About Penn Badgley
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 as Joe Goldberg in the Netflix psychological thriller series You (2018–2025). Badgley came to prominence playing Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2000–2001). He then featured 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 film The Paper Store (2016). Badgley has stated that his first name comes from the brand of tennis ball his father was holding during his mother's first sonogram. Badgley had his first screen acting credit on an episode of Will & Grace and he subsequently appeared on shows such as Daddio, The Brothers García, and What I Like About You.
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