Michel Gill - wikipedia Michel Gill Michel Gill Gill in 2014 ( 1960 - 04 - 16 ) April 16, 1960 ( age 58 ) New York City, U.S. Other names Michael Gill Occupation Actor Years active 1984 -- present Spouse ( s ) Jayne Atkinson ( m. 1998 ) Children Michel Gill ( born April 16, 1960 ), also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series House of Cards and Gideon Goddard on Mr. Robot. Contents 1 Early life 2 Filmography 2.1 Television 2.2 Film 3 Personal life 4 References Early Life Gill is a first generation American who was born in New York City, to a Jewish family. His parents managed to escape from the Holocaust. Gill 's first language was French. He studied at Aiglon College, a prestigious boarding school in Switzerland. After Aiglon, he attended Tufts University before transferring and graduating from the Juilliard School in 1985 ( Group 14 ). Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Spencer Anderson Episode : `` Gemini '' 2013 The Good Wife Frederick Plunkett Episode : `` Je Ne Sais What ? '' 2013 -- 2014, 2016 -- 2017 House of Cards President Garrett Walker 25 episodes Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ( 2014 ) 2014 Person of Interest Rene Lapointe Episode : `` Allegiance '' 2015 Forever Dmitry Malakoff Episode : Best Foot Forward 2015 - 2016 Mr. Robot Gideon Goddard 11 episodes 2016 - 2017 The Get Down Herbert Gunns 8 episodes 2017 Ray Donovan Doug Landry 6 episodes 2018 Chicago Med Robert Haywood Dr Sarah Reese 's estranged father Film Afflicted ( film ) ( 2013 ) Condemned ( 2015 ) `` Who Killed JonBenét ? '' ( 2016 ) Personal Life Gill is married to fellow House of Cards actor Jayne Atkinson ( Secretary of State Catherine Durant ), whom he met when they were both in a production of `` The Heiress '' at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. They began dating in 1992 and were married in 1998. Gill and Atkinson reside with their son in the Berkshires. References Jump up ^ https://maroontribune.com/uncategorized/2015/01/20/michel-gill-father-actor-violin-prodigy/ Jump up ^ `` Tennessee Williams : The Thin Ice of Human Dignity - The Juilliard School ''. Jump up ^ `` 6 / 02 NY - Masterclass with Jayne Atkinson and Michel Gill ''. Jump up ^ `` The Real Life White House Affair of House of Cards ''. LCCN : no2014085164 VIAF : 310520949 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michel_Gill&oldid=845030279 '' Categories : 1960 births 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors American male television actors Juilliard School alumni Living people Male actors from New York City Tufts University people Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Cymraeg Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Polski Português Türkçe 中文 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 8 June 2018, at 21 : 02 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who plays the president in house of cards
Answer: Michel Gill