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