Question: Who did Desmond Harrington play on Gossip Girl?
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Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976) is an American actor.
He is known for movies such as "The Hole", "Wrong Turn" and "Ghost Ship".
He joined the cast of the Showtime series "Dexter" in its third season as Det.
Joseph Quinn and appeared in a few episodes of Gossip Girl. 
Harrington was born in Savannah, Georgia, but his parents decided to return to the Bronx when he was 3 where they would then raise him.
His first role was Aulon in Luc Besson's "".
He soon after nabbed prominent roles in films such as "The Hole", "Ghost Ship" and "Wrong Turn".
Harrington also appeared in the Steven Spielberg sci-fi drama "Taken", in which he played Jesse Keys, an abductee of aliens.
In September 2008 he joined the Showtime TV show "Dexter".
In December 2008, he played a guest role on "Gossip Girl" playing Jack Bass.
He reprised his role through guest appearances in Seasons 3 of the show.
In January 2012, it was reported that Harrington will return to "Gossip Girl" in the "last third of the season".
In the same month, he made a guest appearance on the Season three premiere of "Justified", playing Fletcher 'The Ice Pick' Nix.
He also played a small role in "The Dark Knight Rises" as a police officer. 
 Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina Sparks Connor Paolo as Eric van der Woodsen  Margaret Colin as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose Wallace Shawn as Cyrus Rose Sam Robards as Howard "The Captain" Archibald Desmond Harrington as Jack Bass  
The series finale picked up where the previous episode left off, where Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) and Bart argue on the roof ending with Bart falling off the building.
Chuck and Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) leave the scene and hide from the police as Chuck is considered "a person of interest" in the case.
Jack Bass (Desmond Harrington), Chuck's uncle, comes to help him and suggests the two get married since spousal privilege prevents a wife from unwillingly testifying against her husband.
Chuck thus proposes to Blair who tearfully accepts.
Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) discovers the alternate chapter about her that Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) wrote and put in her bag before she left for Los Angeles.
She reads the chapter and decides to stay in New York to confront Dan.
William van der Woodsen (William Baldwin) shows up to support Lily Bass (Kelly Rutherford) and tells Ivy Dickens (Kaylee DeFer) that he used her to get back to Lily.
With the death of Bart Bass, Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) who is running the newspaper "The Spectator", is no longer indebted to him (Bart paid his debts to control him) and he decides to find out for good who Gossip Girl is.
Jack and Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg) deal with the arrangements of Chuck and Blair's wedding.
Before the ceremony, Serena and Blair have a conversation over why she is still talking to Dan after he published a negative chapter about her a few weeks ago.
Overhearing their conversation, Dan leaves and gives to Nate his final chapter, which is about Gossip Girl.
Blair and Chuck are married by Cyrus (Wallace Shawn) and right after, the police arrive to question them.
At the same time, everyone's phones ring: Dan's chapter has been published in "The Spectator", in which he reveals that he is Gossip Girl.
Various characters react over the Gossip Girl reveal, including Vanessa (Jessica Szohr), Juliet (Katie Cassidy), Agnes (Willa Holland) and Lola (Ella Rae Peck), as well as Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Rachel Bilson, preparing to audition for a role in the adaptation of Dan's book, is told of Gossip Girl's identity by Kristen Bell, who shares a conspiratorial wink with the audience.
Dan finally explains why he created Gossip Girl and says Jenny (Taylor Momsen) knew it all along.5 Years Later: It's the day of Dan and Serena's wedding.
Chuck and Blair are now parents of a son named Henry.
Nate, now a successful businessman with "The Spectator" flourishing, is likely to run for Mayor of New York.
Ivy has written an autobiography about her career as a con artist in the Upper East Side, which was adapted into a film starring both Lola and Olivia Burke (Hilary Duff).
Blair and Jenny have become business partners in the fashion world and together they have created a clothing line called "J for Waldorf".
Lily and William are back together while Rufus (Matthew Settle) is in a relationship with Lisa Loeb.
Jack Bass and Georgina have also become a couple.
The final scene shows the new generation of high school kids on the Upper East Side, mirroring the elite and the exclusion.
The show ends as a new Gossip Girl is teased as "there will always be someone on the outside wanting to get in."
Former "Melrose Place" star Katie Cassidy joined the cast as Juliet, a student at Columbia University and a potential love interest for Nate, with an agenda against Serena, together with David Call as Ben Donovan, Juliet's imprisoned brother.
Actor Sam Page was cast as Serena's new love interest, a Columbia business professor and Juliet and Ben's cousin, for a four episode arc.
Kevin Zegers is returning to the show as Damien Dalgaard, he's expected to do one episode this year and comeback later in the season.
Desmond Harrington is also returning as Chuck's uncle, Jack Bass.
His first appearance this season is set to air sometime in 2011.
Taylor Momsen was absent for several episodes at the beginning of the season due to her touring commitments with The Pretty Reckless, but return near the end of the first half of the season.
She was then scheduled for an indefinite hiatus from the show and has so far only appeared in four episodes of the season ("Easy J", "Juliet Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "The Witches of Bushwick", and "Gaslit").
Michael Boatman and Tika Sumpter will be guest starring in episodes set to begin airing on 2011.
He'll play Russell Thorpe, a powerful business tycoon and a former associate of Chuck’s father, Bart, while she will portray his daughter, Raina.
Tim Gunn and fashion designers Diane Von Furstenberg and Rachel Zoe all made special cameo appearances during the first half of the season.
Singer Robyn has also made a cameo appearance performing her hit song 'Hang with Me.
'William Baldwin has admitted he would like to return for the fourth season.
He has said he will return in the same capacity of Michelle Trachtenberg to come in cause some trouble then leave again.
The CW has announced Baldwin will return in February 2011.
Sheila Kelley replaced Illeana Douglas as Lily's sister, Carol, after Douglas was forced to drop out of the project due to scheduling conflicts.
Michelle Trachtenberg will return to the series as Georgina Sparks in the season finale.
Kaylee DeFer is also joining the cast as Carol's daughter and Serena and Eric's cousin, Charlie Rhodes.
DeFer's contract with the show also included the possibility of her becoming a series regular next season.
DeFer has officially been promoted to series regular starting in season 5.
Hugo Becker, who played Prince Louis Grimaldi, will return on April 18, 2011 for the rest of the season.
"The Borgias" actress Joanne Whalley had been cast in an episode of Gossip Girl following a Screen Actors Guild casting notice.
Whalley was rumoured to play an adversarial role to Kelly Rutherford's Lily van der Woodsen but turned out to be that of Princess Sophie, Louis Grimaldi's mother.
Oscar-winning director David O. Russell would be making a cameo.
On April 6, 2011 "10 Things I Hate About You" star Ethan Peck reportedly landed a role in the show.
Both stars were seen filming with Blake Lively in California.
Peck would reportedly make his debut in the season finale and was in talks with producers for a recurring role for the fifth season.
Recurring cast members Nan Zhang and Nicole Fiscella reprised their roles as Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates for the penultimate episode and the season finale.
Zhang had left the show during the first season and Fiscella finished her stint as a recurring castmember during the second season of the show.
Tony Award-winning actress Jan Maxwell reprised her role as Headmistress Queller for the season finale.
Hugo Becker remained ambiguous on whether he would be joining the series as a recurring or regular cast member during an interview with Zap2it, stating "the answer is in the finale."
On May 16, 2011, "Entertainment Weekly" announced that Gossip Girl author Cecily von Ziegesar would be making a cameo for the season finale.