The Butler
2013 film directed by Lee Daniels From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lee Daniels' The Butler is a 2013 American historical drama movie directed by Lee Daniels.[1] It is based on Eugene Allen, who was a White House butler during eight American presidencies from 1952 to 1986.[2] It was the last movie produced by Laura Ziskin.[3]
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Synopsis
The fictional Cecil Gaines is based on Eugene Allen who worked at the White House during eight presidential terms from 1952 to 1986. He started as a "pantry man," was promoted to butler, and then Maître d'hôtel.
Cast
- Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines.[1] Aml Ameen portrays a young Cecil Gaines
- Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines[1]
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Carter Wilson[1]
- Terrence Howard as Howard[1]
- David Oyelowo as Louis Gaines[1]
- Vanessa Redgrave as Annabeth Westfall[1]
- Alex Pettyfer as Thomas Westfall[1]
- Mariah Carey as Hattie Pearl[4]
- Yaya DaCosta as Carol Hammie[4]
- Colman Domingo as Freddie Fallows[4]
- Clarence Williams III as Maynard
Historical figures
- Robin Williams as President Dwight D. Eisenhower[1][5]
- Melissa Leo as First Lady Mamie Eisenhower (scenes deleted)[1][5]
- James Marsden as President John F. Kennedy[1][5]
- Minka Kelly as First Lady Jackie Kennedy[5]
- Liev Schreiber as President Lyndon B. Johnson[1][5]
- Wanda Leigh as First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (scenes deleted)[6]
- John Cusack as President Richard Nixon[1][5]
- Alan Rickman as President Ronald Reagan[1][5]
- Jane Fonda as First Lady Nancy Reagan[1][5]
- Nelsan Ellis as Martin Luther King, Jr.[1][5]
- Alex Manette as White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman[1]
- Lenny Kravitz as James Holloway[1]
- Marco St. John as Chief Justice Warren E. Burger[6]
- Jesse Williams as civil rights activist James Lawson[4]
- Ray Gaspard as Pat Buchanan[6]
- Orlando Eric Street as President Barack Obama (scenes deleted)[6]
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