Penn Badgley
Born
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 Jo...
Known for
Easy A
Woodchuck Todd
You
Joe Goldberg
Gossip Girl
Dan Humphrey
Margin Call
Seth Bregman
John Tucker Must Die
Scott
The Stepfather
Michael Harding
Will & Grace
Todd
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Forever Strong
Lars
Here Today
Rex
Drive Thru
Van
Cymbeline
Posthumus
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Twilight Zone
Trace Malone
The View
Self