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,

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,

The "One Tree Hill" alum says he lost 50 percent of his blood during a two-month hospital stay when he was 15 after his intestines became twisted.