Actor
Penn Badgley
39 years · Baltimore, Maryland, USA · 18 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 18
The Birthday Cake
2021 · Peeno
On Plex
Here Today
2021 · Rex
Adam Green's Aladdin
2016 · Prince
The Paper Store
2016 · Sigurd Rossdale
On Plex
Periods.
2014 · Actor
On Plex
Cymbeline
2014 · Posthumus
Parts Per Billion
2014 · Erik
On Tubi TV
Greetings from Tim Buckley
2013 · Jeff Buckley
East of Eden
2012 · Caleb
Margin Call
2011 · Seth Bregman
On Kanopy
The Making of Easy A
2010 · Self
Easy A
2010 · Woodchuck Todd
On YouTube TV
The Stepfather
2009 · Michael Harding
On fuboTV
Forever Strong
2008 · Lars
On Plex
Drive Thru
2007 · Van
On Plex
John Tucker Must Die
2006 · Scott
On YouTube TV
Debating Robert Lee
2004 · Matt's Debate Opponent
The Fluffer
2001 · Young Sean