Penn Badgley is an American musician, singer and television and film actor. He began his acting career in 1999 when he starred in the television series Will and Grace. The most successful Penn projects today are the series Young and Daring, Gossip Girl, The Twilight Zone, and You.
Baltimore, located in the small American state of Maryland, is the hometown of the popular actor and musician, singer Penn Dayton Badgley. He was born on November 1, 1986. The boy's father worked as a reporter for a newspaper, while his mother was engaged in housekeeping and raising her son. When Penn was twelve years old, his parents filed for divorce, and the boy stayed with his mother, coming to visit his father from time to time.
Penn Badgley biography facts
The future artist spent his childhood and youth in Richmond and Seattle. In Seattle, his father just stayed to live after the divorce.
From an early age, Penn was interested in creativity, but he was also fond of sports. At one time, the boy willingly played football, and Penn was mainly coached by his father. However, the interest in art was stronger, because during his school years Penn began to develop his acting skills. In addition to playing in a drama club, the boy also appeared on the stage of the Seattle Youth Theater. At the same time, Penn Badgley hit the radio, where he became the host of several children's programs, and also was a voice actor, participating in radio plays for children and adolescents.
When Penn was eleven years old, he moved with his mother to Hollywood. At that time, in addition to his passion for acting, Penn was very attracted to music. Therefore, he began to take private lessons on playing musical instruments, began attending a vocal studio. As a result, already in 1998, the talented boy recorded his first song, followed by his debut single.
Due to frequent changes of residence, Penn studied at different schools. When the basic education was received, the future famous actor and singer entered college, which was located in Santa Monica. At the age of seventeen, he graduated from this educational institution, and then became a student at a college in Portland. Penn studied in Portland for two years. Then the young man decided to continue his education, therefore he successfully passed the exams and was enrolled in the University of Southern California, but he did not succeed in completing his studies. During this period of time, Penn Badgley was already actively filming, because there was not enough time for study.
In 1999-2000, Penn worked on dubbing computer games. His television career also began in 1999, when the young actor played one of the roles in the series Will and Grace. Here he starred in one episode, playing a character named Todd. After that, Penn began to be invited to shoot in other television projects, which, however, did not receive worldwide fame. The full development of Penn Badgley's acting career began in 2000.
Career in film and television
In 2000, the television series Young and the Restless began to appear, and it stayed on the air until the end of 2001. In this project, Penn appeared in six episodes at once. The young actor played so talented and convincingly that he was nominated for his role for the Young Actors of America Award.
In the following years, Penn Badgley continued to work in television. He starred in many famous and popular TV series, among which were "The Garcia Brothers", "The Twilight Zone", "The Bedford Diaries".
Penn got his first major role in a big movie when he got into the cast of the movie "Die John Tucker!" This film was released in 2006. The picture turned out to be very commercially successful, and after this role Penn himself became a really famous and sought-after artist.
In 2007, the television series "Gossip Girl" began to appear, which is now the actor's calling card. Penn has filmed here throughout the seasons, with the show's final episode aired in 2012. During his work in the television series, Penn Badgley's filmography was replenished with a number of works: "Excellent student of easy virtue", "Risk Limit", "Hello from Tim Buckley".
Penn's latest television project is the series You. It started coming out in 2018. Penn plays Joe in this story.
Personal life, love and relationships
For three years - from 2007 to 2010 - Penn was in a romantic relationship with Blake Lively. They worked together on Gossip Girl.
In 2011, the actor started a new romance. Zoe Kravets became his chosen one. However, this relationship did not end with a wedding. Young people broke up in 2013.
In 2017, Penn Badgley announced that he was getting married. The artist's wife was a girl named Domino Kerk.
