 For his role as Joe Stafford in "Argo," he studied Persian, which he spoke in his final monologue in the film.In 2013, he appeared in Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave", which again included Pitt.McNairy filmed his second movie with Michael Fassbender, Leonard Abrahamson's "Frank," and co-starred in Jaume Collet-Serra's "Non-Stop" (2014), opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.