The Butler
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
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Forest Whitaker
Played Cecil Gaines
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Oprah Winfrey
Played Gloria Gaines
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David Oyelowo
Played Louis Gaines
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John Cusack
Played Richard Nixon
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Jane Fonda
Played Nancy Reagan
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Played Carter Wilson
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Mariah Carey
Played Hattie Pearl
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Terrence Howard
Played Howard
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Lenny Kravitz
Played James Holloway
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Aml Ameen
Played Cecil Gaines (15)
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Michael Rainey Jr.
Played Cecil Gaines (8)
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James Marsden
Played John F. Kennedy
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Alex Pettyfer
Played Thomas Westfall
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Vanessa Redgrave
Played Annabeth Westfall
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Alan Rickman
Played Ronald Reagan
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Liev Schreiber
Played Lyndon B. Johnson
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Robin Williams
Played Dwight Eisenhower
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Yaya DaCosta
Played Carol Hammie
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David Banner
Played Earl Gaines
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Colman Domingo
Played Freddie Fallows
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Nelsan Ellis
Played Martin Luther King J…
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Nealla Gordon
Played Senator Kassebaum
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Elijah Kelley
Played Charlie Gaines (15-1…
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Minka Kelly
Played Jackie Kennedy
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Adriane Lenox
Played Gina
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Mo McRae
Played Eldridge Huggins
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Pernell Walker
Played Lorraine
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Jesse Williams
Played Rev. James Lawson
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Clarence Williams II…
Played Maynard
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LaJessie Smith
Played Abraham
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John P. Fertitta
Played Mr. Jenkins
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Jim Gleason
Played R.D. Warner
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Isaac White
Played Charlie Gaines (10)
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Joe Chrest
Played White Usher
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Tyson Ford
Played Elroy
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James DuMont
Played Sherman Adams
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Robert Aberdeen
Played Herbert Brownell
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Olivia Washington
Played Olivia
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Margaret M. Owens
Played Woolworth Diner Patr…
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Eric Ducote
Played Woolworth Diner Patr…
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Chloe Barach
Played Caroline Kennedy
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Danny Strong
Played Freedom Bus Journali…
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Clara Hopkins Daniel…
Played Freedom Bus Rider
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Dana Gourrier
Played Helen Holloway
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Shirley Pugh
Played Malcolm X Goer
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Bill Newman
Played Pastor
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Colin Walker
Played John Ehrlichman
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Alex Manette
Played Bob Haldeman
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Rusty Robertson
Played Senator Robertson
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Stephen Rider
Played Admiral Rochon
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Tarra Riggs
Played Sophie Wilson (uncre…
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Xosha Roquemore
Played Foxy (uncredited)
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