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The Butler

7.2 / 10 | 2h 12m | United States
2013 | Biography | Drama
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

Cast List (21)

Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels
Director
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines
John Cusack
John Cusack
Richard Nixon
David Banner
David Banner
Earl Gaines
Michael Rainey Jr.
Michael Rainey Jr.
Cecil Gaines (8)
LaJessie Smith
LaJessie Smith
Abraham
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl
Alex Pettyfer
Alex Pettyfer
Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Annabeth Westfall
Aml Ameen
Aml Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)
Clarence Williams III
Clarence Williams III
Maynard
John P. Fertitta
John P. Fertitta
Mr. Jenkins
Jim Gleason
Jim Gleason
R.D. Warner
Isaac White
Isaac White
Charlie Gaines (10)
David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines
Joe Chrest
Joe Chrest
White Usher
Colman Domingo
Colman Domingo
Freddie Fallows
Adriane Lenox
Adriane Lenox
Gina
Danny Strong
Danny Strong
Writer
Wil Haygood
Wil Haygood
Writer

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