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The Butler

73.39 %|Aug 16, 2013|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.

Featured Crew

Lee Daniels
Director
Lee Daniels
Producer
Cassian Elwes
Producer
Buddy Patrick
Producer
Laura Ziskin
Producer
Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
Danny Strong
Writer
Rodrigo Leão
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
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Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines
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David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines
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John Cusack
Richard Nixon
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Jane Fonda
Nancy Reagan
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Carter Wilson
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Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl
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Lenny Kravitz
James Holloway
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Aml Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)
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Michael Rainey Jr.
Cecil Gaines (8)
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James Marsden
John F. Kennedy
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Alex Pettyfer
Thomas Westfall
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Vanessa Redgrave
Annabeth Westfall
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Alan Rickman
Ronald Reagan
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Liev Schreiber
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Robin Williams
Dwight Eisenhower
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Yaya DaCosta
Carol Hammie
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David Banner
Earl Gaines
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Colman Domingo
Freddie Fallows
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Nelsan Ellis
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nealla Gordon
Senator Kassebaum
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Elijah Kelley
Charlie Gaines (15-18)
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Minka Kelly
Jackie Kennedy
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Mo McRae
Eldridge Huggins
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Jesse Williams
Rev. James Lawson
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John P. Fertitta
Mr. Jenkins
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Jim Gleason
R.D. Warner
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Isaac White
Charlie Gaines (10)
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Joe Chrest
White Usher
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James DuMont
Sherman Adams
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Robert Aberdeen
Herbert Brownell
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Margaret M. Owens
Woolworth Diner Patron #1
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Eric Ducote
Woolworth Diner Patron #2
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Chloe Barach
Caroline Kennedy
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Danny Strong
Freedom Bus Journalist
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Clara Hopkins Daniels
Freedom Bus Rider
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Dana Gourrier
Helen Holloway
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Shirley Pugh
Malcolm X Goer
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Colin Walker
John Ehrlichman
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Alex Manette
Bob Haldeman
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Rusty Robertson
Senator Robertson
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Stephen Rider
Admiral Rochon
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Tarra Riggs
Sophie Wilson (uncredited)
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Xosha Roquemore
Foxy (uncredited)