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Penn Badgley
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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 G…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2021
The Birthday Cake
Movie Peeno
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2021
Here Today
Movie Rex
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2019
Desus & Mero
TV show Self - Illustrious Guest
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2018
You
TV show Joe Goldberg
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2016
Adam Green's Aladdin
Movie Prince
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2016
The Paper Store
Movie Sigurd Rossdale
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2015
The Slap
TV show Jamie
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2014
Periods.
Movie
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2014
Cymbeline
Movie Posthumus
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2014
Parts Per Billion
Movie Erik
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Movie Jeff Buckley
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2012
East of Eden
Movie Caleb
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2011
Margin Call
Movie Seth Bregman
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2010
The Making of Easy A
Movie Self
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2010
Easy A
Movie Woodchuck Todd
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2009
The Stepfather
Movie Michael Harding
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
Moth
Movie Executive Producer
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2008
Forever Strong
Movie Lars
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2007
Gossip Girl
TV show Dan Humphrey
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2007
Drive Thru
Movie Van
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2006
John Tucker Must Die
Movie Scott
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2006
The Bedford Diaries
TV show Owen Gregory
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2004
The Mountain
TV show Sam Tunney
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2004
Debating Robert Lee
Movie Matt's Debate Opponent
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2002
What I Like About You
TV show Jake
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2002
Do Over
TV show Joel Larsen
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2002
The Twilight Zone
TV show Trace Malone
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2001
The Nightmare Room
TV show Student (uncredited)
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2001
The Fluffer
Movie Young Sean
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2000
The Brothers García
TV show Eddie Bauer
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2000
Daddio
TV show Todd
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1998
Will & Grace
TV show Todd
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1997
The View
TV show Self
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1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV show
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1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV show Self
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You Deserve Each Other
Movie Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
