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The Butler
The Butler
Director:Lee Daniels
Overview:
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.
Release:
2013 / 08 / 16
Rating:
7.346
Genres & Subgenres:
Drama
Tags:
Forest Whitaker
as
Cecil Gaines
Oprah Winfrey
as
Gloria Gaines
David Oyelowo
as
Louis Gaines
John Cusack
as
Richard Nixon
Jane Fonda
as
Nancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding Jr.
as
Carter Wilson
Mariah Carey
as
Hattie Pearl
Terrence Howard
as
Howard
Lenny Kravitz
as
James Holloway
Aml Ameen
as
Cecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.
as
Cecil Gaines (8)
James Marsden
as
John F. Kennedy
Alex Pettyfer
as
Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgrave
as
Annabeth Westfall
Alan Rickman
as
Ronald Reagan
Liev Schreiber
as
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robin Williams
as
Dwight Eisenhower
Yaya DaCosta
as
Carol Hammie
Colman Domingo
as
Freddie Fallows
Nelsan Ellis
as
Martin Luther King Jr.
Minka Kelly
as
Jackie Kennedy
Mo McRae
as
Eldridge Huggins
Jesse Williams
as
Rev. James Lawson
Clarence Williams III
as
Maynard
Jim Gleason
as
R.D. Warner
Joe Chrest
as
White Usher
James DuMont
as
Sherman Adams
Olivia Washington
as
Olivia
Danny Strong
as
Freedom Bus Journalist
Dana Gourrier
as
Helen Holloway
Alex Manette
as
Bob Haldeman
Stephen Rider
as
Admiral Rochon
Xosha Roquemore
as
Foxy (uncredited)