Penn Badgley
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1986-11-01
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
Forever Strong
2008Lars
John Tucker Must Die
2006Scott
Easy A
2010Woodchuck Todd
Drive Thru
2007Van
Margin Call
2011Seth Bregman
The Stepfather
2009Michael Harding
Greetings from Tim Buckley
2013Jeff Buckley
Cymbeline
2014Posthumus
Parts Per Billion
2014Erik
The Making of Easy A
2010Self
Debating Robert Lee
2004Matt's Debate Opponent
The Fluffer
2001Young Sean
Periods.
2014
Adam Green's Aladdin
2016Prince
The Paper Store
2016Sigurd Rossdale
Here Today
2021Rex
East of Eden
2012Caleb