Alexander Bento was born and raised in New York. He is third of four boys, and his father is an airline pilot. He began his career at two weeks old, modeling for a Nestle ad and then continued with a busy print career until his agent suggested he try acting. After shooting a few commercials, Alex booked his first television role as the beloved Henry Bass (son of Chuck and Blair) on the CW's Gossip Girl. More recently, he guest starred on an episode of Law & Order: SVU and as of Summer 2015 is filming Vinyl, for HBO, in which he plays the recurring character of Ronnie Finestra (son of Olivia Wilde and Bobby Cannavale).