
Penn Badgley
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.
13 TV shows
TV Shows

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Bravo

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
NBC

You
Lifetime

Late Night with Seth Meyers
NBC

Gossip Girl
The CW

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndication

Will & Grace
NBC

The View
ABC

The Twilight Zone
UPN

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Syndication

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
NBC

What I Like About You
The WB

Desus & Mero
Showtime
Other Credits
The Bedford Diaries, Do Over, The Mountain, The Brothers García, The Slap, The Nightmare Room, Daddio