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Penn Badgley

Nov 01, 1986 (38 years old) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Known For

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You
Joe Goldberg
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Gossip Girl
Dan Humphrey
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The Twilight Zone
Trace Malone
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Will & Grace
Todd
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What I Like About You
Jake
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The Brothers García
Eddie Bauer
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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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Do Over
Joel Larsen

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