Penn Badgley Biography

Fast Facts

• Was involved in the Pine Nut Players community theater in Monroe and the Seattle Children's Theater while growing up in Washington
• Passed his high-school proficiency test at age 13
• An early credit was voice work for Mario Golf 64, in 1999
• After taking on TV roles in the 2002 sitcom Do Over, the 2004-to-2005 drama The Mountain and a 2006 drama, Bedford Diaries, he hit pay dirt with the popular teen drama, Gossip Girl, which debuted in 2007
• An avid promoter of soccer
• Named to the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet in 2010