Actor
Penn Badgley
Born November 1, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA19 films
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.
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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.
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First watchForever Strong20087.1as LarsHotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team until a fateful brush with the law forces him to ponder the consequences of his actions in a Salt Lake…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
19 films as actor- TBAYou Deserve Each OtherNicholas 'Nick' Rose
- TBANDA
- 2021The Birthday CakePeeno
- 2021Here TodayRex
- 2016Adam Green's AladdinPrince
- 2016The Paper StoreSigurd Rossdale
- 2014Periods.
- 2014CymbelinePosthumus
- 2014Parts Per BillionErik
- 2013Greetings from Tim BuckleyJeff Buckley
- 2012East of EdenCaleb
- 2011Margin CallSeth Bregman
- 2010Easy AWoodchuck Todd
- 2009The StepfatherMichael Harding
- 2008Forever StrongLars
- 2007Drive ThruVan
- 2006John Tucker Must DieScott
- 2004Debating Robert LeeMatt's Debate Opponent
- 2001The FlufferYoung Sean