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.
2014 • TV
2009 • TV
2018 • TV
2014 • TV
2016 • Movie
2008 • Movie
as Prince
as Lars
as Seth Bregman
as Woodchuck Todd
as Scott
as Posthumus
as Caleb
as Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
as Matt's Debate Opponent
as Michael Harding
as Sigurd Rossdale
as Young Sean
as Rex
as Peeno
as Van
as Erik
as Jeff Buckley
as Self
Executive Producer
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Joe Goldberg
50 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Dan Humphrey
121 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Todd
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
2 episodes
as Self - Illustrious Guest
1 episodes
as Trace Malone
1 episodes
as Jake
1 episodes
as Student (uncredited)
1 episodes
as Jamie
2 episodes
as Sam Tunney
13 episodes
as Eddie Bauer
2 episodes
as Todd
1 episodes
as Joel Larsen
15 episodes
Director
