Penn Badgley
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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
Credits
Easy A (2010)
as Woodchuck Todd
Margin Call (2011)
as Seth Bregman
The Stepfather (2009)
as Michael Harding
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
as Scott
The Fluffer (2001)
as Young Sean
Here Today (2021)
as Rex
NDA (—)
Actor
Forever Strong (2008)
as Lars
Parts Per Billion (2014)
as Erik
You Deserve Each Other (—)
as Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
Drive Thru (2007)
as Van
Cymbeline (2014)
as Posthumus
Adam Green's Aladdin (2016)
as Prince
The Birthday Cake (2021)
as Peeno
East of Eden (2012)
as Caleb
Debating Robert Lee (2004)
as Matt's Debate Opponent
The Paper Store (2016)
as Sigurd Rossdale
Periods. (2014)
Actor
The Making of Easy A (2010)
as Self
Greetings from Tim Buckley (2013)
as Jeff Buckley