Edward "Ed" Westwick (born June 27 1987) is an English actor best known for his role as Chuck Bass amongst the main cast on the American television series Gossip Girl. He is also the lead singer of the English rock band The Filthy Youth.

Biography

Early Life

Westwick was born into a family of two older brothers, his father a lecturer in Business Studies and his mother an educational psychologist. He attended St Ippolyts Church of England Primary School and the Barclay School in Stevenage, England. He was attending North Herts College when he made his first film, Breaking and Entering, directed by the late Anthony Minghella.