
Penn Badgley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 1, 1986
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Filmography
- NDA
NDA TBA
Actor
- You Deserve Each Other
You Deserve Each Other TBA
as Nicholas 'Nick' Rose, Executive Producer

The Birthday Cake 2021
as Peeno

Here Today 2021
as Rex

Adam Green's Aladdin 2016
as Prince

The Paper Store 2016
as Sigurd Rossdale

Periods. 2014
Actor

Cymbeline 2014
as Posthumus

Parts Per Billion 2014
as Erik

Greetings from Tim Buckley 2013
as Jeff Buckley

East of Eden 2012
as Caleb

Margin Call 2011
as Seth Bregman

The Making of Easy A 2010
as Self

Easy A 2010
as Woodchuck Todd

The Stepfather 2009
as Michael Harding

Moth 2009
Executive Producer

Forever Strong 2008
as Lars

Drive Thru 2007
as Van

John Tucker Must Die 2006
as Scott

Debating Robert Lee 2004
as Matt's Debate Opponent

The Fluffer 2001
as Young Sean
Credits from TMDB.