who plays the president in house of cards
Michel Gill
title: House of Cards (UK TV series) text: won a Best Actor BAFTA in 1991 for his role as Urquhart, and Andrew Davies won an Emmy for outstanding writing in a miniseries. The series ranked 84th in the British Film Institute list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The Urquhart trilogy has been adapted in the United States as "House of Cards". The show stars Kevin Spacey as Francis "Frank" Underwood, the Majority Whip of the Democratic Party, who schemes and murders his way to becoming President of the United States. It is produced by David Fincher and Spacey's Trigger Street Productions, with the initial episodes directed title: Beau Willimon text: for Netflix. It was produced by Media Rights Capital, David Fincher, and Kevin Spacey, and for five seasons starred Spacey as ruthless politician Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his equally scheming wife Claire. The series also stars Kate Mara, Corey Stoll, Michael Kelly, Neve Campbell, Michel Gill, Jayne Atkinson and Sebastian Arcelus. It premiered on Netflix on February 1, 2013. Willimon served as the series' showrunner for its first four seasons, stepping down in January 2016. "House of Cards" is set to premiere its sixth and final season on November 2, 2018. On November 3, 2017, Netflix fired Spacey title: Michel Gill text: fellow "House of Cards" actor Jayne Atkinson (Secretary of State Catherine Durant), whom he met when they were both in a production of "The Heiress" at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. They began dating in 1992 and were married in 1998. Gill and Atkinson reside with their son in the Berkshires. Michel Gill Michel Gill (born April 16, 1960), also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series "House of Cards" and Gideon Goddard on "Mr. Robot". Gill is a first generation American who was born title: Michel Gill text: Michel Gill Michel Gill (born April 16, 1960), also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series "House of Cards" and Gideon Goddard on "Mr. Robot". Gill is a first generation American who was born in New York City, to a Jewish family. His parents managed to escape from the Holocaust. Gill's first language was French. He studied at Aiglon College, a prestigious boarding school in Switzerland. After Aiglon, he attended Tufts University before transferring and graduating from the Juilliard School in 1985 (Group 14). Gill is married to title: Frank Underwood (House of Cards) text: Frank Underwood (House of Cards) Francis J. Underwood is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American adaptation of "House of Cards", portrayed by Kevin Spacey. He is depicted as a ruthless politician who rises from House Majority Whip to President of the United States through treachery, deception and murder. He is based on Francis Urquhart, the protagonist of the British novel and television series "House of Cards", from which the American Netflix series is drawn. He is married to Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), but also had a sexual relationship with Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) in season 1. He