67 Facts About Dan Humphrey

Daniel Randolph Humphrey is a fictional character from the Gossip Girl franchise.

Dan Humphrey is one of the core male characters in Gossip Girl, played by American actor Penn Badgley.

Dan Humphrey's father in the show, Rufus Humphrey, is an aspiring rock musician; his mother in the show, Alison Humphrey, is an artist who walked out on her family when Dan was young, leaving him with a deep sense of abandonment and distrust.

Dan Humphrey has a younger sister in the show, Jennifer Humphrey.

Dan Humphrey is considered charismatic and attractive, due to his good looks, charm, and wit.

Dan Humphrey is characterized by his tall stature, fair complexion, neurotic demeanor, and intense disposition.

Dan Humphrey's favored leisure activity involves the composition of entries in his black journals.

Later, Dan Humphrey recognizes his feelings for Vanessa, leading to the start of a relationship with her.

Dan Humphrey gets an internship at Red Letter, which he leaves once he realizes they do not want him there for his talent.

Dan Humphrey gets back together with Vanessa after sending her a small, pink singing toy from Japan to film.

Dan Humphrey later meets Bree while working at The Strand one summer while he was still dating Vanessa.

Dan Humphrey is a writer and attends the St Jude's School for boys.

Dan Humphrey has longed for Serena van der Woodsen since a party when they were fifteen and she was the only person who was nice to him.

Dan Humphrey is one of the first people to see Serena back in person.

Dan Humphrey is highly embarrassed after this, as at the end of the date he only waves to her from a taxi.

Dan Humphrey explains he will stay with Serena no matter what she does because he loves her.

Dan Humphrey tells this to Serena who says she's not having a child.

Dan Humphrey believes him and says she loves him as well, but she needs to help Blair.

Soon thereafter, Dan Humphrey is convinced that Georgina is lying to him after being told the truth by Serena.

Dan Humphrey eventually gets fired from his summer job due to a lack of commitment and heads to the Hamptons hoping to see Serena.

Dan Humphrey meets a transfer student named Amanda and starts dating her, leading to tension with Serena.

Dan Humphrey uses Chuck to fuel a new story but later realizes it's wrong to exploit people for art.

Chuck fools a secret society into thinking Dan Humphrey is Nate, leading to Dan Humphrey being stripped of his clothes and tied to a statue.

Dan Humphrey joins NYU and quickly fits in among the aspiring writers.

Dan Humphrey becomes popular, has a short-lived relationship with Georgina, and then moves on to a relationship with Olivia, a Hollywood film star.

Dan Humphrey confesses his love for Vanessa, who initially turns him down but eventually reveals her feelings for him, and they get together.

Dan Humphrey appears upset when he receives Blair's invitation for her royal wedding.

Dan Humphrey soon finds out that someone has published his book, Inside.

Dan Humphrey finds out that Vanessa has published his book without his permission and tries to undo the damage, especially after Vanity Fair want to publish a part about Dan Humphrey and Blair.

Desperate, Dan Humphrey turns to Louis for some help, hoping the prince could put some royal weight on it and manage to cancel the publishing.

Dan Humphrey asks him to take her there, and Dan tells her he will be there for her for whatever she needs.

Dan Humphrey decides to conceal the real reason why Louis couldn't make it.

Blair assumes that he was following her and starts reprimanding him until Dan Humphrey's conscience gets the better of him and reveals that Louis was only helping him with his book issue.

Dan Humphrey decides to invite Blair to a feast to be sure.

Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, Dan Humphrey is still trying to stop the publishing of his book to save the relationship he has built with his closest friends and family.

Dan Humphrey calls Serena on the phone and asks her how she went through Lily's bank account so that he can go to Vanessa's bank and look for the publisher.

Dan Humphrey begins to silently pray to God for a way out, and once she finishes, she sees Dan at the front of the door.

Once Dan Humphrey hears Blair throw up, he begins to get worried and, like Beatrice, assumes that she has gone back to her previous bulimic ways.

Dan Humphrey encourages her to take a test, but she refuses, stating that she'll lose everything if Chuck is the actual father.

Dan Humphrey responds that she will still have him, causing Blair to cry and rest her head on Dan Humphrey's shoulder.

Dan Humphrey then tells Louis that she's pregnant, much to his elation.

Dan Humphrey decides that it is time for him to tell Blair about his feelings for her, engaged or not, when she comes and visits him at his loft, feeling heavy-hearted and dejected.

Dan Humphrey tells him that she wishes to be happy again, but has forgotten how to be.

Dan Humphrey decides to keep his feelings for Blair quiet and bottled up, only letting Serena know how he feels about her.

Dan Humphrey leads both Chuck and Blair individually into an enclosed candlelight room.

Once they both come face-to-face, Dan Humphrey closes the door and shows himself out, leaving them both alone.

The accident causes Serena, who is alongside Nate and Dan Humphrey, to be more furious at Gossip Girl than ever before, and blames her entirely for the accident caused.

Nate agrees, and he Serena begin planning on taking Gossip Girl down for good, to avenge Chuck and Blair, as Dan Humphrey anxiously waits for news on Blair.

Dan Humphrey becomes even more terrified when Serena tells her that Chuck is in serious danger due to losing a large amount of blood.

Dan Humphrey decides that this means that God has honored their promise and chooses to further her relationship with Louis, deciding against pursuing her relationship with Chuck.

Dan Humphrey informs Dan about her deal and tells him to keep it a secret, to which he agrees.

Dan Humphrey begins avoiding Chuck and Louis, who collaborate to find out what was going on with Blair, and find pictures of Dan and Blair together in New York, learning that the only man she's not avoiding is Dan.

Dan Humphrey says that she can no longer get married in the dress, as now all she sees is everything she's lost.

Dan Humphrey tells Serena that she feels as if Louis had "peered into her soul," and now is happy with the decision she had made, believing that Louis is the one for her.

However, unknown to Blair, Dan Humphrey was the one who wrote the vows, after Louis asked him to.

Dan Humphrey tells her that when they're alone, they'll become like strangers to each other.

However, when Blair notices the lack of interest Dan Humphrey has in pursuing his old relationship with Serena.

Dan Humphrey tells him that she attempted to get Dan and Serena back together because she wants Dan to be happy.

Dan Humphrey is mad at him, but forgives him after he tells her that his only reason for sending the video was that he couldn't stand to see Blair so unhappy.

Dorota shows Blair the blast and she confronts Dan Humphrey who is confronting Georgina.

Blair walks over to them and Chuck tells Dan Humphrey to be honest and confess that he has been trying to keep him and Blair apart, which Dan Humphrey does.

Dan Humphrey isn't expecting her, as he is assuming she got back together with Chuck.

Dan Humphrey tells him that she told Chuck that he doesn't have her heart anymore as it now belongs to someone else.

When Gossip Girl intentionally exposes Blair's secrets on Gossip Girl, Dan Humphrey comes to terms with Blair's feelings for Chuck, as well as Serena's attempts to sabotage their relationship.

In Season 6, Dan Humphrey tells Serena that the reason he didn't give her an answer to the "I love you" was because it was easier to focus on his anger at Blair, than to face the possibility of getting what he always wanted in the fear of losing it again.

Dan Humphrey realized at that party that he could never pull Serena out of her world but he couldn't give up either.

Dan Humphrey realized that the only way he could get Serena was to write himself into the Upper East Side drama by using a blog to create a legend; the blog came to be known as Gossip Girl.