Penn Dayton Badgley is an American actor, best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on The CW television series Gossip Girl. Badgley has also starred in a number of films, most notably John Tucker Must Die, The Stepfather, Easy A, Margin Call and Greetings from Tim Buckley.
Education
He attended Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington. Also Penn was involved with the Seattle Children's Theatre.
At the age of 14, Penn completed his California High School Proficiency Exam and began attending Santa Monica City College. He was later accepted at University of Southern California (USC), where he deferred admission due to contractual obligations.
During the 2008 United States presidential election Badgley expressed his support for Barack Obama over John McCain. Badgley and Lively appeared in a pro-Barack Obama commercial, as part of MoveOn's Youth Vote program.
Views
Quotations:
I am a pretty determined guy. Once I set my mind on something, I make it happen.
Whether or not I'm successful, I want to do this for the rest of my life.