Chace Crawford grew up in Texas. He has one sibling, a younger sister, Candice Crawford, who is Miss Missouri USA 2008. Crawford played football and golf in high school. He graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in 2003. After high school, he moved to Malibu, California, to attend Pepperdine University. He struggled to identify a career path, vacillating between advertising, business and communications majors. Midway through his second year, Crawford's mother encouraged him to pursue acting. He credits her for initiating this bold move. She states that "it was 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.
Crawford is set to appear in two movies in 2008, Loaded, starring alongside Jesse Metcalfe, Taylor Cole and Monica Keena, and the independent movie The Haunting of Molly Hartley with Haley Bennett, AnnaLynne McCord and Shannon Marie Woodward. He has also made a guest appearance on the TV show Family Guy in the episode "The Former Life of Brian". Crawford also is featured in the music video for Lady Gaga's "Poker Face", speculated playing her love interest.
