Chase Stokes, born on September 16, 1992, is an American actor and social media influencer known for his role as John Routledge in the Netflix series Outer Banks. He is from Annapolis, Maryland, and spent his childhood years in South Florida. He gained popularity for his role in the Emmy-nominated short film "Lost Island" in 2015. The actor has also appeared in other popular shows such as "The First," "Stranger Things," and "Daytime Divas."
Stokes played his Outerbanks character for 3 seasons, since 2020 and has been loved by his audience since then. Other than acting, he has a significant online following, with 7.8 million Instagram followers and 5.2 million TikTok followers. He is also a sought-after model and has partnered with many notable brands like Coach, Reloh, and Armani for various campaigns. As of 2024, he has collaborated with over 20 brands in total.
The actor prefers to keep his private life and his tattoos to himself, he is known to be quite closed off. He is also known to be taking breaks from social media often. Yet, his fans have pointed out the many small tattoos he has. The actor has most of his tattoos on his arms and shoulders. Stokes’ has six known tattoos so far but it can be said he has many more that are hidden.
Stokes has most of his tattoos on his right shoulder. He has a dove tattoo with "Love, Joan" underneath it. The actor revealed that his late grandma served as the inspiration for this tattoo in an August 2021 interview with Wired.
Under his dove tattoo, Stokes has another tattoo of a lit matchstick placed on his shoulder. Although the meaning of this tattoo is unknown, TattooSEO says that matchsticks often symbolize "that there is a light to look toward" even in the darkest of circumstances.
Stokes has a rose tattoo on his right arm. He showed off this new tattoo at a basketball game in 2021. The meaning behind this tattoo is unknown, roses usually symbolize love and passion.
Stokes has a tiny smiley-face tattoo on his wrist. Madelyn Cline, who costarred with Stokes in "Outer Banks," remarked, "We named him Frank.”
Stokes has a tattoo dedicated to his mother, whom he must love very much. On his bicep, he has the word "Mom" tattooed with an arrow going through the heart.
Stokes posted a mirror selfie revealing this tattoo, “1939” on August 23rd, 2022. Along with this picture, he posted a few other snippets of his daily life, with the caption "I dunno, kinda random sh*t. enjoy. or don't, I'm cool with both options." This tattoo is located on his bicep. And tattoo artist Jacob Reiss also posted a close-up of this tattoo.
Chase Stokes is confirmed to be dating Kelsea Ballerini, a singer/songwriter. Her music is mainly focused on the country-pop genre. She was born on 12th September 1993 and is 30 years old. The pair took to Instagram to celebrate their first anniversary on the 7th of January 2024, stokes captioned his post, “One year of loving you. They are often seen posting about each other on their Instagram.
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