- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 1, 1986
- Place of Birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Penn Badgley
Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor. He is primarily known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series You (2018–2025). For Gossip Girl, he received six Teen Choice Award nominations, and for You, he earned MTV Movie & TV Award and Saturn Award nominations. Badgley first became known for portraying Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2000–2001), which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination, and he followed this with roles in the comedy films John Tucker Must Die (2006) and Drive-Thru (2007). Badgley went on to appear in a number of films, such as the thriller The Stepfather (2009), the teen comedy-drama Easy A (2010), the financial thriller Margin Call (2011), the biographical film Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012) and the independent dra…
Filmography
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
movieThe Birthday Cake
2021 · Peeno
movieHere Today
2021 · Rex
tvDesus & Mero
2019 · Self - Illustrious Guest
tvYou
2018 · Joe Goldberg, Director
movieAdam Green's Aladdin
2016 · Prince
movieThe Paper Store
2016 · Sigurd Rossdale
tvThe Slap
2015 · Jamie
moviePeriods.
2014
movieCymbeline
2014 · Posthumus
movieParts Per Billion
2014 · Erik
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
movieGreetings from Tim Buckley
2013 · Jeff Buckley
movieEast of Eden
2012 · Caleb
movieMargin Call
2011 · Seth Bregman
movieThe Making of Easy A
2010 · Self
movieEasy A
2010 · Woodchuck Todd
movieThe Stepfather
2009 · Michael Harding
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
movieMoth
2009 · Executive Producer
movieForever Strong
2008 · Lars
tvGossip Girl
2007 · Dan Humphrey
movieDrive Thru
2007 · Van
movieJohn Tucker Must Die
2006 · Scott
tvThe Bedford Diaries
2006 · Owen Gregory
tvThe Mountain
2004 · Sam Tunney
movieDebating Robert Lee
2004 · Matt's Debate Opponent
tvWhat I Like About You
2002 · Jake
tvDo Over
2002 · Joel Larsen
tvThe Twilight Zone
2002 · Trace Malone
tvThe Nightmare Room
2001 · Student (uncredited)
movieThe Fluffer
2001 · Young Sean
tvThe Brothers García
2000 · Eddie Bauer
Daddio
2000 · Todd
tvWill & Grace
1998 · Todd
tvThe View
1997 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self, Self - Guest
You Deserve Each Other
— · Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
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