The Butler (2013) - Credits and Details

The Butler Credits and Details

Directed by
	Lee Daniels	...	directed by
Written by
	Danny Strong	...	written by
	Wil Haygood	...	inspired by the article "A Butler Well Served by This Election"
Cast
	Forest Whitaker	...	Cecil Gaines
	David Banner	...	Earl Gaines
	Michael Rainey Jr.	...	Cecil Gaines (8)
	LaJessie Smith	...	Abraham
	Mariah Carey	...	Hattie Pearl
	Alex Pettyfer	...	Thomas Westfall
	Vanessa Redgrave	...	Annabeth Westfall
	Aml Ameen	...	Cecil Gaines (15)
	Clarence Williams III	...	Maynard
	John P. Fertitta	...	Mr. Jenkins (as John Fertitta)
	Jim Gleason	...	R.D. Warner
	Oprah Winfrey	...	Gloria Gaines
	Isaac White	...	Charlie Gaines (10)
	David Oyelowo	...	Louis Gaines
	Joe Chrest	...	White Usher
	Colman Domingo	...	Freddie Fallows
	Adriane Lenox	...	Gina
	Terrence Howard	...	Howard
	Tyson Ford	...	Elroy
	Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Carter Wilson
	Lenny Kravitz	...	James Holloway
	Pernell Walker	...	Lorraine
	James DuMont	...	Sherman Adams
	Robert Aberdeen	...	Herbert Brownell
	Robin Williams	...	Dwight D. Eisenhower
	John Cusack	...	Richard Nixon
	Olivia Washington	...	Olivia
	Yaya DaCosta	...	Carol Hammie (as Yaya Alafia)
	Jesse Williams	...	James Lawson
	Margaret M. Owens	...	Woolworth Diner Patron #1
	Eric Ducote	...	Woolworth Diner Patron #2
	James Marsden	...	John F. Kennedy
	Minka Kelly	...	Jacqueline Kennedy
	Chloe Barach	...	Caroline Kennedy
	Danny Strong	...	Freedom Bus Journalist
	Clara Hopkins Daniels	...	Freedom Bus Rider
	Elijah Kelley	...	Charlie Gaines (15-18)
	Liev Schreiber	...	Lyndon B. Johnson
	Dana Gourrier	...	Helen Holloway
	Shirley Pugh	...	Malcolm X Goer
	Bill Newman	...	Pastor
	Nelsan Ellis	...	Martin Luther King, Jr.
	Colin Walker	...	John Ehrlichman
	Alex Manette	...	Bob Haldeman
	Mo McRae	...	Black Panther
	Alan Rickman	...	Ronald Reagan
	Jane Fonda	...	Nancy Reagan
	Rusty Robertson	...	Senator Robertson
	Nealla Gordon	...	Senator Kassebaum
	Stephen Rider	...	Admiral Rochon
Uncredited Cast
	Andre Allemand	...	Bridge Protester
	John L. Armijo	...	Eisenhower's Military Adviser
	Rex Baker	...	Protester
	Mariah Bond	...	Fainting Woman
	Patton Brantley	...	Handsome Hotel Guest
	Joshua Braud	...	Josh
	Eugene Brezany	...	Reagan Whitehouse Guest
	Warren Burger	...	Self (archive footage)
	Blake Burt	...	Protester
	Carroll Burt	...	Man at Water Fountain
	Jonathan Aaron Butler	...	College Student
	Tom Cain	...	Arresting Officer
	Jimmy Carter	...	Self (archive footage)
	Rosalynn Carter	...	Self (archive footage)
	Edward J. Clare	...	Two-Star General
	JJ Coker	...	James Baker
	Markeith Coleman	...	Prisoner
	Ross P. Cook	...	Embassy Protester
	Duane Cothren	...	Military Social Aide
	Haylie Creppel	...	White House Child
	Walter Cronkite	...	Self (archive footage)
	Steven J. Daniels	...	Protestor
	Donna Duplantier	...	Barbara Gaines
	Alexander Eldimiati	...	JBJ Aide
	Jazzy Ellis	...	College Student
	Adrienne Esteen	...	Protestor
	Guy Fernandez Jr.	...	Black Panther
	Gerald Ford	...	Self (archive footage)
	Rebecca Lee Fox	...	Racist
	Redd Foxx	...	Fred Sanford (archive footage)
	Justin Gant	...	Diner Attacker
	Ray Gaspard	...	Pat Buchanan
	Tyler Gibbs	...	Jim Counter MGR
	Ron Glass	...	Self (archive footage)
	Douglas M. Griffin	...	White Mob Leader
	Brandon Guttuso	...	Homeless Person
	Russell M. Haeuser	...	Redneck Bar Patron
	Gene Kevin Hames Jr.	...	White House Guest
	A. Michelle Harleston	...	D.C. Bus Station Passenger's Mother
	Sadarias Harrell	...	DC Bus Rider / Prisoner / Rioter
	Rodney Hebert	...	White House Engineer
	Bria Hobgood	...	Extra
	Alaine Huntington	...	White House Guest
	Katherine Isheim	...	White House Guest
	Rahsaana Ison	...	Woman in Waiting Room
	Jesse Jackson	...	Self (archive footage)
	Jackie Jenkins Jr.	...	Steven
	David Jensen	...	MacGeorge Bundy
	Allyson Leigh Jordan	...	Reagan White House Guest
	Martin Luther King	...	Self (archive footage)
	Gladys Knight	...	Self (archive footage)
	Alex Ladove	...	Protester
	Tony Lawson	...	Bus Station Patron
	Elton LeBlanc	...	US Navy Admiral
