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