The Butler

2013    2h 12m    PG-13
7.272%78%73%
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.
Directed By
Lee Daniels
Written By
Danny Strong
Studio
Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures,

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Cast of The Butler
  • 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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