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Penn Badgley

Acting
Known For

38 Years Old

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.

Born

Baltimore, Maryland, USA on 1st November 1986

All Credits

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View Image
The View
Self
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
You Image
You
Joe Goldberg
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Will & Grace
Todd
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The Twilight Zone
Trace Malone
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Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
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Gossip Girl
Dan Humphrey
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The Nightmare Room
Student (uncredited)
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The Slap
Jamie
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Daddio
Todd
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What I Like About You
Jake
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Do Over
Joel Larsen
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The Mountain
Sam Tunney
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The Bedford Diaries
Owen Gregory
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Margin Call
Seth Bregman
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The Brothers García
Eddie Bauer
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Easy A
Woodchuck Todd
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John Tucker Must Die
Scott
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The Stepfather
Michael Harding
Drive Thru Image
Drive Thru
Van
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The Birthday Cake
Peeno
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Cymbeline
Posthumus
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Forever Strong
Lars
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Here Today
Rex
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The Paper Store
Sigurd Rossdale
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Parts Per Billion
Erik
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The Fluffer
Young Sean
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Debating Robert Lee
Matt's Debate Opponent
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You Deserve Each Other
Nick
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Adam Green's Aladdin
Prince
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Periods.
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The Making of Easy A
Self
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East of Eden
Caleb
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Greetings from Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley