Cast & creator
Penn Badgley
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The View
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.
Also known as: Penn Dayton Badgley
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1988–2022 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (44)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The View
Self
1997
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Will & Grace
Todd
1998
Gossip Girl
Dan Humphrey
2007
You
Joe Goldberg
2018You
Director
2018
The Twilight Zone
Trace Malone
2002
What I Like About You
Jake
2002
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
Easy A
Woodchuck Todd
2010
Margin Call
Seth Bregman
2011
The Brothers García
Eddie Bauer
2000
The Slap
Jamie
2015
Do Over
Joel Larsen
2002
The Nightmare Room
Student (uncredited)
2001
The Mountain
Sam Tunney
2004
John Tucker Must Die
Scott
2006
The Stepfather
Michael Harding
2009
The Bedford Diaries
Owen Gregory
2006
Here Today
Rex
2021Daddio
Todd
2000
The Birthday Cake
Peeno
2021
Cymbeline
Posthumus
2014
Drive Thru
Van
2007
The Fluffer
Young Sean
2001
Forever Strong
Lars
2008
Parts Per Billion
Erik
2014NDA
Adam Green's Aladdin
Prince
2016
Debating Robert Lee
Matt's Debate Opponent
2004Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Ernest 'Ern' Cunningham
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Executive Producer
You Deserve Each Other
Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
Periods.
2014
Moth
Executive Producer
2009
The Paper Store
Sigurd Rossdale
2016
The Making of Easy A
Self
2010
East of Eden
Caleb
2012
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley
2013