Drama
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.
Directed by
Lee Daniels
Written by
Danny Strong
James Marsden
John F. Kennedy
Robin Williams
Dwight Eisenhower
John Cusack
Richard Nixon
Jane Fonda
Nancy Reagan
Minka Kelly
Jackie Kennedy
Liev Schreiber
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alan Rickman
Ronald Reagan
Terrence Howard
Howard
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Carter Wilson
Jesse Williams
Rev. James Lawson
Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
Yaya DaCosta
Carol Hammie
Alex Pettyfer
Thomas Westfall
Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl
Colman Domingo
Freddie Fallows
Lenny Kravitz
James Holloway
David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines
Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines
Vanessa Redgrave
Annabeth Westfall
Danny Strong
Freedom Bus Journalist
Aml Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)
Dana Gourrier
Helen Holloway
Nelsan Ellis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Michael Rainey Jr.
Cecil Gaines (8)
Xosha Roquemore
Foxy (uncredited)
James DuMont
Sherman Adams
Clarence Williams III
Maynard
Elijah Kelley
Charlie Gaines (15-18)
David Banner
Earl Gaines
Adriane Lenox
Gina
Stephen Rider
Admiral Rochon
Mo McRae
Eldridge Huggins
Jim Gleason
R.D. Warner
Joe Chrest
White Usher
Alex Manette
Bob Haldeman
Olivia Washington
Olivia
Nealla Gordon
Senator Kassebaum
Colin Walker
John Ehrlichman
Robert Aberdeen
Herbert Brownell
Pernell Walker
Lorraine
Isaac White
Charlie Gaines (10)
Tarra Riggs
Sophie Wilson (uncredited)
LaJessie Smith
Abraham
John P. Fertitta
Mr. Jenkins
Margaret M. Owens
Woolworth Diner Patron #1
Eric Ducote
Woolworth Diner Patron #2
Chloe Barach
Caroline Kennedy
Clara Hopkins Daniels
Freedom Bus Rider
Shirley Pugh
Malcolm X Goer
Bill Newman
Pastor
Rusty Robertson
Senator Robertson
Cariella Smith

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