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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character: Self
TV • 2022
The Birthday Cake
Character: Peeno
MOVIE • 2021
Here Today
Character: Rex
MOVIE • 2021
Desus & Mero
Character: Self - Illustrious Guest
TV • 2019
You
Character: Joe Goldberg
TV • 2018
Adam Green's Aladdin
Character: Prince
MOVIE • 2016
The Paper Store
Character: Sigurd Rossdale
MOVIE • 2016
The Slap
Character: Jamie
TV • 2015
Periods.
Character:
MOVIE • 2014
Cymbeline
Character: Posthumus
MOVIE • 2014
Parts Per Billion
Character: Erik
MOVIE • 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
TV • 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
TV • 2014
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Character: Jeff Buckley
MOVIE • 2013
East of Eden
Character: Caleb
MOVIE • 2012
Margin Call
Character: Seth Bregman
MOVIE • 2011
The Making of Easy A
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
Easy A
Character: Woodchuck Todd
MOVIE • 2010
The Stepfather
Character: Michael Harding
MOVIE • 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2009
Crew