Penn Badgley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 1, 1986 (age 40)
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
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Filmography
You Deserve Each Other
Movie · as Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
NDA
Movie
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
TV · as Ernest 'Ern' Cunningham · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Here Today
Movie · as Rex
The Birthday Cake
Movie · as Peeno
Desus & Mero
TV · as Self - Illustrious Guest · 1 ep
You
TV · as Joe Goldberg · 50 eps
Adam Green's Aladdin
Movie · as Prince
The Paper Store
Movie · as Sigurd Rossdale
The Slap
TV · as Jamie · 2 eps
Cymbeline
Movie · as Posthumus
Parts Per Billion
Movie · as Erik
Periods.
Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Movie · as Jeff Buckley
East of Eden
Movie · as Caleb
Margin Call
Movie · as Seth Bregman
Easy A
Movie · as Woodchuck Todd
The Making of Easy A
Movie · as Self
The Stepfather
Movie · as Michael Harding
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Forever Strong
Movie · as Lars
Drive Thru
Movie · as Van
Gossip Girl
TV · as Dan Humphrey · 121 eps
John Tucker Must Die
Movie · as Scott
The Bedford Diaries
TV · as Owen Gregory · 8 eps
Debating Robert Lee
Movie · as Matt's Debate Opponent
The Mountain
TV · as Sam Tunney · 13 eps
Do Over
TV · as Joel Larsen · 15 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Trace Malone · 1 ep
What I Like About You
TV · as Jake · 1 ep
The Fluffer
Movie · as Young Sean
The Nightmare Room
TV · as Student (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Brothers García
TV · as Eddie Bauer · 2 eps
Daddio
TV · as Todd · 1 ep
Will & Grace
TV · as Todd · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep