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Ed Westwick
Westwick at the 2008 White House Correspondents' Dinner
Born	Edward Westwick 27 June 1987 (1987-06-27) (age 22) Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor, Musician
Years active	2006–present

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 Arsenal FC fan, and appeared 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.^[1][2] 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.^[3]

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).^[4]

He has guest starred in the third season of Californication as a student who is fascinated with vampire literature.^[5]

Filmography

Television

Main Roles

Guest Appearances

Awards and Nominations

External links

• Ed Westwick at the Internet Movie Database
• Ed Westwick at TV.com
• Ed Westwick cast bio on The CW
• Ed Westwick profile in Details magazine

References