Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 01, 1986
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Credits
41 titles
Penn Badgley
Biography
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 drama The Paper Store (2016). For Margin Call, he won an Independent Spirit Award.
Known For
Filmography
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
The Birthday Cake
Peeno
Here Today
Rex
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
You
Joe Goldberg
Adam Green's Aladdin
Prince
The Paper Store
Sigurd Rossdale
The Slap
Jamie
Periods.
Cymbeline
Posthumus
Parts Per Billion
Erik
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley
East of Eden
Caleb
Margin Call
Seth Bregman
The Making of Easy A
Self
Easy A
Woodchuck Todd
The Stepfather
Michael Harding
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Moth
Executive Producer
Forever Strong
Lars
Gossip Girl
Dan Humphrey
Drive Thru
Van
John Tucker Must Die
Scott
The Bedford Diaries
Owen Gregory
The Mountain
Sam Tunney
Debating Robert Lee
Matt's Debate Opponent
What I Like About You
Jake
Do Over
Joel Larsen
The Twilight Zone
Trace Malone
The Nightmare Room
Student (uncredited)
The Fluffer
Young Sean
The Brothers García
Eddie Bauer
Daddio
Todd
Will & Grace
Todd
The View
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
You Deserve Each Other
Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
NDA
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Ernest 'Ern' Cunningham