We wrote the details of Ed Westwick's career and private life, the Chuck Bass of the Gossip Girl youth TV series, who started to study acting from the age of six and made a name for himself with his voice as well as appearing in many TV series, films and stages.
His full name is Edward Jack Peter Westwick, he was born on June 27, 1987 in Hammersmith, London. He was born the youngest of three boys to Carole, whose mother is an educational psychologist, and Peter Westwick, whose father is a university lecturer. Growing up in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Westwick took music lessons and attended drama school from the age of six. He continued his education at Westwick, The Barclay School and North Hertfordshire College, where he studied business, law and communications.
He got his first role as Zoran in the romantic crime drama film "Breaking and Entering" written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film, which was met with negative reviews, also achieved a mini-grossing at the box office. In 2000, he appeared as Holden in the BBC One medical soap opera "Doctors". In the same year, he starred in an episode of the medical drama series "Casualty" on BBC One and the mystery drama television series "Afterlife" created by Stephen Volk.
In 2006, he starred as Alex in a dystopian action thriller called "Children of Men", based on a novel co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The film, which received great acclaim and many awards and nominations, could not achieve the same success at the box office. The following year, he appeared in the comedy "Son of Rambow" written and directed by Garth Jennings. A moderate financial success at the box office, the film received generally positive reviews from critics.
In 2007, he played the role of Chuck Bass in the youth television series "Gossip Girl", based on the novel series of the same name, with Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Kelly Rutherford and Penn Badgley. The series, which ran for six seasons until 2012, has been a huge hit since its release and has gained popularity. He received awards for Best TV Villain at the 2008 and 2009 Teen Choice Awards for his performance. He also received a nomination for Best Breakthrough TV Male at the same awards ceremony in 2008. In 2009, he won an award for Breakthrough Performance Male at the Young Hollywood Awards.
Meanwhile, in 2008, he was named one of the "Sexiest Men Alive" by People magazine. Also that year, he starred in the horror movie "100 Feet", written and directed by Eric Red. In 2009, he appeared as Randy Holt in the sequel sci-fi thriller "S. Darko" directed by Chris Fisher. In 2010, he was recognized as a "Breakthrough Talent" by GQ magazine.
In 2011, he starred in the biographical drama film "J.Edgar" directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the career of FBI director J.Edgar Hoover. The film, which received acclaim after its release, was also successful at the box office. Later in the year, he took the lead role with Felicity Jones in the romantic comedy sports movie "Chalet Girl" directed by Phil Traill. While the movie received mixed reviews, the performance of the lead actors was praised.
In 2013, he starred as Tybalt in the romantic drama film "Romeo & Juliet", based on the tragedy of the same name directed by Carlo Carlei. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film also garnered many accolades. He later got a lead role as Will Reeves in the crime drama "Bone in the Throat", co-written and directed by Graham Henman.
In the following years, he appeared as one of the leading roles in the comedy horror movie "Freaks of Nature" directed by Robbie Pickering. The film was not successful at the box office or critically. That same year, he also appeared in the main cast as Kent Grainger in the ABC procedural drama television series "Wicked City" created by Steven Baigelman.
In 2016, he starred in the thriller "Billionaire Ransom" directed by Jim Gillespie, with Jeremy Sumpter, Phoebe Tonkin, Dominic Sherwood, Mark Bonnar and Sebastian Koch. The following year, he starred in the thriller "The Crash", written and directed by Aram Rappaport, and the film was clearly negative. He then appeared as Sonny Castillo in the crime comedy-drama broadcast television series "Snatch" created by Alex De Rakoff, based on the same film.
That same year, he appeared in the sitcom "White Gold" with Joe Thomas, James Buckley, and Rachel Shenton, and the series ran for two seasons. In 2021, he co-starred with Louise Linton in the comedy thriller "Me You Madness" written and directed by Louise Linton. Released by STXfilms on February 12, 2021, the film received negative reviews from critics and was considered the worst film of 2021.
Private life
In 2007, Westwick met Chace Crawford on the set of "Gossip Girl". The couple shared a house in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood until July 2009.
Supporting football club Chelsea FC, Westwick was a member of the British band "The Filthy Youth". Among other group members; Benjamin Lewis Allingham, Jimmy Wright, Tom Bastiani and John Vooght. The group's singles "Come Flash All You Ladies" and "Orange" were featured in the TV series "Gossip Girl".
Westwick was filed in 2017 for allegations of sexual harassment and rape by three different women. Westwick, who was not prosecuted for these criminal complaints in 2018, however, his scenes in the second season of the "White Gold" series were paused.