooke, after earning a high grade in a test by cheating, agreed to tutor Chase, who initially had no idea of how Brooke really got the grade, and they begin to date. When he found out that Brooke cheated, he forgave her, and they continued to date. Brooke and Chase attended a party at Nathan's mom's house, and everyone found out that Nathan and Brooke filmed a sex tape. He visited Brooke while she was setting up for the prom and told her that his ex-girlfriend cheated on him with his best friend. He told her that it is over between them, but he knows how important the prom is to her so they will still go together. Brooke told him it is over because she did not want to be with someone who does not want to be with her. Chase later bumped into Brooke at school; he had been calling her after he heard about her being tied up by psycho Derek. He was no longer wearing his "Clean Teens" T-shirt and it is revealed that he still has feelings for Brooke, as she does for him. After a heartfelt confession, Chase and Brooke decided to get back together. In the finale, Brooke and Chase took their relationship to the next level and had sex in the backseat of his car. Chase said "it was the best 60 seconds" of his life. Four years later, he was friends with Owen and came back to Tree Hill for Lucas' bachelor party (before his wedding with Lindsay), unwittingly getting set up with Peyton, which they used to make Lucas and Brooke jealous. Chase told Brooke that Owen was not returning to Tree Hill, marking the end to Owen and Brooke's relationship. Chase returns to Tree Hill to discover Owen has slipped back into his previous ways and offers to take over his job working at TRIC until Owen regains sobriety. Chase then asks Mia out on a date, which ends with them having their first kiss in Peyton's studio. He was also the inspiration for Mia's new song for her second album. In the Season 7 finale Alex asks him out on a date and kisses him just before he receives a text message from Mia wanting to get back together. Since they came back from Utah, he is now dating Alex. In Season 8, Episode 5, he breaks up with Alex because she lied to him about a new movie project. Alex and Mia then fight over Chase, before it is revealed that because of their decisions he no longer wants to be with either and is instead choosing to be by himself. At Brooke and Julian's wedding, he has "slutty wedding sex" with Mia. He then realizes he wants to be more than just a bar manager at TRIC after having a conversation with Mia the day after the wedding, and becomes a "Big Brother" to Chuck, one of Jamie's friends. In Season 9, Chase becomes friends with Chris Keller. He is also closer to Chuck and when Chuck's violent dad returns, Chase beats him with a crowbar to protect Chuck and is arrested, resulting in him being discharged from the Air Force. In the season finale, Chase is promoted from bar manager to bar owner of TRIC.
Chris Keller Chris Keller is portrayed by
Tyler Hilton in a recurring role during Season 2, 3, and 4 and as a series regular in Season 9. He is introduced when Peyton asks to put up a flyer in the record shop which he works at. Chris is talented but also very egotistical to the point of referring to himself in the third person. He later shows up for the auditions to perform at TRIC. With Peyton being impressed by his audition, he agrees to perform, however leaves the stage with the intention that Haley would have to perform in his absence. Upon finding out that the two worked together, Nathan threatens Chris warning him not to take advantage of her. He later kisses Haley and invites her to join him on tour, which she initially accepts He returns in Season 3 when Nathan asks him to help Haley with her song writing. Following getting drunk with Brooke, the two sleep together, causing problems in her relationship with Lucas. With no money to pay for Haley's music masters from the studio, he and Nathan play poker to gain money. However, the two become stranded with no money, leading Chris to sell his guitar to pay the studio. He then leaves Tree Hill on good terms with Nathan. He later appears while the gang are in Honeygrove rescuing Mouth. In Season 9, Chris returns, having used an alias to trick Haley into hiring him as a new partner at the recording studio. He annoys Alex by telling her latest song is not good but convinces her to help him make it better. He still refers to himself in the third person and believes both Haley and Alex are attracted to him despite their denials. Chris helps Dan save Nathan by causing a distraction and killing one of the guards, allowing Julian to go home (but Julian stays). Chris runs away after killing the guard, leaving Dan (and Julian) doing everything else. He returns after months on the run, convinced the gang who kidnapped Nathan is after him and jarred to discover no one even noticed he was gone. In the series finale, Nathan gives Chris the guitar he had sold years ago to pay for Haley's record as a thank you for his part in the rescue mission, with the two on much better terms. Chris performs at TRIC's ten-year anniversary where he impresses a record executive named Frankie Parks but turns down the offer to sign to her label. Haley approaches him and offers him the chance to sign to Red Bedroom Records as their newest artist. Tyler Hilton was awarded the role for playing his song
Glad with Mark Schwahn seeing that he was right for the part by the first chorus. Hilton watched the show's first season to know more about it, having never seen an episode. Schwahn notes that the audience initially thought the character was there for Peyton, and were praising him for his confidence; however, when they learned he was there for Haley to break up her marriage, they began hating him. ==Recurring characters==