Netflix’s “Kennedy” stars the “Steve Jobs” actor as patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr.

Here’s your first look at the next Kennedy TV series starring Michael Fassbender

Netflix's "Kennedy" stars the "Steve Jobs" actor as patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr.

By Wesley Stenzel

Wesley Stenzel

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March 27, 2026 1:46 p.m. ET

Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr. on 'Kennedy'. Credit:

*Love Story* may have ended, but the Kennedys' time on the small screen has only just begun.

On Friday, Netflix unveiled the first official look at Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr. from its upcoming drama series *Kennedy*.

The first season of the new Kennedy series will begin in the 1930s following Joe (Fassbender) and Rose Kennedy (Laura Donnelly) as the former's political career takes off. The show will also star Nick Robinson as eldest son Joe Kennedy Jr. and Joshuah Melnick as second-born John F. "Jack" Kennedy.

The series will also unsurprisingly depict other members of the political dynasty, including Rosemary (Lydia Peckham and Tipper Seifert-Cleveland), Kick (Saura Lightfoot-Leon and Miley Locke), and Eunice (Georgina Bitmead). Other prominent recurring characters include Joe Sr.'s secretary Eddie Moore (Ben Miles), Jack's close friend Lem Billings (Cole Doman), and Hollywood actress Gloria Swanson (Imogen Poots), with whom Joe Sr. had an affair during his time as her business advisor.

Michael Fassbender; Joe Kennedy Sr.

Sam Shaw (*Castle Rock*) will serve as the showrunner on the eight-episode season. Thomas Vinterberg, the Danish filmmaker behind *The Hunt* and *Another Round*, will direct the first and last episodes of the first season and executive-produce.

A prominent member of the Democratic Party, Joe Sr. served in a number of positions under President Franklin Roosevelt, including as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and ambassador to the United Kingdom.

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*Kennedy* will also feature numerous notable figures from the early 20th century who overlapped with the titular family's social and professional circles, including journalist Inga Arvad (Hera Hilmar), aviator Charles Lindbergh (Wyatt Russell), journalist Arthur Krock (Patrick Fischler), writer Clare Boothe Luce (Caitlin FitzGerald), British aristocrat Billy Cavendish (Louis Landau), U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (Robin Soans), his successor Winston Churchill (Albert Welling), U.S. state department official Raymond Furness (Denis O'Hare), FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Eddie Marsan), and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Toby Huss).

Inspired by Fredrik Logevall's book *JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956*, the series recently began production in London. The show's other executive producers include Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Kaitlin Dahill, Eric Roth, Logevall, Lila Byock, Anya Epstein, Dustin Thomason, and Anna O’Malley.

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"The story of the Kennedys is the closest we have to American mythology — somewhere between Shakespeare and *The Bold and the Beautiful*," Shaw told Tudum. "But Fredrik Logevall's stunning, nuanced biography pulls a veil on the human strivings and burdens behind the myth, revealing as much about our present moment, how we got here and where we're going, as about the Kennedys themselves. I'm thrilled to be able to explore this saga of a family and a world in transition with Eric Roth, Thomas Vinterberg and our incredible band of artists and partners, at a moment when our past feels urgently present."

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