Edward "Ed" Westwick was born on June 27, 1987 in England. He is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass in the main cast on the popular American television series Gossip Girl. He was featured in many films, such as The Son of Rambow, 100 Feet and most recently, The Chalet Girl.
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.
Westwick was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. He trained at the National Youth Theatre in London. He appeared in 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 UK, 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).
He has guest starred in the third season of Californication as a student who is fascinated with vampire literature.[5]
Up until April 2010, Ed was dating his Gossip Girl co star, Jessica Szohr.
Ed Westwick is due to star in a short film “The Commuter” directed by the McHenry Brothers to promote the Nokia N8 smartphone in the UK Fans of Ed Westwick who won a Nokia UK run competition will be starring alongside Ed in the short film.