
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.

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014

The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022

The View
TV • 1997

You
TV • 2018

Gossip Girl
TV • 2007

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992

Will & Grace
TV • 1998

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988

The Twilight Zone
TV • 2002

What I Like About You
TV • 2002

Desus & Mero
TV • 2019

The Slap
TV • 2015

The Nightmare Room
TV • 2001

Do Over
TV • 2002

The Mountain
TV • 2004