The Butler
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.
Drama
Laura Ziskin Productions, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions, Windy Hill Pictures
Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, David Banner as Earl Gaines, Michael Rainey Jr. as Cecil Gaines (8), LaJessie Smith as Abraham, Mariah Carey as Hattie Pearl, Alex Pettyfer as Thomas Westfall, Vanessa Redgrave as Annabeth Westfall, Ami Ameen as Cecil Gaines (15), Clarence Williams III as Maynard, John P. Fertitta as Mr. Jenkins, Jim Gleason as R.D. Warner, Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, John Cusack as Richard Nixon, Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, James Marsden as John F. Kennedy, Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, Jesse Williams as Rev. James Lawson, Lenny Kravitz as James Holloway, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carter Wilson, Terrence Howard as Howard, Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, David Oyelowo as Louis Gaines, Yaya DaCosta as Carol Hammie, Stephen Rider as Admiral Rochon, Nealla Gordon as Senator Kassebaum, Rusty Robertson as Senator Robertson