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The Butler

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.

2013 |2h 12m |  Drama

Videos

Cast

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Forest Whitaker

Cecil Gaines

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Oprah Winfrey

Gloria Gaines

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David Oyelowo

Louis Gaines

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John Cusack

Richard Nixon

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Jane Fonda

Nancy Reagan

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Carter Wilson

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Mariah Carey

Hattie Pearl

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Terrence Howard

Howard

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Lenny Kravitz

James Holloway

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Aml Ameen

Cecil Gaines (15)

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Michael Rainey Jr.

Cecil Gaines (8)

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James Marsden

John F. Kennedy

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Alex Pettyfer

Thomas Westfall

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Vanessa Redgrave

Annabeth Westfall

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Alan Rickman

Ronald Reagan

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Liev Schreiber

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Robin Williams

Dwight Eisenhower

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Yaya DaCosta

Carol Hammie

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David Banner

Earl Gaines

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Colman Domingo

Freddie Fallows

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Nelsan Ellis

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Nealla Gordon

Senator Kassebaum

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Elijah Kelley

Charlie Gaines (15-18)

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Minka Kelly

Jackie Kennedy

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Adriane Lenox

Gina

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Mo McRae

Eldridge Huggins

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Pernell Walker

Lorraine

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Jesse Williams

Rev. James Lawson

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Clarence Williams III

Maynard

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Jim Gleason

R.D. Warner

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Isaac White

Charlie Gaines (10)

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Joe Chrest

White Usher

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James DuMont

Sherman Adams

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Robert Aberdeen

Herbert Brownell

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Olivia Washington

Olivia

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Danny Strong

Freedom Bus Journalist

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Dana Gourrier

Helen Holloway

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Colin Walker

John Ehrlichman

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Alex Manette

Bob Haldeman

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Stephen Rider

Admiral Rochon

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Tarra Riggs

Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

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Xosha Roquemore

Foxy (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$177,313,795.00