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

Wesley Stenzel is a news writer at **. He began writing for EW in 2022.

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

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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) and Hollywood actress Gloria Swanson (Imogen Poots), with whom Joe Sr. had an affair during his time as her business advisor.

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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