The Butler (2013)

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Synopsis

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

Cecil Gaines

Oprah Winfrey

Gloria Gaines

David Oyelowo

Louis Gaines

John Cusack

Richard Nixon

Jane Fonda

Nancy Reagan

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Carter Wilson

Mariah Carey

Hattie Pearl

Terrence Howard

Howard

Lenny Kravitz

James Holloway

Aml Ameen

Cecil Gaines (15)

Michael Rainey Jr.

Cecil Gaines (8)

James Marsden

John F. Kennedy

Alex Pettyfer

Thomas Westfall

Vanessa Redgrave

Annabeth Westfall

Alan Rickman

Ronald Reagan

Liev Schreiber

Lyndon B. Johnson

Robin Williams

Dwight Eisenhower

Yaya DaCosta

Carol Hammie

David Banner

Earl Gaines

Colman Domingo

Freddie Fallows

Nelsan Ellis

Martin Luther King Jr.

Nealla Gordon

Senator Kassebaum

Elijah Kelley

Charlie Gaines (15-18)

Minka Kelly

Jackie Kennedy

Adriane Lenox

Gina

Mo McRae

Eldridge Huggins

Pernell Walker

Lorraine

Jesse Williams

Rev. James Lawson

Clarence Williams III

Maynard

LaJessie Smith

Abraham

John P. Fertitta

Mr. Jenkins

Jim Gleason

R.D. Warner

Isaac White

Charlie Gaines (10)

Joe Chrest

White Usher

Tyson Ford

Elroy

James DuMont

Sherman Adams

Robert Aberdeen

Herbert Brownell

Olivia Washington

Olivia

Margaret M. Owens

Woolworth Diner Patron #1

Eric Ducote

Woolworth Diner Patron #2

Chloe Barach

Caroline Kennedy

Danny Strong

Freedom Bus Journalist

Clara Hopkins Daniels

Freedom Bus Rider

Dana Gourrier

Helen Holloway

Shirley Pugh

Malcolm X Goer

Bill Newman

Pastor

Colin Walker

John Ehrlichman

Alex Manette

Bob Haldeman

Rusty Robertson

Senator Robertson

Stephen Rider

Admiral Rochon

Tarra Riggs

Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

Xosha Roquemore

Foxy (uncredited)

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