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name: "Penn Badgley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/penn-badgley"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T12:15:21.340788+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Penn Badgley

Actor. Born 1 November 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1986, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Also known as:** Penn Dayton Badgley
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311750, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046112/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110927

## Biography

Penn Dayton Badgley is an American actor and producer. He was born on 1 November 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland.

He first gained attention for his role as Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2000–2001). Badgley is known for portraying Dan Humphrey in the series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in the series You (2018–2025). His film roles include Scott in John Tucker Must Die (2006), Woodchuck Todd in Easy A (2010) and Seth Bregman in Margin Call (2011).

As part of the ensemble cast of Margin Call, he received the Robert Altman Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Margin Call* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Seth Bregman — [page](https://film.one/film/margin-call.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Birthday Cake* (2021), as Peeno
- *Here Today* (2021), as Rex
- *You* (2018), series, Joe Goldberg, Director
- *Adam Green's Aladdin* (2016), as Prince
- *The Paper Store* (2016), as Sigurd Rossdale
- *The Slap* (2015), series, as Jamie
- *Periods.* (2014), Acting
- *Cymbeline* (2014), as Posthumus
- *Parts Per Billion* (2014), as Erik
- *Greetings from Tim Buckley* (2013), as Jeff Buckley
- *East of Eden* (2012), as Caleb
- *Margin Call* (2011), as Seth Bregman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/margin-call.md)
- *Easy A* (2010), as Woodchuck Todd
- *The Stepfather* (2009), as Michael Harding
- *Moth* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Forever Strong* (2008), as Lars
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Dan Humphrey
- *Drive Thru* (2007), as Van
- *John Tucker Must Die* (2006), as Scott
- *The Bedford Diaries* (2006), series, as Owen Gregory
- *The Mountain* (2004), series, as Sam Tunney
- *Debating Robert Lee* (2004), as Matt's Debate Opponent
- *What I Like About You* (2002), series, as Jake
- *Do Over* (2002), series, as Joel Larsen
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Trace Malone
- *The Nightmare Room* (2001), series, as Student (uncredited)
- *The Fluffer* (2001), as Young Sean
- *The Brothers García* (2000), series, as Eddie Bauer
- *Daddio* (2000), series, as Todd
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Todd
- *NDA*, Acting
- *You Deserve Each Other*, as Nicholas 'Nick' Rose
- *Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone*, series, as Ernest 'Ern' Cunningham, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Penn Badgley](https://film.one/media/person/693637/gallery-47ba8a032314.jpg) Penn Badgley — Image via TMDB
- ![Penn Badgley](https://film.one/media/person/693637/gallery-fec1c55699ad.jpg) Penn Badgley — Image via TMDB
- ![Penn Badgley](https://film.one/media/person/693637/gallery-a527f67f6563.jpg) Penn Badgley — Image via TMDB
- ![Penn Badgley](https://film.one/media/person/693637/gallery-2f4a2ace72d7.jpg) Penn Badgley — Image via TMDB
- ![Penn Badgley](https://film.one/media/person/693637/gallery-c3b8d56bf348.jpg) Penn Badgley — Image via TMDB

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