The Butler
The Butler
Release: 2013-08-16
·Runtime: 132m
·★ 7.3
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Follow Through Productions
Salamander Pictures
Laura Ziskin Productions
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Pam Williams Productions
Windy Hill Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Terrence Howard
as Howard
Stephen Rider
as Admiral Rochon
Lenny Kravitz
as James Holloway
Aml Ameen
as Cecil Gaines (15)
Alex Pettyfer
as Thomas Westfall
Minka Kelly
as Jackie Kennedy
David Banner
as Earl Gaines
Colman Domingo
as Freddie Fallows
Elijah Kelley
as Charlie Gaines (15-18)
Isaac White
as Charlie Gaines (10)
Joe Chrest
as White Usher
Robert Aberdeen
as Herbert Brownell
Olivia Washington
as Olivia
Colin Walker
as John Ehrlichman
David Oyelowo
as Louis Gaines
Michael Rainey Jr.
as Cecil Gaines (8)
Jim Gleason
as R.D. Warner
James DuMont
as Sherman Adams
Danny Strong
as Freedom Bus Journalist
Alex Manette
as Bob Haldeman
Forest Whitaker
as Cecil Gaines
John Cusack
as Richard Nixon
Jane Fonda
as Nancy Reagan
Pernell Walker
as Lorraine
Jesse Williams
as Rev. James Lawson
Tarra Riggs
as Sophie Wilson (uncredited)
Alan Rickman
as Ronald Reagan
Liev Schreiber
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Yaya DaCosta
as Carol Hammie
Clarence Williams III
as Maynard
Xosha Roquemore
as Foxy (uncredited)
Mo McRae
as Eldridge Huggins
Oprah Winfrey
as Gloria Gaines
Vanessa Redgrave
as Annabeth Westfall
Robin Williams
as Dwight Eisenhower
Nealla Gordon
as Senator Kassebaum
Adriane Lenox
as Gina
James Marsden
as John F. Kennedy
Nelsan Ellis
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Dana Gourrier
as Helen Holloway
Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Carter Wilson
Mariah Carey
as Hattie Pearl
Crew
Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
Leah Daniels-Butler
Casting
Dann Fink
ADR Voice Casting
Laura Ziskin
Producer
Sebastián Silva
Second Unit Director
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Peter Dress
Second Assistant Director
Lee Daniels
Producer, Director
Matthew W. Mungle
Prosthetic Designer
Jen Wall
Production Supervisor
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Len Blavatnik
Executive Producer
Clinton Wayne
Prosthetic Designer
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
Owl Martin Dwyer
Set Dresser
Rodrigo Leão
Original Music Composer
Candace Neal
Hair Department Head
Bruce Winant
ADR Voice Casting
Danny Epper
Stunts
Steve Bartek
Music Arranger
Meredith Richardson
Stunts
Randall Balsmeyer
Title Designer
Danny Cosmo
Stunts
Danny Strong
Writer