--- title: Hillary Clinton Kevin Spacey Do House of Cards Video for Bill Clinton description: Hillary Clinton and Kevin Spacey record a birthday video for Bill Clinton's 68th birthday. canonical: https://time.com/3119587/kevin-spacey-prank-calls-hillary-clinton-in-house-of-cards-parody/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-15T21:43:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:29.935Z og:title: Kevin Spacey Prank Calls Hillary as Bill Clinton in 'House of Cards' Parody og:description: In honor of the former president's 68th birthday og:url: https://time.com/3119587/kevin-spacey-prank-calls-hillary-clinton-in-house-of-cards-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8ee17f778644d8a/69869fbff983e72b6704f3ed/screen-shot-2014-08-15-at-4-22-02-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-08-15 at 4.22.02 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kevin Spacey Prank Calls Hillary as Bill Clinton in 'House of Cards' Parody twitter:description: In honor of the former president's 68th birthday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8ee17f778644d8a/69869fbff983e72b6704f3ed/screen-shot-2014-08-15-at-4-22-02-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kevin Spacey Prank Calls Hillary Clinton in _House of Cards_ Parody  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 15, 2014 9:43 PM UTC   by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 15, 2014 9:43 PM UTC In this video released by [The Clinton Foundation](https://www.youtube.com/user/clintonfoundationorg/about), _House of Cards_ star actor Kevin Spacey calls up former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to see if he can figure out what she is getting her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, for his birthday. He suggests an elephant because [Hillary](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-announces-program-aimed-at-stamping-out-elephant-poaching-ivory-trade/2013/09/26/3c258c40-26c1-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6%5Fstory.html) and their daughter [Chelsea](https://www.facebook.com/chelseaclinton/posts/412390155527544) have been calling for increased efforts to curb elephant poaching for ivory in Africa. “This is a very personal decision I will make when I’m ready,” she responds, which is [what she says](http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/07/17/hillary-clinton-president-2016-why-not/) when she is asked whether she will run for the White House. Then Spacey launches into a discussion of names for Chelsea’s baby like Frank, a reference to Frank Underwood, the conniving South Carolina Democrat he plays in the series, and Claire, his wife on the show who is played by Robin Wright. Bill Clinton turns 68 on August 19. **WATCH:** [Jimmy Fallon’s _House of Cards_ Spoof about NBC “House of Cue Cards”](http://time.com/3107542/jimmy-fallon-house-of-cards-parody-on-tonight-show/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3119587/kevin-spacey-prank-calls-hillary-clinton-in-house-of-cards-parody/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3119587/kevin-spacey-prank-calls-hillary-clinton-in-house-of-cards-parody/"},"headline":"Kevin Spacey Prank Calls Hillary Clinton in House of Cards Parody","datePublished":"2014-08-15T21:43:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:29.935Z","description":"To talk about the former president's 68th birthday present","url":"https://time.com/3119587/kevin-spacey-prank-calls-hillary-clinton-in-house-of-cards-parody/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8ee17f778644d8a/69869fbff983e72b6704f3ed/screen-shot-2014-08-15-at-4-22-02-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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