Penn Badgley
Known for ActingBorn 1986-11-01Baltimore, 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.
Known for
Margin Call
2011 · as Seth Bregman
Easy A
2010 · as Woodchuck Todd
John Tucker Must Die
2006 · as Scott
The Stepfather
2009 · as Michael Harding
The Fluffer
2001 · as Young Sean
Periods.
2014
Here Today
2021 · as Rex
Forever Strong
2008 · as Lars
The Birthday Cake
2021 · as Peeno
You Deserve Each Other
as Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
Drive Thru
2007 · as Van
Cymbeline
2014 · as Posthumus
Parts Per Billion
2014 · as Erik
East of Eden
2012 · as Caleb
The Paper Store
2016 · as Sigurd Rossdale
Adam Green's Aladdin
2016 · as Prince
Debating Robert Lee
2004 · as Matt's Debate Opponent
The Making of Easy A
2010 · as Self