Ed Westwick Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance Male in 2009 for his role in "Gossip Girl․"
• Won a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain in 2008 for his role in "Gossip Girl․"
• Started taking music lessons and attending a Saturday morning drama school when he was 6 years old
• Quote: "Live fast, die young․ Be a good-looking corpse․ Leave a good-looking tattoo․"
• Quote: "You have to do things that excite you; you have to have a passion for your work․ Otherwise you're just a face on the screen․"
• Best known for playing the wealthy, unscrupulous Chuck on "Gossip Girl․"
• Has multiple tattoos of song titles, as well as one that reads "I Heart Romance," which he got after seeing those words written in a bathroom stall in a bar in Brooklyn
• Enjoys music, and sang the indie rock band The Filthy Youth before his television career took too much of his time for him to perform consistently
• Stated that he is a football fan and a supporter of the Chelsea F․C
• Some of his favorite bands are Kings of Leon, The Strokes, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and The Cure