Directed by:
Lee DanielsCinematography:
Andrew DunnComposer:
Rodrigo LeãoCast:
Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainey Jr., LaJessie Smith, Mariah Carey, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Aml Ameen, Clarence Williams III (more)VOD (3)
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THE BUTLER tells the story of a White House butler who served seven American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society during this time, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man's life and family. Forest Whitaker stars as the butler with Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, James Marsden as John F. Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, John Cusack as Richard Nixon, Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, and many more. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rex Baker
Best movies:
Now You See Me (2013)
Grudge Match (2013)
Escape Plan (2013)
![Jimmy Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901449_d7bf6c.jpg)
Jimmy Carter (a.f.)
USA
Walter Cronkite (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - a.f.
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
![Gerald Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/432/166432349_ce54c8.jpg)
Gerald Ford (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
All the President's Men (1976) - a.f.
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Redd Foxx (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
Harlem Nights (1989)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Ray Gaspard
Best movies:
The Butler (2013)
The Iceman (2012)
God's Not Dead (2014)
![Ron Glass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/461/162461520_9f76ef.png)
Ron Glass (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Serenity (2005)
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
Recess: School's Out (2001)
Douglas M. Griffin
USA
Best movies:
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Glory Road (2006)
Sadarias Harrell
Best movies:
Grudge Match (2013)
The Butler (2013)
The Best of Me (2014)
Rodney Hebert
USA
Best movies:
Now You See Me (2013)
Escape Plan (2013)
Hurricane Season (2009)
![Jesse Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/949/157949957_c11d64.jpg)
Jesse Jackson (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
![David Jensen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019425_e4ac73.jpg)
David Jensen
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Traffic (2000)
![Martin Luther King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950050_035c14.jpg)
Martin Luther King (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
![Gladys Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/732/161732449_94cde0.jpg)
Gladys Knight (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013) - a.f.
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Elton LeBlanc
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
![Hal Linden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/040/162040723_e4093c.jpg)
Hal Linden
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
That Man from Rio (1964)
The Butler (2013)
Sam Malone
USA
Best movies:
Green Book (2018)
Roots (2016) (series)
The Butler (2013)
![Barack Obama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279302_008247.jpg)
Barack Obama (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Snowden (2016) - a.f.
Patriots Day (2016) - a.f.
This Must Be the Place (2011)
Mary Katherine Oglesby
Best movies:
The Butler (2013)
Self/less (2015)
![Philippe Radelet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831446_990b6c.jpg)
Philippe Radelet
Best movies:
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Trumbo (2015)
Quarry (2016) (series)