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 (2018–2025). 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.

Most Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

You

as Joe Goldberg

The View

as Self

Gossip Girl

as Dan Humphrey

Will & Grace

as Todd

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Twilight Zone

as Trace Malone

Desus & Mero

as Self - Illustrious Guest

What I Like About You

as Jake

Easy A

as Woodchuck Todd

The Slap

as Jamie

Margin Call

as Seth Bregman

The Nightmare Room

as Student (uncredited)

Periods.

Do Over

as Joel Larsen