On March 18 , 2011 , it was announced that Spacey was cast as Frank Underwood in the Netflix series '' House of Cards '' , adapted from a 1990 BBC political drama of the same name . He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2013 , becoming the first lead actor to be Primetime Emmy-nominated from a web television series . Spacey went on to win the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards for his season 2 performance
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
Kevin Spacey