--- title: Kevin Spacey Joins Instagram for House of Cards premiere description: Kevin Spacey joins Instagram for season premiere of House of Cards on Netflix canonical: https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-22T15:46:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:44.152Z og:title: Kevin Spacey's First Instagram Would Make Frank Underwood Proud og:description: He posted the perfect 'House of Cards'-inspired selfie og:url: https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kevin Spacey's First Instagram Would Make Frank Underwood Proud twitter:description: He posted the perfect 'House of Cards'-inspired selfie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kevin Spacey's First Instagram Would Make Frank Underwood Proud ## Video: House of Cards and the Rising Success of Netflix [Watch (HLS stream): House of Cards and the Rising Success of Netflix](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xqXLOACS.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2013-09-22. Netflix used to mail DVDs. Now it's primed for a big night at the Emmy's._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 22, 2016 3:46 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 22, 2016 3:46 PM UTC Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey joined Instagram Sunday night. The actor is currently promoting season four of _House of Cards,_ the hit Netflix drama about D.C. politics. Spacey, who won a Golden Globe for his role as a conniving politician on the series, [poses](https://www.instagram.com/p/BCEjTHpClIX/) in front of the White House one evening wearing a hoodie: “I’m a man of the people. Even I like to take a selfie outside my house from time to time. Welcome to my Instagram.” The political chicanery will be back on the streaming service on March 4. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/"},"headline":"Kevin Spacey's First Instagram Would Make Frank Underwood Proud","datePublished":"2016-02-22T15:46:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:44.152Z","description":"He posted the perfect House of Cards-inspired selfie","url":"https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/","name":"Kevin Spacey's First Instagram Would Make Frank Underwood Proud"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"House of Cards and the Rising Success of Netflix","description":"Netflix used to mail DVDs. Now it's primed for a big night at the Emmy's.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xqXLOACS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-09-22T19:50:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xqXLOACS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/","duration":"PT2M43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4232349/kevin-spacey-joins-instagram-house-of-cards/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```