The Butler

Directed by Lee Daniels
PG-13
2013    2h 12mDrama, Biography
7.271%78%
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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