Joe Goldberg

Joseph "Joe" Goldberg is a 28 year old He is the main character of Netflix's YOU. He is portrayed by Penn Badgley. Joe Goldberg is a charming and seemingly normal bookstore manager who becomes obsessed with his girlfriends and often resorts to extreme measures to control their lives and eliminate any threat to the relationship. He is the biological son of Raphael Goldberg and Sandy Librelato and the adoptive son of Ivan Mooney, the biological older half-brother of Jakey Librelato, the father of Henry Goldberg, and, ex-husband of Love Quinn and, he also enters into a relationship with his dark side, Rhys Montrose. He is an obsessive stalker who uses technology and social media to stalk the people he loves. The series explores themes of unhealthy love, obsession, privacy and even murder, as Joe commits a series of crimes in the name of what he believes to be true love. After, Joe Goldberg moves to Los Angeles and adopts a new name, William "Will" Bettelheim.