Lee Daniels' The Butler
2013 ยท 2 hr 12 min
PG-137.278%72%74%
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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Directed By
Lee DanielsWritten By
Danny StrongStudio
Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Pam Williams Productions, Windy Hill PicturesCast of Lee Daniels' The Butler
Forest WhitakerCecil Gaines
Oprah WinfreyGloria Gaines
David OyelowoLouis Gaines
Lenny KravitzJames Holloway
Cuba Gooding Jr.Carter Wilson
Terrence HowardHoward
Robin WilliamsDwight Eisenhower
James MarsdenJohn F. Kennedy
Minka KellyJackie Kennedy
Liev SchreiberLyndon B. Johnson
Alan RickmanRonald Reagan
Jane FondaNancy Reagan
John CusackRichard Nixon
David BannerEarl Gaines
Elijah KelleyCharlie Gaines
Jesse WilliamsRev. James Lawson
Mariah CareyHattie Pearl
Alex PettyferThomas Westfall
Vanessa RedgraveAnnabeth Westfall
Clarence Williams IIIMaynard
Yaya DaCostaCarol Hammie
Michael Rainey Jr.Cecil Gaines (8)
LaJessie SmithAbraham
Ami AmeenCecil Gaines (15)
John P. FertittaMr. Jenkins
Jim GleasonR.D. Warner
Stephen RiderAdmiral Rochon
Nealla GordonSenator Kassebaum
Rusty RobertsonSenator Robertson
Duane CothrenMilitary Social Aide (uncredited)
Jimmy CarterSelf (archive footage)
Rosalynn CarterSelf (archive footage)
Gerald FordSelf (archive footage)
Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
Colman DomingoFreddie Fallows
Joe ChrestWhite Usher
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