--- description: The film will also star Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels title: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet to Star in Steve Jobs Biopic image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0aca66e86e63b6b/69877c632dce014b7e9dd3b5/michael-fassbender.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet to Star in Steve Jobs Biopic by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2015 8:48 PM CUT  Actor Michael Fassbender during an interview on August 7, 2014 Actor Michael Fassbender during an interview on August 7, 2014NBC—Getty Images by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2015 8:48 PM CUT Universal announced yesterday that Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle’s _Steve Jobs_ started principal photography in San Francisco, confirming its cast led by Michael Fassbender. Fassbender stars as the titular character in the film directed by Boyle, which will take place at three product launches. Seth Rogen is indeed playing Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Kate Winslet is playing former Macintosh marketing chief Joanna Hoffman. Meanwhile, Jeff Daniels plays former Apple CEO John Sculley, Katherine Waterston plays Jobs’ ex-girlfriend Lisa Brennan, and Michael Stuhlbarg plays Apple development team member Andy Hertzfeld. Three actresses—Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, and Makenzie Moss—will portray Lisa Brennan, the daughter whose paternity Jobs first denied. Sorkin has [called](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/aaron-sorkin-interview-writer-of-the-newsroom-on-his-battle-with-drugs-and-being-a-perfectionist-9862342.html "undefined") Lisa the “heroine” of the movie; he [told ](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/aaron-sorkin-interview-writer-of-the-newsroom-on-his-battle-with-drugs-and-being-a-perfectionist-9862342.html "undefined")[_The Independent_](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/aaron-sorkin-interview-writer-of-the-newsroom-on-his-battle-with-drugs-and-being-a-perfectionist-9862342.html "undefined")that “in the case of Steve Jobs, it’s the relationships he had—particularly with his daughter, Lisa—that drew me to it.” Based on Walter Isaacson’s biography, the film had a rough time getting to this point: Both [Leonardio DiCaprio and Christian Bale](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/03/christian-bale-jobs/ "undefined") dropped out of playing the lead. The project also [changed studios](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-picks-up-steve-jobs-752149 "undefined") from Sony to Universal. _This_ [_article_](http://www.insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/28/aaron-sorkins-steve-jobs-movie-begins-filming-confirms-cast/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3686526/steve-jobs-movie-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3686526/steve-jobs-movie-cast/"},"headline":"Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet to Star in Steve Jobs Biopic","datePublished":"2015-01-28T20:48:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:57:21.198Z","description":"The film will also star Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels","url":"https://time.com/3686526/steve-jobs-movie-cast/","keywords":["movies","Kate Winslet","michael fassbender","Seth Rogen"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0aca66e86e63b6b/69877c632dce014b7e9dd3b5/michael-fassbender.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0aca66e86e63b6b/69877c632dce014b7e9dd3b5/michael-fassbender.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 1","caption":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 1","creditText":"NBC—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3686526/steve-jobs-movie-cast/","name":"Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet to Star in Steve Jobs Biopic"}}]}] ```