Penn Badgley
Acting
Born November 1, 1986 · 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.
Films (18)
The Birthday Cake
2021
Here Today
2021
Adam Green's Aladdin
2016
The Paper Store
2016
Periods.
2014
Cymbeline
2014
Parts Per Billion
2014
Greetings from Tim Buckley
2013
East of Eden
2012
Margin Call
2011
The Making of Easy A
2010
Easy A
2010
The Stepfather
2009
Forever Strong
2008
Drive Thru
2007
John Tucker Must Die
2006
Debating Robert Lee
2004
The Fluffer
2001