Netflix &x27;Kennedy&x27; series reveals Michael Fassbender as patriarch Joe Bryan Alexander, USA TODAYFri, March 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC 0 Move over "Love Story," which just dropped the final FX episode centered on the romance of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette. Next up, is the Netflix drama series "Kennedy," which revealed the eightepisode drama's first look with Michael Fassbender as patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr on March 27. "Kennedy" is still in production in London, with no release date set. But everyone's talking Kennedyfamily now, so bring it.
Netflix 'Kennedy' series reveals Michael Fassbender as patriarch Joe
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAYFri, March 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC
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Move over "Love Story," which just dropped the final FX episode centered on the romance of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette.
Next up, is the Netflix drama series "Kennedy," which revealed the eight-episode drama's first look with Michael Fassbender as patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr on March 27.
"Kennedy" is still in production in London, with no release date set. But everyone's talking Kennedy-family now, so bring it.
The series will reveal the "intimate lives, loves, rivalries and tragedies that shaped the most iconic dynasty in modern history, and helped create the world we live in today," according to Netflix's description.
Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy, Sr. in "Kennedy."
Beginning in the 1930s, Season 1 of "Kennedy" charts the improbable ascent of Joe Sr. (Fassbender) wife Rose Kennedy (Laura Donnelly) and their nine children.
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The soon-to-be-famous brood includes rebellious second son John "Jack" Kennedy (Joshuah Melnick), who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden boy older brother, Joe Kennedy Jr. (Nick Robinson).
Other family members include Rosemary (Lydia Peckham) Kick (Saura Lightfoot-Leon) and Eunice (Georgina Bitmead).
The series, executive produced by Sam Shaw, is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall's tome "JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1965."
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To prove its epic scope, the series includes many of the luminaries in Joe Sr.'s orbit 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), British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (Robin Soans), OG Prime Minister 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).
Imogen Poots stars as silent film star Gloria Swanson who had a passionate affair with Joe Kennedy Sr.
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