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