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.
Here Todayas Rex★6.92021
The Birthday Cakeas Peeno★5.12021
Adam Green's Aladdinas Prince★6.82016
The Paper Storeas Sigurd Rossdale★5.52016
Cymbelineas Posthumus★3.92014
Parts Per Billionas Erik★4.42014
Periods.★3.42014
Greetings from Tim Buckleyas Jeff Buckley★5.22013
East of Edenas Caleb★8.02012
Margin Callas Seth Bregman★6.92011