| Joe Goldberg | |
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| You character | |
 Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg. | |
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| Full name | Joseph Goldberg |
| Alias | Jeff Pevensey Nathan Herzog Spencer Hewitt Paul Brown Dan Fox Will Bettelheim Nick Jones Jonathan Moore |
| Occupation | Former bookstore manager Former bookstore clerk Former librarian Former literature professor Bookstore owner |
| Family | Raphael Passero (biological father) Sandy Goldberg (biological mom) Ivan Mooney (adoptive father) Henry Goldberg (son) |
| Spouse | Love Quinn (first wife) Kate Lockwood (second wife) |
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| Origin | Jewish |
| Nationality | American |
Joe Goldberg is a fictional character and protagonist of the You book series, written by Caroline Kepnes, as well as the television adaptation of the same name, where he is portrayed by American actor Penn Badgley, by Gianni Ciardiello, Aidan Wallace and Jack Fisher as a youth, and as his inner self by Ed Speleers. Joe is a serial killer, stalker and former bookstore manager who, upon meeting Guinevere Beck at his workplace in New York, develops an extreme, toxic and delusional obsession with her. After moving to Los Angeles to escape his sordid past, he meets avid chef Love Quinn and falls into his old habits of obsession and violence in order to avoid the fate of his past romantic endeavors. As his troubled marriage with Love falls apart, he abandons his life in the United States and moves to London where he begins tracking down the Eat-the-Rich killer, while managing an infatuation with Kate Lockwood.