The Butler(2013)

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

73

2h 12m

  • Drama

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.

Cast

  • Forest Whitaker

    Forest Whitaker

    Cecil Gaines

  • Oprah Winfrey

    Oprah Winfrey

    Gloria Gaines

  • David Oyelowo

    David Oyelowo

    Louis Gaines

  • John Cusack

    John Cusack

    Richard Nixon

  • Jane Fonda

    Jane Fonda

    Nancy Reagan

  • Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Carter Wilson

  • Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey

    Hattie Pearl

  • Terrence Howard

    Terrence Howard

    Howard

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Lenny Kravitz

    James Holloway

  • Aml Ameen

    Aml Ameen

    Cecil Gaines (15)

  • Michael Rainey Jr.

    Michael Rainey Jr.

    Cecil Gaines (8)

  • James Marsden

    James Marsden

    John F. Kennedy

  • Alex Pettyfer

    Alex Pettyfer

    Thomas Westfall

  • Vanessa Redgrave

    Vanessa Redgrave

    Annabeth Westfall

  • Alan Rickman

    Alan Rickman

    Ronald Reagan

  • Liev Schreiber

    Liev Schreiber

    Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Robin Williams

    Robin Williams

    Dwight Eisenhower

  • Yaya DaCosta

    Yaya DaCosta

    Carol Hammie

  • David Banner

    David Banner

    Earl Gaines

  • Colman Domingo

    Colman Domingo

    Freddie Fallows

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    Status

    Released (Aug 16, 2013)

    Budget

    $25,000,000

    Revenue

    $177,313,795

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