9 TV Shows & Movies Penn Badgley Fans Need To Watch After 'YOU'
Hello, you. And by “you,” we mean Woodchuck Todd.
byTatiana TenreyroandCandace Cordelia Smith
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Once Penn Badgley’s thriller series You made the big move from Lifetime to Netflix, viewers couldn’t get enough of the psychological thriller. The psychological thriller introduced us to the Gossip Girl alum’s chilling portrayal of bookstore manager Joe and his obsession with a customer named Guinevere — and things only get creepier from there. If you've already finished marathoning the first three seasons, there's a good chance you need more TV shows and movies starring Badgley in your life. Thankfully, the actor's career includes plenty of titles that will keep you entertained while you wait for Season 4 of You to premiere.
Badgley announced back in 2015 that he'd be taking a break from TV and focusing on roles in indie projects like Adam Green’s Aladdin, as well as working on music with his band MOTHXR. But despite his post-Gossip Girl break, he has plenty of roles you’d want to add to your watchlist. Before playing Dan Humphrey, Badgley was Brittany Snow's nerdy crush in John Tucker Must Die. While still on Gossip Girl, he played Todd, Emma Stone’s love interest in Easy A. And before all of that,he acted in multiple WB shows, like the college-set drama The Bedford Diaries.
Shortly after Do Over, Badgley starred in The WB’s The Mountain, a show about a family in charge of a ski resort. Badgley’s character, Sam Tunney, isn’t a part of the brood but does get himself entangled in a love triangle with his friend and one of the family members. Like most WB dramas and love triangles, things get complicated. Anyone interested in checking out the first and only season of The Mountain can do so on YouTube.
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The Slap
In 2015, Badgley claimed to have been “done with TV” after starring on The Slap, an NBC show based on the Australian TV show of the same name. In it, Badgley plays Jamie, an actor who is the brother of the protagonist's childhood friend. Of course, fans know Badgley’s TV hiatus was just temporary as he’s about to walk into his fourth season as the murderous and hypocritical Joe on YOU. You can watch The Slap on Tubi.