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
Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines
Liev Schreiber
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robin Williams
Dwight Eisenhower
Alan Rickman
Ronald Reagan
John Cusack
Richard Nixon
Alex Pettyfer
Thomas Westfall
Terrence Howard
Howard
Lenny Kravitz
James Holloway
Yaya DaCosta
Carol Hammie
Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines
Colman Domingo
Freddie Fallows
Adriane Lenox
Gina
Vanessa Redgrave
Annabeth Westfall
Jane Fonda
Nancy Reagan
Minka Kelly
Jackie Kennedy
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Carter Wilson
Jesse Williams
Rev. James Lawson
Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl
James DuMont
Sherman Adams
Danny Strong
Freedom Bus Journalist
Clarence Williams III
Maynard
Xosha Roquemore
Foxy (uncredited)
Joe Chrest
White Usher
Nelsan Ellis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Elijah Kelley
Charlie Gaines (15-18)
Aml Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.
Cecil Gaines (8)
Olivia Washington
Olivia
Stephen Rider
Admiral Rochon
Mo McRae
Eldridge Huggins
Jim Gleason
R.D. Warner
Nealla Gordon
Senator Kassebaum
David Banner
Earl Gaines
Dana Gourrier
Helen Holloway
Pernell Walker
Lorraine
Robert Aberdeen
Herbert Brownell
Alex Manette
Bob Haldeman
Isaac White
Charlie Gaines (10)
Danny Cosmo
Tarra Riggs
Sophie Wilson (uncredited)
Colin Walker
John Ehrlichman
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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