The Butler (2013) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Lee Daniels.

Cast

• Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines
• Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines
• David Oyelowo as Louis Gaines
• John Cusack as Richard Nixon
• Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan
• Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carter Wilson
• Mariah Carey as Hattie Pearl
• Terrence Howard as Howard
• Lenny Kravitz as James Holloway
• Aml Ameen as Cecil Gaines (15)
• Michael Rainey Jr. as Cecil Gaines (8)
• James Marsden as John F. Kennedy
• Alex Pettyfer as Thomas Westfall
• Vanessa Redgrave as Annabeth Westfall
• Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan
• Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson
• Robin Williams as Dwight H. Eisenhower
• Yaya DaCosta as Carol Hammie
• David Banner as Earl Gaines
• Colman Domingo as Freddie Fallows
• Nelsan Ellis as Martin Luther King Jr.
• Nealla Gordon as Senator Kassebaum
• Elijah Kelley as Charlie Gaines (15-18)
• Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy
• Adriane Lenox as Gina
• Mo McRae as Eldridge Huggins
• Pernell Walker as Lorraine
• Jesse Williams as Rev. James Lawson
• Clarence Williams III as Maynard
• LaJessie Smith as Abraham
• John P. Fertitta as Mr. Jenkins
• Jim Gleason as R.D. Warner
• Isaac White as Charlie Gaines (10)
• Joe Chrest as White Usher
• Tyson Ford as Elroy
• James DuMont as Sherman Adams
• Robert Aberdeen as Herbert Brownell
• Olivia Washington as Olivia
• Margaret M. Owens as Woolworth Diner Patron #1
• Eric Ducote as Woolworth Diner Patron #2

Crew

• Buddy Patrick — Producer
• Lee Daniels — Director
• Lee Daniels — Producer
• Cassian Elwes — Producer
• Laura Ziskin — Producer
• Danny Strong — Writer
• Rodrigo Leão — Original Music Composer
• Andrew Dunn — Director of Photography
• Ari Daniel Pinchot — Producer

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