About
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...
Known for
Will & GraceSeries • 1998
Gossip GirlSeries • 2007
YouSeries • 2018
What I Like About YouSeries • 2002
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 2002
Easy AMovie • 2010
Margin CallMovie • 2011
The SlapSeries • 2015
The Brothers GarcíaSeries • 2000
Do OverSeries • 2002
The Nightmare RoomSeries • 2001
The StepfatherMovie • 2009
John Tucker Must DieMovie • 2006
The Birthday CakeMovie • 2021
CymbelineMovie • 2014
Here TodayMovie • 2021
The FlufferMovie • 2001
Forever StrongMovie • 2008
Drive ThruMovie • 2007
Parts Per BillionMovie • 2014
Greetings from Tim BuckleyMovie • 2013