Pen Badgley - BIO

Penn Badgley was born on November 1, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Badgley split his childhood years between Richmond, VA and Seattle, WA. In Seattle, where he attended Charles Wright Academy (in Tacoma, WA), he was involved with the Seattle Children's Theatre and did voice-overs for a children's radio station.

Around 1999, he relocated with his mother to Hollywood. At the age of 14, Badgley took the California High School Proficiency Exam and began attending Santa Monica College. At 17, after completing two years of credits at Santa Monica College, he was accepted as a Junior at the University of Southern California (USC), where he deferred admission due to contractual obligations.



Badgley's first credit was voice work for the video game Mario Golf 64 in 1999 although he claims to have never played it himself. He followed this in 2000 with voice work on Mario Tennis 64. His first screen acting credit was on an episode of Will & Grace. He followed this up with appearances on shows such as Daddio, The Brothers Garcia and What I Like About You, among others. He also starred in the short lived sitcom Do Over where he played Tom Everett Scott's character's 14 year old self. He was also in John Tucker Must Die playing Scott Tucker.



Badgley's first notice came with his role as Phillip Chancellor IV #8 on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2000 - 2001). He was nominated for a 2001 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime Series for his work. In 2002, he starred in the WB 1/2 hour series Do Over. He appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno as this show opened. The series was cancelled short of a full season.

Wider audiences may recognize him from his next starring role as Sam Tunney in The Mountain (2004 - 2005), followed by another starring role as Owen Gregory in The Bedford Diaries (2006). Both series were cancelled after one season.

He currently plays Dan Humphrey in the CW's "Gossip Girl" (2007).

Television

Year	Television Show	Role
2001	The Fluffer	Young Sean McGinnis
2002	What I Like About You	Jake Wood
2004	Debating Robert Lee	Debator
2006	John Tucker Must Die	Scott Tucker
2006	Drive-Thru	Van
2007	Forever Strong	Lars
2007	Gossip Girl	Dan Humphrey

Pen Badgley on IMDB (click here to see)