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The Butler

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

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Tagline
One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.
Release date
2013-08-05
Runtime
2h 12m
IMDb
tt1327773
Genres
DramaBiography
Languages
English
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Director

  1. Lee Daniels

Writer

  1. Danny Strong

Cast

  1. Joe Chrest
    White Usher
  2. Forest Whitaker
    Cecil Gaines
  3. Robin Williams
    Dwight Eisenhower
  4. James Marsden
    John F. Kennedy
  5. Liev Schreiber
    Lyndon B. Johnson
  6. John Cusack
    Richard Nixon
  7. Alan Rickman
    Ronald Reagan
  8. Cuba Gooding Jr.
    Carter Wilson
  9. Terrence Howard
    Howard
  10. Oprah Winfrey
    Gloria Gaines
  11. Barack Obama
  12. James DuMont
    Sherman Adams
  13. David Oyelowo
    Louis Gaines
  14. Vanessa Redgrave
    Annabeth Westfall
  15. Mariah Carey
    Hattie Pearl
  16. Alex Pettyfer
    Thomas Westfall
  17. Jane Fonda
    Nancy Reagan
  18. Lenny Kravitz
    James Holloway
  19. Danny Strong
    Freedom Bus Journalist
  20. Yaya DaCosta
    Carol Hammie
  21. Mo McRae
    Eldridge Huggins
  22. Nelsan Ellis
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  23. Jesse Williams
    Rev. James Lawson
  24. Minka Kelly
    Jackie Kennedy
  25. Colman Domingo
    Freddie Fallows
  26. Dana Gourrier
    Helen Holloway
  27. LaJessie Smith
    Abraham
  28. Xosha Roquemore
    Foxy (uncredited)
  29. Aml Ameen
    Cecil Gaines (15)
  30. Clarence Williams III
    Maynard
  31. Adriane Lenox
    Gina
  32. Gerald Ford
  33. Nealla Gordon
    Senator Kassebaum
  34. Stephen Rider
    Admiral Rochon
  35. Jimmy Carter
  36. David Banner
    Earl Gaines
  37. Elijah Kelley
    Charlie Gaines (15-18)
  38. Jim Gleason
    R.D. Warner
  39. Rosalynn Carter
  40. Tarra Riggs
    Sophie Wilson (uncredited)
  41. John P. Fertitta
    Mr. Jenkins
  42. Clara Hopkins Daniels
    Freedom Bus Rider
  43. Duane Cothren
  44. Ami Ameen
  45. Michael Rainey Jr.
    Cecil Gaines (8)
  46. Olivia Washington
    Olivia
  47. Robert Aberdeen
    Herbert Brownell
  48. Alex Manette
    Bob Haldeman
  49. Pernell Walker
    Lorraine
  50. Colin Walker
    John Ehrlichman
  51. Isaac White
    Charlie Gaines (10)
  52. Chloe Barach
    Caroline Kennedy
  53. Rusty Robertson
    Senator Robertson
  54. Eric Ducote
    Woolworth Diner Patron #2
  55. Margaret M. Owens
    Woolworth Diner Patron #1
  56. Tyson Ford
    Elroy
  57. Bill Newman
    Pastor
  58. Shirley Pugh
    Malcolm X Goer

Composer

  1. Rodrigo Leão

Producer

  1. Bob Weinstein
  2. Harvey Weinstein
  3. Cassian Elwes
  4. Laura Ziskin
  5. Len Blavatnik
  6. Buddy Patrick
  7. Lee Daniels
  8. Ari Daniel Pinchot

Director of Photography

  1. Andrew Dunn

Editor

  1. Joe Klotz