The Butler
Film
The Butler
The Butler is a 2013 film directed by Lee Daniels. It stars Forest Whitaker, Alex Pettyfer, John Cusack and others.
Top cast
48 peopleForest Whitaker
Alex Pettyfer
John Cusack
Robin Williams
Terrence Howard
James Marsden
Alan Rickman
Liev Schreiber
Melissa Leo
Minka Kelly
Jane Fonda
Cuba Gooding Jr.
More cast
- Jesse Williams James Lawson, civil rights activist James Lawson
- Vanessa Redgrave Annabeth Westfall
- Mariah Carey Hattie Pearl
- David Oyelowo Louis Gaines
- Lenny Kravitz James Holloway
- Oprah Winfrey Gloria Gaines
- Nelsan Ellis Martin Luther King Jr.
- Michael Rainey Jr. Eugene Allen, Cecil at age 8
- David Banner Earl Gaines
- James DuMont Sherman Adams
- Clarence Williams III Maynard
- Jim Gleason
- Adriane Lenox Gina
- Yaya DaCosta Carol Hammie
- Danny Strong a Freedom Bus journalist
- Elijah Kelley Charlie Gaines
- Dana Gourrier
- Alex Manette Harry Robbins Haldeman, H. R. Haldeman
- Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter, Self
- Gerald Ford Gerald Ford, Self
- Redd Foxx
- Ron Glass
- Douglas M. Griffin
- David Jensen
- Gladys Knight
- Hal Linden
- Barack Obama Barack Obama, Self
- Marco St. John
- Stephen Rider Stephen W. Rochon
- Walter Cronkite
- Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., Self (archival footage)
- Aml Ameen Eugene Allen, Cecil at age 15
- Colman Domingo Freddie Fallows
- Robert Aberdeen Herbert Brownell, Herbert Brownell Jr.
- Colin Walker John Ehrlichman
- Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson, Self
Sources
- Wikidata (Q3520173), accessed October 2026
- Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile
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