Penn Badgley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1986-11-01 (38 years old)

Place of Birth Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As Penn Badgely, Penn Dayton Badgley, Πεν Μπάντζλι

Penn Badgley

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–present). 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

Actor

2021
2021
Here Today

as Rex

2019
Desus & Mero

as Self - Illustrious Guest

2018
You

as Joe Goldberg

2016
2016
The Paper Store

as Sigurd Rossdale

2015
The Slap

as Jamie

2014
Cymbeline

as Posthumus

2014
2013
2012
East of Eden

as Caleb

2011
Margin Call

as Seth Bregman

2010
Easy A

as Woodchuck Todd

2009
The Stepfather

as Michael Harding

2008
2007
Drive Thru

as Van

2007
Gossip Girl

as Dan Humphrey

2006
The Bedford Diaries

as Owen Gregory

2004
Debating Robert Lee

as Matt's Debate Opponent

2004
The Mountain

as Sam Tunney

2002
Do Over

as Joel Larsen

2002
The Twilight Zone

as Trace Malone

2001
The Fluffer

as Young Sean

2001
The Nightmare Room

as Student (uncredited)

2000
The Brothers García

as Eddie Bauer

2000
Daddio

as Todd

1998
Will & Grace

as Todd

1997
The View

as Self

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Producer

2009
Moth

as Executive Producer