Biography: Chace Crawford, birth name: Christopher Chace Crawford best known for his role as Nate Archibald in Gossip Girl on The CW. Chace, born on July 18, 1985, height: 6 ft (183 cm), Zodiac Sign: Cancer.

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Chace grew up in Plano, Texas. His father is a dermatologist and his mother is a teacher. He has one sibling, a younger sister, Candice Crawford, who is Miss Missouri USA 2008. Crawford played football and golf in high school.  Although he worked as a model in Dallas, he never pursued acting. After high school, he moved to Malibu, California, to attend Pepperdine University and while there, he began acting as a hobby.