The Butler (2013)

The Butler
4.3
  •   5
  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 132 min
  • Premiere: 16th of August 2013

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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Cast

Forest Whitaker
as Cecil Gaines
Oprah Winfrey
as Gloria Gaines
David Oyelowo
as Louis Gaines
John Cusack
as Richard Nixon
Jane Fonda
as Nancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Carter Wilson
Mariah Carey
as Hattie Pearl
Terrence Howard
as Howard
Lenny Kravitz
as James Holloway
Aml Ameen
as Cecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.
as Cecil Gaines (8)
James Marsden
as John F. Kennedy
Alex Pettyfer
as Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgrave
as Annabeth Westfall
Alan Rickman
as Ronald Reagan
Liev Schreiber
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Robin Williams
as Dwight Eisenhower
Yaya DaCosta
as Carol Hammie
David Banner
as Earl Gaines
Colman Domingo
as Freddie Fallows
Nelsan Ellis
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Nealla Gordon
as Senator Kassebaum
Elijah Kelley
as Charlie Gaines (15-18)
Minka Kelly
as Jackie Kennedy
Adriane Lenox
as Gina
Mo McRae
as Eldridge Huggins
Pernell Walker
as Lorraine
Jesse Williams
as Rev. James Lawson
Clarence Williams III
as Maynard
Jim Gleason
as R.D. Warner
Isaac White
as Charlie Gaines (10)
Joe Chrest
as White Usher
James DuMont
as Sherman Adams
Robert Aberdeen
as Herbert Brownell
Olivia Washington
as Olivia
Danny Strong
as Freedom Bus Journalist
Dana Gourrier
as Helen Holloway
Colin Walker
as John Ehrlichman
Alex Manette
as Bob Haldeman
Stephen Rider
as Admiral Rochon
Tarra Riggs
as Sophie Wilson (uncredited)
Xosha Roquemore
as Foxy (uncredited)

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