Penn Badgley
Acting
Born: Nov 01, 1986
From: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Here Today | Rex | 2021 | 6.954 |
| The Birthday Cake | Peeno | 2021 | 5.082 |
| Adam Green's Aladdin | Prince | 2016 | 6.8 |
| The Paper Store | Sigurd Rossdale | 2016 | 5.5 |
| The Slap TV | Jamie | 2015 | 5.9 |
| Cymbeline | Posthumus | 2014 | 3.9 |
| Parts Per Billion | Erik | 2014 | 4.4 |
| Periods. | 2014 | 3.4 | |
| Greetings from Tim Buckley | Jeff Buckley | 2013 | 5.2 |
| East of Eden | Caleb | 2012 | 8.0 |
| Margin Call | Seth Bregman | 2011 | 6.868 |
| Easy A | Woodchuck Todd | 2010 | 6.805 |
| The Making of Easy A | Self | 2010 | 4.0 |
| The Stepfather | Michael Harding | 2009 | 5.8 |
| Forever Strong | Lars | 2008 | 7.1 |
| Drive Thru | Van | 2007 | 5.307 |
| Gossip Girl TV | Dan Humphrey | 2007 | 8.169 |
| John Tucker Must Die | Scott | 2006 | 6.105 |
| The Bedford Diaries TV | Owen Gregory | 2006 | 5.75 |
| Debating Robert Lee | Matt's Debate Opponent | 2004 | 6.5 |
| The Mountain TV | Sam Tunney | 2004 | 6.6 |
| Do Over TV | Joel Larsen | 2002 | 6.778 |
| The Fluffer | Young Sean | 2001 | 5.826 |
| The Brothers García TV | Eddie Bauer | 2000 | 8.2 |
| Will & Grace TV | Todd | 1998 | 6.861 |
| The View TV | Self | 1997 | 4.413 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV | 1992 | 5.375 | |
| LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV | Self | 1988 | 5.622 |
| LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV | Self - Guest | 1988 | 5.622 |
| You Deserve Each Other | Nicholas 'Nick' Rose | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1986 |
| From | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |