Penn Badgley
Acting
Born November 1, 1986 · 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 Jo…
Known For · 40 titles
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Jennifer Hudson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Gossip Girl
The View
You
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Will & Grace
Desus & Mero
The Twilight Zone
What I Like About You
Easy A
The Slap
The Nightmare Room
Margin Call
The Brothers García
Do Over
John Tucker Must Die
The Mountain
The Stepfather
The Bedford Diaries
Daddio
The Fluffer
The Birthday Cake
Forever Strong
Drive Thru
Cymbeline
Here Today
NDA
You Deserve Each Other
Debating Robert Lee
Parts Per Billion
Periods.
The Making of Easy A
The Paper Store
Adam Green's Aladdin
East of Eden
Greetings from Tim Buckley