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Penn Badgley Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1986-11-01

Birthplace:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Credits:
40 Total Roles

Penn Badgley

Acting

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Biography

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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show TV Self
2021 The Birthday Cake MOVIE Peeno
2021 Here Today MOVIE Rex
2019 Desus & Mero TV Self - Illustrious Guest
2018 You TV Joe Goldberg
2016 Adam Green's Aladdin MOVIE Prince
2016 The Paper Store MOVIE Sigurd Rossdale
2015 The Slap TV Jamie
2014 Periods. MOVIE Self
2014 Cymbeline MOVIE Posthumus

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