Penn Badgley Wife, Age, Height, Net Worth: Penn Dayton Badgley is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl and as Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series You. For Gossip Girl, he received six Teen Choice Award nominations, and for You, he earned MTV Movie & TV Award and Saturn Award nominations.
Penn Badgley Wife, Age, Height, Net Worth
| Net Worth: | $8 Million |
|---|---|
| Age: | 35 |
| Born: | November 1, 1986 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Country of Origin: | United States of America |
| Source of Wealth: | Professional Actor |
Early Life
Penn Dayton Badgley was born on the 1st of November, 1986, in Baltimore, Maryland. Badgley is the son of Lynne Murphy and Duff Badgley, who worked as a newspaper reporter and also a carpenter; Duff was the Green Party candidate for governor of Washington in 2008. His parents divorced when he was 12. Badgley split his childhood years between Woodlake, Virginia and Seattle, Washington.
Personal Life
Penn began a relationship with British singer Domino Kirke in 2014, and they married on February 27, 2017. After two miscarriages, the couple welcomed son James on August 11, 2020, and Badgley is also stepfather to Cassius, Kirke’s son with musician Morgan O’Kane. Domino’s father, Simon Kirke, is an English musician best known for being the drummer for the bands Free and Bad Company, and her sister Jemima starred as Jessa Johansson on the HBO series “Girls.” Penn previously dated his “Gossip Girl” co-star Blake Lively and actress Zoë Kravitz. Badgley became a member of the Baha’i Faith in 2015, and he has been outspoken about the government of Iran’s persecution of Baháʼís. He supported Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election, and he appeared in an Obama ad with Blake Lively for MoveOn’s Youth Vote program. Penn was appointed to the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet in 2010, and he has supported the Black Lives Matter movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Penn Badgley Relationship & More
| Affairs | N/A |
| Girlfriend | N/A |
| Best Friend | N/A |
| Spouse | Domino Kirke (m. 2017) |
| Divorce | N/A |
| Children | James Badgley |
| Parents | Lynne Badgley, Duff Badgley |
| Siblings | N/A |
Highlights
Here are some of the best highlights of Penn Badgley’s career:
- Gossip Girl (TV-Show, 2007-2012)
- Easy A (Movie, 2010)
- You (TV-Show, 2018-)
Career
Badgley’s first credit was voice work for the video games ‘Mario Golf 64’ and ‘Mario Tennis 64’ in 1999 and 2000. His first screen acting credit was on an episode of ‘Will & Grace’. His first noticeable role was as Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’, from 2000 to 2001. He was nominated for a 2001 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Daytime Series for his work. The following year, he starred in The WB’s comedy-drama series ‘Do-Over’ as Joel Larsen, a 34-year-old man who gets a second chance to get his life right.
In 2007, Badgley was cast in The CW’s teen drama series ‘Gossip Girl’ as Dan Humphrey which was his big break. The series was based on the book series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar. He starred in the thriller film The Stepfather in 2009, a remake of the 1987 film, as the stepson of the serial killer. Badgley then played Todd, the romantic interest of the main character Olive (Emma Stone) in ‘Easy A’.