Forest Whitaker
as Cecil Gaines
Est. fee: N/A
Data Dossier
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.
- Director
- Lee Daniels
- Year
- 2013
- Cast
- Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Mariah Carey, Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, Aml Ameen
- Genres
- Drama
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
Share kit
Put this in front of readers
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 o… https://cinemainfo.org/movie/The%20Butler
The Cast
Principal cast
Oprah Winfrey
as Gloria Gaines
Est. fee: N/A
David Oyelowo
as Louis Gaines
Est. fee: N/A
John Cusack
as Richard Nixon
Est. fee: N/A
Jane Fonda
as Nancy Reagan
Est. fee: N/A
Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Carter Wilson
Est. fee: N/A
Mariah Carey
as Hattie Pearl
Est. fee: N/A
Terrence Howard
as Howard
Est. fee: N/A
Cast bios and estimated salaries are sourced live from the web and reflect the most recent reliable public reporting. "N/A" indicates a figure that is genuinely unreported. Portraits courtesy of TMDB.
Related Pictures
Scenes from The Butler
