Penn Badgley is a hot young thing best known for his role as Dan Humphrey in the hit TV show Gossip Girl. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Seattle, Washington. While in Seattle, he discovered his love for acting when he joined the Seattle Children’s Theater and did voice-overs for a children’s radio station. His first TV role was in an episode of Will and Grace in 1998. When he relocated to LA with his mother for good, he landed several roles in The Young and the Restless, Daddio, and The Brothers Garcia.