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.

Filmography

• 2021Here Today — Rex
• 2021The Birthday Cake — Peeno
• You — Joe Goldberg, Director
• 2016Adam Green's Aladdin — Prince
• 2016The Paper Store — Sigurd Rossdale
• The Slap — Jamie
• 2014Cymbeline — Posthumus
• 2014Parts Per Billion — Erik
• 2014Periods.
• 2013Greetings from Tim Buckley — Jeff Buckley
• 2012East of Eden — Caleb
• 2011Margin Call — Seth Bregman
• 2010Easy A — Woodchuck Todd
• 2009Moth — Executive Producer
• 2009The Stepfather — Michael Harding
• 2008Forever Strong — Lars
• 2007Drive Thru — Van
• Gossip Girl — Dan Humphrey
• 2006John Tucker Must Die — Scott
• The Bedford Diaries — Owen Gregory
• 2004Debating Robert Lee — Matt's Debate Opponent
• The Mountain — Sam Tunney
• Do Over — Joel Larsen
• The Twilight Zone — Trace Malone
• What I Like About You — Jake
• 2001The Fluffer — Young Sean
• The Nightmare Room — Student (uncredited)
• Daddio — Todd
• The Brothers García — Eddie Bauer
• Will & Grace — Todd
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone — Ernest 'Ern' Cunningham, Executive Producer
• NDA
• You Deserve Each Other — Nicholas 'Nick' Rose

Appearances as themselves (7)

• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2010The Making of Easy A — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest