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Penn Badgley

Penn Badgley

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 01, 1986 (38)
Birthplace Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Oct 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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, a ... nd 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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Filmography

Here Today

Here Today

2021

as Rex

The Birthday Cake

The Birthday Cake

2021

as Peeno

The Paper Store

The Paper Store

2016

as Sigurd Rossdale

Adam Green's Aladdin

Adam Green's Aladdin

2016

as Prince

Parts Per Billion

Parts Per Billion

2014

as Erik

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

2014

as Posthumus

East of Eden

East of Eden

2012

as Caleb

Margin Call

Margin Call

2011

as Seth Bregman

Easy A

Easy A

2010

as Woodchuck Todd

The Stepfather

The Stepfather

2009

as Michael Harding

Forever Strong

Forever Strong

2008

as Lars

Drive Thru

Drive Thru

2007

as Van

John Tucker Must Die

John Tucker Must Die

2006

as Scott

Debating Robert Lee

Debating Robert Lee

2004

as Matt's Debate Opponent

The Fluffer

The Fluffer

2001

as Young Sean

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Gossip Girl

as Dan Humphrey

Episodes: 121

First Aired: Sep 19, 2007

You

as Joe Goldberg

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Sep 09, 2018

Do Over

as Joel Larsen

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Sep 19, 2002

The Mountain

as Sam Tunney

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 22, 2004

The Bedford Diaries

as Owen Gregory

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Mar 29, 2006

The Slap

as Jamie

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 12, 2015

The Brothers García

as Eddie Bauer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 23, 2000

Daddio

as Todd

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 23, 2000

Will & Grace

as Todd

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1998

The Twilight Zone

as Trace Malone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 2002

The Nightmare Room

as Student (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 2001

What I Like About You

as Jake

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2002

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 25, 1992

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1988

The View

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1988

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 16, 2009

Desus & Mero

as Self - Illustrious Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 21, 2019

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

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