Chace Crawford Biography

Birth Name : Christopher Chace Crawford

Height : 6' (1.83 m)

Birth Place: Lubbock, TX

Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 1985

Profession: Actor

Chace Crawford, whose birth name is Christopher Chace Crawford, was born as the first child of two siblings in Lubbock, Texas, USA on July 18, 1985. He has a younger sister, called as, Candice Crawford, who was studying broadcast journalism at the University of Missouri Columbia and crowned as Miss Missouri USA 2008. Crawford spent his childhood along with his dermatologist father Chris Crawford, his teacher mother Dana, and also sister Candice in Plano, Texas. Later, he and family moved in to Bloomington, Minnesota where he attended Ridgeview Elementary School there.

Chace grew up in Plano, Texas. His father is a dermatologist and his mother is a teacher. Chace also has a younger sister, Candice Crawford, who is studying broadcast journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Candice is also involved in pageants, winning the Miss Missouri USA title in 2008.

Crawford played football and golf in high school. He graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in 2003. After high school, he moved to Malibu, California to attend Pepperdine University where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. While studying at Pepperdine, Chace considered being a doctor like his father.

Many did not know this, but the 6' star grew up struggling to identify a career path between advertising, business and communications majors. In the midst of his second year in school, Chace's mother, Dana Crawford, encouraged him to pursue acting. Until today, he credits her for making him take this step. In fact, his mother states that "it was a practical move", based on a career aptitude test he had taken in high school which revealed that he was best suited for a career in the performing arts.

Right after looking for a proper management, he got signed to an acting agency and then gave full priority to acting. In 2006, Chace appeared in Lifetime's television movie Long Lost Son (2006) (TV), where he plays the son of Gabrielle Anwar's character. That same year, he starred alongside Steven Strait, Taylor Kitsch, Sebastian Stan and Toby Hemingway in the horror/thriller movie, The Covenant (2006).

The year 2007 was a big break for Chace. He became one of the leads in CW's drama, "Gossip Girl" (2007). Among his cast members on the show are Penn Badgley, Leighton Meester & Ed Westwick. In the year 2008, Chace was seen in the movie Loaded (2008), opposite Jesse Metcalfe. He also got involved in the independent movie, The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008) with Haley Bennett. His other guest appearance includes a stint on the "Family Guy" (1999) episode "Family Guy: The Former Life of Brian (#6.11)" (2008).

In 2008, Crawford appeared in the movie "Loaded", starring as Hayden Price, opposite of Jesse Metcalfe. He also played as Joseph Young in the independent movie "The Haunting of Molly Hartley" with Haley Bennett. He was involved on "Family Guy" as the voice guest for the character of Paul in the episode titled "The Former Life of Brian".