Chad Michael Murray, known for One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, and Freakier Friday, had a near-death experience at 15. He said it set him on the path to acting. Hospitalized for months with twisted intestines and internal bleeding,

One Tree Hill' alum Chad Michael Murray says he decided to pursue acting after suffering a near-death experience at 15 after his intestines became twisted: 'I was on my deathbed.'

In a recent and deeply personal interview on the Great Company podcast, actor Chad Michael Murray shared a terrifying, near-death experience he endured as a teenager. The One Tree Hill alum, now 43, recounted a medical crisis at the age of 15 that led to a two-and-a-half-month hospital stay,