The Butler

Directed by Lee Daniels
PG-13
August 16, 2013    2h 12m    Box Office: $177.3MDrama, Biography
7.272%78%7.3
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.
  • 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

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