United Kingdom, Oct. 20 -- Michael Fassbender is set to star in a new Netflix show about the Kennedy family.

The 48-year-old actor will play Joe Kennedy Sr., the patriarch of the American political dynasty, in Kennedy, an upcoming drama series that explores the family's intimate truths.

Showrunner and executive producer Sam Shaw told Tudum: "The story of the Kennedys is the closest we have to American mythology - somewhere between Shakespeare and The Bold and the Beautiful.

"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 exp...