The Butler

Name: The Butler
Director: Lee Daniels
Genre: Drama, Biography
Released: 2013-08-16
Duration: 7920000 s
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo

Directed by Lee Daniels

2013 2h 12m PG-13

Drama, Biography

7.272%78%

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As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

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Forest WhitakerCecil Gaines
Oprah WinfreyGloria Gaines
David OyelowoLouis Gaines
John CusackRichard Nixon
Jane FondaNancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding Jr.Carter Wilson
Mariah CareyHattie Pearl
Terrence HowardHoward
Lenny KravitzJames Holloway
Aml AmeenCecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.Cecil Gaines (8)
James MarsdenJohn F. Kennedy
Alex PettyferThomas Westfall
Vanessa RedgraveAnnabeth Westfall
Alan RickmanRonald Reagan
Liev SchreiberLyndon B. Johnson
Robin WilliamsDwight Eisenhower
Yaya DaCostaCarol Hammie
David BannerEarl Gaines
Colman DomingoFreddie Fallows
Nelsan EllisMartin Luther King Jr.
Nealla GordonSenator Kassebaum
Elijah KelleyCharlie Gaines (15-18)
Minka KellyJackie Kennedy
Adriane LenoxGina
Mo McRaeEldridge Huggins
Pernell WalkerLorraine
Jesse WilliamsRev. James Lawson
Clarence Williams IIIMaynard
LaJessie SmithAbraham
John P. FertittaMr. Jenkins
Jim GleasonR.D. Warner
Isaac WhiteCharlie Gaines (10)
Joe ChrestWhite Usher
Tyson FordElroy
James DuMontSherman Adams
Robert AberdeenHerbert Brownell
Olivia WashingtonOlivia
Margaret M. OwensWoolworth Diner Patron #1
Eric DucoteWoolworth Diner Patron #2
Chloe BarachCaroline Kennedy
Danny StrongFreedom Bus Journalist
Clara Hopkins DanielsFreedom Bus Rider
Dana GourrierHelen Holloway
Shirley PughMalcolm X Goer
Bill NewmanPastor
Colin WalkerJohn Ehrlichman
Alex ManetteBob Haldeman
Rusty RobertsonSenator Robertson
Stephen RiderAdmiral Rochon
Tarra RiggsSophie Wilson (uncredited)
Xosha RoquemoreFoxy (uncredited)

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