The Butler (2013)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $25,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $177,313,795.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 11.043 |
Directed By
Lee Daniels
Crew
Buddy Patrick
Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels
Cassian Elwes
Laura Ziskin
Danny Strong
Joe Klotz
Rodrigo Leão
Andrew Dunn
Tim Galvin
Sebastián Silva
Ruth E. Carter
Leah Daniels-Butler
Billy Hopkins
Danny Epper
Lori Agostino
Kimberly Murphy
Wendy Talley
Jason Baldwin Stewart
Debra Denson
Diane Lederman
Erik Polczwartek
Deanna Simmons
Beverly Jo Pryor
Dana Kay Hart
David Keith Broome
John Lindsay
Michelle C. Harmon
Jen Wall
Debby VanPoucke
Jeff Galpin
Mickey Lambert
Virginia McCollam
Sarah Forrest
Ted Markovic
Michael Barry
Luke DiTommaso
Ben Schor
Robert L. Stevenson
Gus Coto
Kristopher Weaver
Annette Farnsworth
Jeffery J. Tufano
Robin Simmerly
Robert Hein
Michael Arena
Aniela Sidorska
Luis Lopez DeVictoria
Ulysses Guidotti
Michael Stumpf
Elizabeth Himelstein
Robert Hein
Grayson Austin
Anne Marie Fox
Victoria Wood
Brian A. Waits
Steve Martemucci
Kat Spiess
Daniel Cohen
Trey Shaneyfelt
Amy Sanderson
Randall S. Coe
Charlotta Forssman
Ray McIntyre Jr.
Meredith Richardson
Harvey Weinstein
Len Blavatnik
Heather Gross
David Wahnon
Lisa C. Satriano
Ruth Hernandez
Branka Mrkic
Kevin Ladson
Peter Dress
Bob Weinstein
Ari Daniel Pinchot
Debra Denson
Courtney Lether
Clinton Wayne
LeDiedra Richard-Baldwin
Kellie Robinson
Daina Daigle
Marcos Gonzales
Matthew W. Mungle
Jonah Levy
Yolanda Sheridan
Candace Neal
Sherri Hamilton
Dana Boisseau
Bradley Martin
Damon Meledones
Hilton Garrett
Jordan Whaley
Francis James
Hans Bjerno
King Lanaux
Len Levine
Jonathan Robinson
Pete Chiaramonte
Andy Young
Zach Smithers
Grayson Austin
Dacoda Bartles
Raúl J. Marín
Justin LeBlanc
Richard Lacy
Tyler Garrett
Shawn Stone
Jeremy Wren
Jeremy Webre
Michael Charbonnet
Justin Wright
Ben Wachsmann
Jason Prowell
Robert D Morrison Jr.
Tom Hutchinson
John Vinson
Kevin Fannon
Carter Lee Garrett
Sidney Brisco
Creig Symons
Gerald Autin
Aeron McKeough
Josh Crouchet
David Warburton
Nicholas Ellerbee
Charlie Mann
Daniel E. Kiker
Camile Kelsey
Will Eastin
Sonda L. Rowland
Tony Ziegler
Roger Johnson
Spencer J. Abadie
Stephen Finders
Jonathan Jost
Tom Ryan
Michael Dares
Stephen P. Durante
Owl Martin Dwyer
Sam Jacobs
Jordan Lightner
Krissopher Chevannes
Iggie Colomer
Sian C. Sanzone
Ed Burcham
Michael Miller
Chris Fielder
Fredrick Cuevas
John Jay Martyn
Reagan Mendoza
Billy Theriot
Cariella Smith
Jay Meagher
Alexa Zimmerman
Glenfield Payne
Robert Fernandez
Avi Laniado
Marko Costanzo
Matthew Haasch
Dann Fink
Dan Izen
Michael Piotrowski
James Eck Rippie
Steven Huerstel
Mark Scott Friedman
Ashley Ingram
Laura Faye Sirkin-Brown
Carmen Rodrigues Davis
Barbara Marko
Janet Marie Ross
Mollie Middleditch
Jennifer Kamrath
Patrick Paul Mullane
Bruce Winant
Robin Batherson
Lesley D. Wickham
Josie Works
Kasey C. Bazil
Anne O'Brien
Christi Leftwich
Austin Meyers
Mustapha Mimis
Chloe Ji Yoon
Misti Moreaux
Rick Derby
Kacee Devoe
Christopher Stoudt
Melissa Reed
Paul A. Simmons Jr.
Janet Marie Ross
Patrick Rossi
Suzana Peric
Lynn Fainchtein
Tim Stipan
Eric Leverenz
Jeff Galpin
Jake Whitney
Randall Balsmeyer
Richie Roefaro
Jason Frannino
Edward Joubert
Ryan Rolandelli
Kevin Vale
Steve Bartek
Eric Horwitz
David K. Nami
Davida Chanel Smith
Chantel Passantino
Thom Jones
Carl Lawson
Mike Revell
Danielle Loosemore
Ryan Gomez
Lauren Von Huene
Ashley Renee Saunders
Danny Cosmo
TOP CAST
Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines
David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines
John Cusack
Richard Nixon
Jane Fonda
Nancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Carter Wilson
Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl
Terrence Howard
Howard
Lenny Kravitz
James Holloway
Aml Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.
Cecil Gaines (8)
James Marsden
John F. Kennedy
Alex Pettyfer
Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgrave
Annabeth Westfall
Alan Rickman
Ronald Reagan
Liev Schreiber
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robin Williams
Dwight Eisenhower
Yaya DaCosta
Carol Hammie
David Banner
Earl Gaines
Colman Domingo
Freddie Fallows
Nelsan Ellis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nealla Gordon
Senator Kassebaum
Elijah Kelley
Charlie Gaines (15-18)
Minka Kelly
Jackie Kennedy
Adriane Lenox
Gina
Mo McRae
Eldridge Huggins
Pernell Walker
Lorraine
Jesse Williams
Rev. James Lawson
Clarence Williams III
Maynard
LaJessie Smith
Abraham
John P. Fertitta
Mr. Jenkins
Jim Gleason
R.D. Warner
Isaac White
Charlie Gaines (10)
Joe Chrest
White Usher
Tyson Ford
Elroy
James DuMont
Sherman Adams
Robert Aberdeen
Herbert Brownell
Olivia Washington
Olivia
Margaret M. Owens
Woolworth Diner Patron #1
Eric Ducote
Woolworth Diner Patron #2
Chloe Barach
Caroline Kennedy
Danny Strong
Freedom Bus Journalist
Clara Hopkins Daniels
Freedom Bus Rider
Dana Gourrier
Helen Holloway
Shirley Pugh
Malcolm X Goer
Bill Newman
Pastor
Colin Walker
John Ehrlichman
Alex Manette
Bob Haldeman
Rusty Robertson
Senator Robertson
Stephen Rider
Admiral Rochon
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