Penn Badgley is an American actor, producer, and singer. He began his career in the soap opera The Young and the Restless as Phillip Chancellor IV, and later transitioned to film, appearing in John Tucker Must Die, Easy A alongside Emma Stone, and Margin Call. Badgley is also known for his television roles in Gossip Girl with Blake Lively and later You. Outside of acting, he has hosted Lemonada’s Society & Culture podcast Podcrushed.