Penn Badgley

Also known as Penn Dayton Badgley

American actor and musician (born 1986)

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Penn Badgley is an American actor and singer who began his work period in 1997. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1986, he is a male human who is left-handed. He has been educated at Santa Monica College and Lewis & Clark College. His professional roles include child actor, film actor, and singer, with his instrument being his voice. He is associated with the record label Razor & Tie.

Badgley’s native language is English, which he also uses for writing. He speaks, writes, and signs in English. He follows the Baháʼí Faith. He has two children and has been unmarried partners with Zoë Kravitz and Blake Lively. His work is associated with tags such as *Gossip Girl*, *The Fluffer*, and cover performances.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Penn Badgley is referenced by 181 other articles, and connects out to Baltimore, The Stepfather and Mario Golf.

It is catalogued under topics including 1986 births, 20th-century American male actors and 21st-century American male actors.

Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.

Film & TV

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 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

The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
Here Today — Rex2021
The Birthday Cake — Peeno2021
Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest2019
You — Joe Goldberg2018
Adam Green's Aladdin — Prince2016
The Paper Store — Sigurd Rossdale2016
The Slap — Jamie2015
Cymbeline — Posthumus2014
Parts Per Billion — Erik2014

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1986

Member of

MOTHXR

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 174
Total plays: 1,026

Key facts

Born: Penn Dayton Badgley , ( 1986-11-01 ) November 1, 1986 (age 39) , Baltimore, Maryland , U.S.
Occupations: Actor producer
Years active: 1994–present
Spouse: Domino Kirke ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Baltimore
Occupation: television director
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Baháʼí Faith
Instrument: voice
Record label: Razor & Tie
Image: Penn Badgley TIFF 2012.jpg
Number of children: 2

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Commons category: Penn Badgley
date of birth: 1986-11-01
start of work period: 1997-00-00
social media followers: 555162
unmarried partner: Blake Lively
writing language: English language
handedness: left-handedness

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Encyclopedic overview

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).

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