The Butler

The Butler (2013)

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

Drama

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.

star 7.3
  • Release Date: 2013-08-16
  • Runtime: 2h 12min
  • Director: Lee Daniels

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Forest Whitaker

      Cecil Gaines

    • Oprah Winfrey

      Gloria Gaines

    • David Oyelowo

      Louis Gaines

    • John Cusack

      Richard Nixon

    • Jane Fonda

      Nancy Reagan

    • Cuba Gooding Jr.

      Carter Wilson

    • Mariah Carey

      Hattie Pearl

    • Terrence Howard

      Howard

    • Lenny Kravitz

      James Holloway

    • Aml Ameen

      Cecil Gaines (15)

    • Michael Rainey Jr.

      Cecil Gaines (8)

    • James Marsden

      John F. Kennedy

    • Alex Pettyfer

      Thomas Westfall

    • Vanessa Redgrave

      Annabeth Westfall

    • Alan Rickman

      Ronald Reagan

    • Liev Schreiber

      Lyndon B. Johnson

    • Robin Williams

      Dwight Eisenhower

    • Yaya DaCosta

      Carol Hammie

    • David Banner

      Earl Gaines

    • Colman Domingo

      Freddie Fallows

    • Nelsan Ellis

      Martin Luther King Jr.

    • Nealla Gordon

      Senator Kassebaum

    • Elijah Kelley

      Charlie Gaines (15-18)

    • Minka Kelly

      Jackie Kennedy

    • Adriane Lenox

      Gina

    • Mo McRae

      Eldridge Huggins

    • Pernell Walker

      Lorraine

    • Jesse Williams

      Rev. James Lawson

    • Clarence Williams III

      Maynard

    • LaJessie Smith

      Abraham

    • John P. Fertitta

      Mr. Jenkins

    • Jim Gleason

      R.D. Warner

    • Isaac White

      Charlie Gaines (10)

    • Joe Chrest

      White Usher

    • Tyson Ford

      Elroy

    • James DuMont

      Sherman Adams

    • Robert Aberdeen

      Herbert Brownell

    • Olivia Washington

      Olivia

    • Margaret M. Owens

      Woolworth Diner Patron #1

    • Eric Ducote

      Woolworth Diner Patron #2

    • Chloe Barach

      Caroline Kennedy

    • Danny Strong

      Freedom Bus Journalist

    • Clara Hopkins Daniels

      Freedom Bus Rider

    • Dana Gourrier

      Helen Holloway

    • Shirley Pugh

      Malcolm X Goer

    • Bill Newman

      Pastor

    • Colin Walker

      John Ehrlichman

    • Alex Manette

      Bob Haldeman

    • Rusty Robertson

      Senator Robertson

    • Stephen Rider

      Admiral Rochon

    • Tarra Riggs

      Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

    • Xosha Roquemore

      Foxy (uncredited)

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