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Penn Badgley

1986 - Today

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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 (2018–2025). Badgley came to prominence playing Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2000–2001). He 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2024). Penn Badgley is the 4,819th most popular actor (down from 3,952nd in 2024), the 7,595th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,890th in 2019) and the 2,200th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Penn Badgley ranks 4,819 out of 13,578. Before him are Metaksia Simonyan, Aracy Balabanian, Ian Abercrombie, Henry Daniell, Birol Ünel, and Polly Bergen. After him are Anselmo Duarte, Lola Falana, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Jang Dong-gun, and Otto Gebühr.

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Among people born in 1986, Penn Badgley ranks 80. Before him are BoA, Mario Casas, Shinji Okazaki, Kim Hyun-joong, Carlos Bacca, and Jakov Milatović. After him are Leighton Meester, Miguel Uribe Turbay, Kim Seon-ho, Demetrious Johnson, Gilad Shalit, and Alba Flores.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Penn Badgley ranks 7,596 out of 20,380. Before him are Loren Acton (1936), Paul Whiteman (1890), Clifton Williams (1932), John O'Hara (1905), and Polly Bergen (1930). After him are Chuck Daly (1930), Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), Washington Allston (1779), Lucy Stone (1818), Gregory La Cava (1892), and Harry Porter (1882).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Penn Badgley ranks 2,201. Before him are Phyllis Diller (1917), Kyle Gass (1960), Mae Murray (1885), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), Kristen Cloke (1968), and Polly Bergen (1930). After him are Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Janis Paige (1922), Margaret Avery (1944), and Leighton Meester (1986).

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