Penn Badgley’s parents are Duff Badgley, a journalist, and Lynne Murphy, an artist.
Penn Badgley is an American actor best known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in the CW series Gossip Girl and Joe Goldberg in the Netflix series You. His father, Duff Badgley, is a journalist who has written for publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. His mother, Lynne Murphy, is an artist who has exhibited her work in galleries around the world.