Texas native Chace Crawford first made an impression on moviegoers as a prep-school warlock in Renny Harlin's supernatural teen horror film The Covenant before portraying the missing teen whose belated reunion with his mother sparks a series of troubling questions in the Lifetime made-for-television mystery Long Lost Son. While his million-dollar smile and azure gaze virtually ensured a steady teen fan base, Crawford proved that he wasn't afraid to tarnish his Tiger Beat image by appearing as a hard-partying club kid in director Alan Pao's lurid crime drama Loaded. In fall 2007, the actor found his breakthrough role as a prep-school golden boy on the CW's Gossip Girl; his character, Nate Archibald, yearned to break free of the pre-planned life his parents had laid out for him, and had his share of romantic drama as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide