Joe Goldberg

Joe Goldberg
You character
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg.
First appearance	Novel: You (2013) Television: "Pilot" (September 9, 2018)
Created by	Character: Caroline Kepnes Television: Greg Berlanti Sera Gamble
Portrayed by	Penn Badgley (seasons 1–4) Ed Speleers (season 4) Gianni Ciardiello (teenager) Aidan Wallace (child) Jack Fisher (child)
In-universe information
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)
Significant others	Candace Stone (1st) Guinevere Beck (2nd) Marienne Bellamy (4th)

Joe Goldberg is a fictional character and protagonist of the You book series, written by Caroline Kepnes, as well as the television series 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.