Name
Penn Badgley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1986-11-01 (40 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
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Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and l...
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Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an in...
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After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from diffe...
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Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality, ...
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Self-effacing, boyish Sean moves to LA to pursue a career in movies but finds it tougher t...
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On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of br...
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Hotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team unti...
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A high-school student must save townspeople from a murderous clown who works at a fast-foo...
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The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions i...
- 2008 Forever Strong as Lars
- 2006 John Tucker Must Die as Scott
- 2010 Easy A as Woodchuck Todd
- 2007 Drive Thru as Van
- 2011 Margin Call as Seth Bregman
- 2009 The Stepfather as Michael Harding
- 2013 Greetings from Tim Buckley as Jeff Buckley
- 2014 Cymbeline as Posthumus
- 2014 Parts Per Billion as Erik
- 2010 The Making of Easy A as Self
- 2004 Debating Robert Lee as Matt's Debate Opponent
- 2001 The Fluffer as Young Sean
- 2014 Periods.
- 2016 Adam Green's Aladdin as Prince
- 2016 The Paper Store as Sigurd Rossdale
- 2021 Here Today as Rex
- 2012 East of Eden as Caleb
- 2021 The Birthday Cake as Peeno
- Soon You Deserve Each Other as Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
- Soon NDA
- 2006 The Bedford Diaries ( 8 episodes ) as Owen Gregory
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 2 episodes )
- 1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as Todd
- 2002 Do Over ( 15 episodes ) as Joel Larsen
- 2004 The Mountain ( 13 episodes ) as Sam Tunney
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2007 Gossip Girl ( 121 episodes ) as Dan Humphrey
- 2000 The Brothers García ( 2 episodes ) as Eddie Bauer
- 2015 The Slap ( 2 episodes ) as Jamie
- 2002 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Trace Malone
- 2001 The Nightmare Room ( 1 episode ) as Student (uncredited)
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 You ( 50 episodes ) as Joe Goldberg
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 Desus & Mero ( 1 episode ) as Self - Illustrious Guest
- 2002 What I Like About You ( 1 episode ) as Jake
- 2000 Daddio ( 1 episode ) as Todd
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
