Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1983) is a Romanian-American actor who is known for playing "Chase Collins" in the Sony Screen Gems supernatural thriller, The Covenant. A graduate of Rutgers University's BFA Drama program, he has starred in several independent films and has appeared on Broadway in the revival of Eric Bogosian's play, Talk Radio as "Kent", a drugged-up teen who is invited to sit in on the main character's radio show.

Sebastian was born in the Romanian city of Constanţa. At age 8, he and his mother moved to Vienna, Austria where she was employed as a pianist. Four years later (age 12), his mother moved with him to Rockland County, New York after she married the headmaster of an American private school.

During his years at the Rockland Country Day School, he starred in productions like Harvey, Cyrano de Bergerac, Little Shop of Horrors, Over Here, and West Side Story. He also attended the Stagedoor Manor summer camp where he was introduced to acting and was cast in many camp productions. It was then that he decided to take acting seriously and began to apply for acting programs at several universities.

He was accepted to and attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts. This gave him the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England.

After returning from England he continued to attend Rutgers and was cast in small roles in independent films like Tony n' Tina's Wedding and Red Doors. He was also cast in a guest starring role on Law & Order as "Justin Capshaw", a boy who was accused of murder and had been kidnapped and emotionally abused by his captor.

Immediately after graduating from Rutgers in 2005, Sebastian was cast in The Architect and was given a chance to work with such seasoned actors as Anthony LaPaglia and Isabella Rossellini.
Sebastian currently lives in New York City. He was cast in Eric Bogosian's play Talk Radio as "Kent" in 2007 where he had a chance to work with veteran Broadway actor, Liev Schreiber.
Sebastian's latest film, The Education of Charlie Banks, directed by Fred Durst, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and won an award for "Best New York Narrative."
He is currently dating Gossip Girl (TV Series) star Leighton Meester, They were rumored to be engaged but a rep has confirmed they are not. They meet when they were filming the serie.

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