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| Date of birth: November 1, 1986 | Penn Badgley's Birth place: Baltimore, Maryland
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| Actor mini-bio: Badgley was born in Baltimore, Maryland and split his childhood years between Richmond, Virginia and Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, he attended Charles Wright Academy (in Tacoma, WA), and was involved with the Seattle Children's Theatre. He soon began doing voice-overs for a children's radio stations. Badgley was named after a tennis ball brand called Penn because his father would often grip on Penn tennis balls, and the fact that, when first seen in the womb, Badgley was said to be as small as a tennis ball. At age 11, Badgley relocated with his mother to Hollywood and began pursuing an acting career. According to Badgley's former homeschool classmate Blake Lively, Badgley also pursued a singing career, and recorded a pop single in 1998. At the age of 14, Badgley took the California High School Proficiency Exam and began attending Santa Monica College. At 17, after completing two years of credits at Santa Monica College, he was accepted as a Junior at the University of Southern California (USC), where he deferred admission due to contractual obligations. | | |
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