Penn Badgley
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA — Nov 01 1986
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 followe…
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Gossip Girl
Dan Humphrey
You
Joe Goldberg
Will & Grace
Todd
What I Like About You
Jake
The Twilight Zone
Trace Malone
The Slap
Jamie
The Nightmare Room
Student (uncredited)
The Bedford Diaries
Owen Gregory
Margin Call
Seth Bregman
The Brothers García
Eddie Bauer
Easy A
Woodchuck Todd
Do Over
Joel Larsen
Daddio
Todd
The Stepfather
Michael Harding
The Mountain
Sam Tunney
The Fluffer
Young Sean
John Tucker Must Die
Scott
Drive Thru
Van
Forever Strong
Lars
Cymbeline
Posthumus
Here Today
Rex
Parts Per Billion
Erik
The Birthday Cake
Peeno
You Deserve Each Other
Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
Debating Robert Lee
Matt's Debate Opponent
The Making of Easy A
Self
East of Eden
Caleb
Adam Green's Aladdin
Prince
Periods.
The Paper Store
Sigurd Rossdale
Moth
Production
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley