The Butler

2h 12m

7.3

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.

Cast

Forest Whitaker

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Terrence Howard

Cecil Gaines (15)

Michael Rainey Jr.

Cecil Gaines (8)

John F. Kennedy

Thomas Westfall

Vanessa Redgrave

Annabeth Westfall

Lyndon B. Johnson

Dwight Eisenhower

Freddie Fallows

Martin Luther King Jr.

Senator Kassebaum

Charlie Gaines (15-18)

Eldridge Huggins

Rev. James Lawson

Clarence Williams III

John P. Fertitta

Charlie Gaines (10)

Robert Aberdeen

Herbert Brownell

Olivia Washington

Margaret M. Owens

Woolworth Diner Patron #1

Woolworth Diner Patron #2

Caroline Kennedy

Freedom Bus Journalist

Clara Hopkins Daniels

Freedom Bus Rider

John Ehrlichman

Rusty Robertson

Senator Robertson

Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

Xosha Roquemore

Foxy (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Producer

Assistant Editor

Assistant Editor

Director of Photography

Aerial Director of Photography

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Lisa C. Satriano

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Lauren Von Huene

Production Coordinator

Harvey Weinstein

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Production Supervisor

Ari Daniel Pinchot

Davida Chanel Smith

Producer's Assistant

Production Design

Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator

Jeffery J. Tufano

Camera Operator

First Assistant Camera

Michael Charbonnet

First Assistant Camera

First Assistant Camera

Jonathan Robinson

Second Assistant Camera

Second Assistant Camera

Robert D Morrison Jr.

Luis Lopez DeVictoria

Additional Camera

Additional Camera

Casting Associate

Casting Associate

Leah Daniels-Butler

Christopher Stoudt

Robin Batherson

Extras Casting Coordinator

Paul A. Simmons Jr.

Key Set Costumer

Annette Farnsworth

Janet Marie Ross

Set Costumer, Costumer

Carmen Rodrigues Davis

Costume Coordinator

Costume Supervisor

Costume Supervisor

Costume Assistant

Costume Illustrator

Jennifer Kamrath

Principal Costumer

Mollie Middleditch

Hair Department Head

Robert L. Stevenson

Sherri Hamilton

Assistant Hairstylist

Marcos Gonzales

Additional Hairstylist

Makeup Designer, Makeup Department Head

Beverly Jo Pryor

Makeup Department Head

Yolanda Sheridan

Key Makeup Artist

Kellie Robinson

LeDiedra Richard-Baldwin

Sebastián Silva

Second Unit Director

Second Unit Director of Photography

Art Department Coordinator

Art Department Assistant

Courtney Lether

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Matthew W. Mungle

Prosthetic Designer

Prosthetic Designer

Debby VanPoucke

Glenfield Payne

Sound Effects Editor

Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert Fernandez

Alexa Zimmerman

Assistant Sound Editor

Assistant Sound Editor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Production Sound Mixer

Michael Piotrowski

James Eck Rippie

Foley Supervisor

Krissopher Chevannes

John Jay Martyn

Fredrick Cuevas

ADR Voice Casting

ADR Voice Casting

Chief Lighting Technician

Trey Shaneyfelt

Lighting Technician

Kristopher Weaver

Lighting Technician

Pete Chiaramonte

Lighting Technician

Lighting Technician

Carter Lee Garrett

Lighting Technician

Additional Lighting Technician

Additional Lighting Technician

Additional Lighting Technician

Special Effects Technician

Special Effects Technician

Special Effects Coordinator

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Visual Effects Supervisor

Ray McIntyre Jr.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Visual Effects Producer

Aniela Sidorska

Visual Effects Producer

Visual Effects Producer

Charlotta Forssman

Visual Effects Editor

Original Music Composer

Lynn Fainchtein

Music Supervisor

Production Accountant

First Assistant Accountant

Chantel Passantino

Second Assistant Accountant

Danielle Loosemore

Second Assistant Accountant

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Dialogue Editor

Elizabeth Himelstein

Raúl J. Marín

Key Rigging Grip

Patrick Paul Mullane

Sonda L. Rowland

Sian C. Sanzone

Spencer J. Abadie

Daniel E. Kiker

Kimberly Murphy

Set Decoration Buyer

Set Decoration Buyer

Owl Martin Dwyer

Stephen P. Durante

Jordan Lightner

Michelle C. Harmon

Construction Coordinator

Steve Martemucci

Construction Foreman

Stephen Finders

Still Photographer

Mark Scott Friedman

Compositing Supervisor

Compositing Supervisor

Script Supervisor

Nicholas Ellerbee

Virginia McCollam

Location Manager

Location Manager

Ashley Renee Saunders

Travel Coordinator

Meredith Richardson

Stunt Coordinator, Animal Wrangler

Animal Wrangler

Property Master

David Warburton

Assistant Property Master

Digital Intermediate Producer

Jerone A. Ordon Sr.

Laura Faye Sirkin-Brown

Digital Intermediate

Digital Intermediate

Damon Meledones

Digital Imaging Technician

Randall Balsmeyer

Generator Operator

Editorial Staff

Christi Leftwich

Digital Intermediate Assistant

Ryan Rolandelli

Digital Intermediate Assistant

Jason Baldwin Stewart

Erik Polczwartek

First Assistant Editor

Ulysses Guidotti

First Assistant Editor

Production Secretary

Steven Huerstel

Lesley D. Wickham

David Keith Broome

Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer