Christopher Chace Crawford (born July 18, 1985)
[According to the State of Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. At www.ancestry.com] is an
American actor best known for his role as
Nate Archibald in
Gossip Girl on
The CW.
[ABC News: 'Gossip Girls': 'Raunchy and Intense']
Biography
Crawford was born in
Lubbock,
Texas, and raised in Plano, Texas. His father, Chris, is a dermatologist, and his mother, Dana, is a teacher.
[www.columbiatribune.com/2007/nov/20071116News006.asp][www.thestar.com/printArticle/257545] He has also a younger sister, Candice, who was
Miss Missouri USA 2008. He lived in 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.
Filmography
Awards
