House of Cards is the Netflix series featuring Frank Underwood. Kevin Spacey plays the ruthless South Carolina politician, who begins the story as House Majority Whip and schemes his way toward the presidency.
The American series was created for television by Beau Willimon and premiered on Netflix on February 1, 2013. David Fincher was an executive producer and directed the first two episodes, helping establish the show’s dark, controlled visual style. The question’s answer is therefore unambiguous even though Fincher was not formally the series’ sole creator.
House of Cards adapts Michael Dobbs’s 1989 novel and the BBC miniseries created by Andrew Davies. Its plot shifts that political power struggle into contemporary Washington, D.C., where Frank works with and against figures including Claire Underwood, played by Robin Wright.
The series ran for six seasons and 73 episodes. Its final season was produced without Spacey after Netflix ended its relationship with him; Claire Underwood becomes the central political figure in that concluding chapter.