Edward "Ed" Westwick (born 27 June 1987) is an English actor and musician, best known for his role as Chuck Bass in the main cast on the American television series Gossip Girl.
Life and career
Westwick was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. He trained at the National Youth Theatre in London. He is a Chelsea fan, like his castmate Chace Crawford, who began supporting the club due to Westwick's influence. His early career began with appearances on the British television series Doctors as Holden, Casualty as Johnny Cullin and Afterlife as Darren. His film credits include Breaking and Entering, Children of Men and Son of Rambow. He has also appeared in the sequel to Donnie Darko, which was released straight to DVD on 12 May 2009, and the horror film 100 Feet.
Westwick fronted the British indie rock band The Filthy Youth, composed of himself, Benjamin Lewis Allingham, Jimmy Wright, Mitch Cox, and John Vooght. While he is now inactive in the band, largely because he wants to focus on his acting career and the other band members are still based in the U.K., he has expressed an interest in forming another group in New York.
Westwick became the new face of K-Swiss, making him the second member of the Gossip Girl cast to endorse sportswear (Leighton Meester endorsed Reebok).
Westwick also guest starred in the third season of the Showtime original series Californication as a student who was fascinated with vampire literature.
Westwick was dating his Gossip Girl co-star Jessica Szohr from late 2008. They split in May 2010, with Westwick saying "girlfriends are too much of a headache", but the two reunited whilst filming season 4 of Gossip Girl.
He has also been featured in the audio book version of City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare.
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Westwick fronted the British indie rock band The Filthy Youth, composed of himself, Benjamin Lewis Allingham, Jimmy Wright, Mitch Cox, and John Vooght. While he is now inactive in the band, largely because he wants to focus on his acting career and the other band members are still based in the U.K., he has expressed an interest in forming another group in New York.
Westwick became the new face of K-Swiss, making him the second member of the Gossip Girl cast to endorse sportswear (Leighton Meester endorsed Reebok).
Westwick also guest starred in the third season of the Showtime original series Californication as a student who was fascinated with vampire literature.
Westwick was dating his Gossip Girl co-star Jessica Szohr from late 2008. They split in May 2010, with Westwick saying "girlfriends are too much of a headache", but the two reunited whilst filming season 4 of Gossip Girl.
He has also been featured in the audio book version of City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare.
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