<P> The fifth season of the American web television drama series House of Cards was announced by Netflix on January 28, 2016, and released on May 30, 2017 . </P> <P> Casting began for the season on June 17, 2016 . Filming had begun by July 20, 2016, and finished by February 14, 2017 . </P> <P> On January 28, 2016, Netflix renewed House of Cards for a fifth season . It was also announced that series creator Beau Willimon would step down as showrunner following the fourth season . It was announced in February 2016 that Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese, who both joined the show in the third season, would serve as co-showrunners for the fifth season, which was released on May 30, 2017 . In October 2016, it was announced that Patricia Clarkson and Campbell Scott had been cast for the fifth season . The first trailer for the season was released on May 1, 2017 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Kevin Spacey as Francis "Frank" J. Underwood, the President of the United States </Li> <Li> Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, First Lady of the United States, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee, Vice President of the United States and the President of the United States </Li> <Li> Michael Kelly as Douglas "Doug" Stamper, the White House Chief of Staff </Li> <Li> Campbell Scott as Mark Usher, top - level Republican campaign adviser and strategist </Li> <Li> Patricia Clarkson as Jane Davis, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade </Li> <Li> Paul Sparks as Thomas Yates, speechwriter and Claire Underwood's lover </Li> <Li> Derek Cecil as Seth Grayson, the White House Press Secretary </Li> <Li> Neve Campbell as LeAnn Harvey, a Texas - based political consultant, the Underwood campaign manager </Li> <Li> Joel Kinnaman as Will Conway, the Republican nominee for president and Governor of New York </Li> <Li> Dominique McElligott as Hannah Conway, wife of New York Governor and Republican presidential nominee Will Conway </Li> <Li> Boris McGiver as Tom Hammerschmidt, an editor at The Washington Herald and Lucas Goodwin's former boss </Li> <Li> Korey Jackson as Sean Jeffries, a young reporter at The Washington Herald working under Hammerschmidt </Li> <Li> Jayne Atkinson as Catherine Durant, Secretary of State </Li> <Li> Colm Feore as General Ted Brockhart, Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee </Li> <Li> Damian Young as Aidan Macallan, a data scientist and NSA contractor who is friends with LeAnn Harvey </Li> <Li> James Martinez as Alex Romero, a Democratic congressman from Arizona </Li> <Li> Michel Gill as Garrett Walker, the former President of the United States and Frank's predecessor </Li> <Li> Gerald McRaney as Raymond Tusk, former associate of President Walker's and Frank's adversary </Li> <Li> Larry Pine as Bob Birch, the House Minority Leader and a Democratic U.S. Representative from Michigan </Li> <Li> Curtiss Cook as Terry Womack, the House Minority Whip </Li> <Li> Lars Mikkelsen as Viktor Petrov, the President of the Russian Federation </Li> <Li> Wendy Moniz as Laura Moretti, widow of a liver transplant candidate </Li> <Li> Reed Birney as Donald Blythe, the Vice President of the United States </Li> <Li> Malcolm Madera as Eric Rawlings, a Civil War reenactor and personal trainer </Li> <Li> Kate Lyn Sheil as Lisa Williams, a girlfriend of Rachel Posner's before Rachel's death </Li> <Li> Jeremy Holm as Agent Nathan Green, the Deputy Director of the FBI </Li> <Li> Kim Dickens as Kate Baldwin, a journalist and former White House Correspondent for the Wall Street Telegraph </Li> <Li> Dan Ziskie as Jim Matthews, former Vice President of the United States and Governor of Pennsylvania . </Li> </Ul>

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