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Penn Badgley

Acting Born Nov 1, 1986 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

You

as Joe Goldberg

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Full filmography

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
  • Gossip Girl (2007) as Dan Humphrey
  • You (2018) as Joe Goldberg
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • Will & Grace (1998) as Todd
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • The Twilight Zone (2002) as Trace Malone
  • What I Like About You (2002) as Jake
  • Desus & Mero (2019) as Self - Illustrious Guest
  • Easy A (2010) as Woodchuck Todd
  • The Slap (2015) as Jamie
  • Margin Call (2011) as Seth Bregman
  • The Nightmare Room (2001) as Student (uncredited)
  • The Mountain (2004) as Sam Tunney
  • The Brothers García (2000) as Eddie Bauer
  • John Tucker Must Die (2006) as Scott
  • Do Over (2002) as Joel Larsen
  • The Bedford Diaries (2006) as Owen Gregory
  • The Stepfather (2009) as Michael Harding