In the pantheon of network teen heartthrobs, actor James Lafferty proved himself worthy of inclusion, making his way through the much-traveled training ground of nighttime WB dramas. As the conflicted basketball player Nathan Scott on "One Tree Hill" (CW, 2003-12), the well-chiseled hunk brooded in the arms of some rising and equally attractive company, proving that he had - much like his character - both the determination and the chops to rise above expectations.