Christopher Chace Crawford (born July 18, 1985)
is an
American actor best known for his role as
Nate Archibald in
Gossip Girl on
The CW.
Early life
Crawford was born in
Lubbock, Texas, and raised in
Plano, Texas. His father, Chris, is a dermatologist, and his mother, Dana, is a teacher.
He also has a younger sister,
Candice Crawford, who was
Miss Missouri USA 2008.
He lived in Bloomington, Minnesota, for four years. After high school, he moved to
Malibu,
California, to attend
Pepperdine University, where he studied
broadcast journalism. He struggled to identify a career path, vacillating among advertising, business, and communications majors. Midway through his second year, Crawford's mother encouraged him to pursue acting, calling it "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. He was signed by the first talent agent that interviewed him.
Career
Crawford signed on to play a lead role as a drug dealer named White Mike in the upcoming film
Twelve, directed by
Joel Schumacher. The film, based on
Nick McDonell's novel
Twelve, is scheduled to be released by winter 2010.
Crawford has also been tabbed to play Ren McCormack in a remake of
Footloose which is scheduled be released on June 18, 2010.
