Penn Badgley

Penn Badgley
Badgley at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Penn Dayton Badgley

(1986-11-01) November 1, 1986 (age 37)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1997–present
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Children1

Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in the Netflix psychological thriller series You (2018–present).[1][2][3]

Badgley first came to prominence portraying Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2000–2001). He went on to appear in the comedy films John Tucker Must Die (2006), Drive-Thru (2007) and Easy A (2010), the thriller films The Stepfather (2009) and Margin Call (2011), the biographical film Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012), and the drama The Paper Store (2016).

  1. ^ "Penn Badgley on How He Lived Long Enough to Become the Villain". GQ. February 14, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Gossip Girl alum Penn Badgley returns to filming You; Netflix recommends to 'stay 6ft away from Joe Goldberg'". PINKVILLA. November 3, 2020. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Penn Badgley: His 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Roles According To IMDb". ScreenRant. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2021.