“Anthony Boyle on Playing Sam Bankman-Fried in Netflix’s ‘The Altruists’: ‘He Might Have Be” — what this page in the network covers. Irish actor Anthony Boyle opens up about portraying disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in The Altruists, a new Netflix drama exploring the crypto exchange’s meteoric rise and catastrophic collapse. Boyle, known for roles in Masters of the Air and Tolkien, delves into the psychology of a man who Boyle, known for roles in Masters of the Air and Tolkien, delves into the psychology of a man who went from crypto wunderkind to convicted fraudster, noting the staggering scale of what was lost.
“Sam might have been the world’s first trillionaire had he not gone to jail,” Boyle says, underscoring the financial heights Bankman-Fried reached before FTX imploded in November 2022. The series, which blends sex, power, and digital currency intrigue, aims to unpack how a young math prodigy convinced investors, celebrities, and regulators that he was building the future of finance. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.