	Wanda Leigh	...	Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor Johnson
	Hal Linden	...	Barney Miller (archive footage)
	Billy Lozowski	...	Mr. Calahan - Fireman
	Sam Malone	...	Young Abraham
	John R Mangus	...	Mississippi Jail Guard
	Starlette Miariaunii	...	College Student
	Mike R. Moreau	...	LBJ Aide
	Barack Obama	...	Self (archive footage)
	Mary Katherine Oglesby	...	White House Child
	Monicah Owino	...	Churchgoer
	Darryl Perrilloux	...	Washington DC Rioter
	Jessica Picota	...	State Dinner Guest
	Jeffrey Poitier	...	White House Butler
	Renato Powell	...	Chef
	Philippe Radelet	...	Houseman
	Steve Rally	...	Eisenhower Dinner Guest
	Tarra Riggs	...	Sophie Wilson
	Xosha Roquemore	...	Foxy
	Aaron Saxton	...	Prison Guard
	William Schultz	...	Pablo Casals
	Carl Singleton	...	White House Butler
	Chaz Smith	...	Reagan Reception Attendee
	Kay Smith	...	Diane Nash
	Jim Sojka	...	White House Engineer
	Andrew j Spinks	...	LBJ Secret Service
	Marco St. John	...	Chief Justice Warren Burger
	Jason Stanly	...	Reagan Marine Color Guard
	Valerie Strecker	...	Excelsior Guest
	Orlando Eric Street	...	President Barack Obama
	Craig Tate	...	Hobo
	Joseph Uzzell	...	Angry Mob Member
	Bob Walker	...	JFK VIP Friend
	Mike Wallace	...	Self (archive footage)
	Dean J. West	...	White House Reporter
	Michael Whitener
	Jake Wynne-Wilson	...	Reagan's Body Man
Produced by
	Horatio Bacon	...	associate producer
	Julia Barry	...	co-producer
	Len Blavatnik	...	executive producer
	Charles Sauveur Bonan	...	co-executive producer
	James T. Bruce IV	...	executive producer
	Lee Daniels	...	producer
	Liz Destro	...	executive producer
	Cassian Elwes	...	producer
	Eric Falkenstein	...	associate producer
	Michael Finley	...	executive producer
	Allen Frederic	...	co-executive producer
	Manos Gavras	...	associate producer
	Aviv Giladi	...	executive producer
	Adonis Hadjiantonas	...	executive producer
	Wil Haygood	...	associate producer
	Andrew Herwitz	...	associate producer
	Valerie Hoffman	...	co-producer
	Vince Holden	...	executive producer
	David Jacobson	...	co-producer
	Brett Johnson	...	executive producer
	Sheila C. Johnson	...	executive producer
	Jordan Kessler	...	executive producer
	Kim Leadford	...	co-executive producer
	Harry I. Martin Jr.	...	co-executive producer
	Adam Merims	...	executive producer
	Maxime Normandin	...	executive producer
	Christina Papagjika	...	associate producer
	Buddy Patrick	...	producer
	Ari Daniel Pinchot	...	co-executive producer
	David Ranes	...	executive producer
	Jonathan Rubenstein	...	co-executive producer
	Bobby Sain	...	associate producer
	Matthew Salloway	...	executive producer
	Simone Sheffield	...	co-producer
	Hilary Shor	...	executive producer
	Earl W. Stafford	...	executive producer
	Danny Strong	...	executive producer
	Bob Weinstein	...	executive producer
	Harvey Weinstein	...	executive producer
	Pamela Oas Williams	...	producer
	R. Bryan Wright	...	executive producer
	Laura Ziskin	...	producer
Original Music by
	Rodrigo Leão	...	music by
Special Effects by
	Edward Joubert	...	special effects technician
	Brad Manis	...	special effects foreman
	David K. Nami	...	special effects coordinator
	Jason White	...	special effects foreman
	Jake Whitney	...	special effects technician
Visual Effects by
	Jordan Alphonso	...	digital compositor
	Osvaldo Andreaus	...	digital compositor: The Molecule
	Michael Barnett	...	compositor
	Andrew J. Bly	...	visual effects executive producer: The Molecule
	Daniel Cohen	...	visual effects producer
	Thompson Conradi	...	digital compositor
	Nate Davis	...	digital film scanner
	Victor DiMichina	...	production supervisor: Pixel Magic
	Luke DiTommaso	...	visual effects supervisor: The Molecule
	Charlotta Forssman	...	visual effects editor
	Mark Friedman	...	compositing supervisor
	Chris Healer	...	visual effects executive producer: The Molecule
	Namjin Heo	...	digital compositor: The Molecule
	Chad Herrada	...	visual effects artist
	Brian Houlihan	...	digital compositor
	Dae Yoon Kang	...	digital compositor
	Jacob Kebodeaux	...	visual effects artist
	Ted Markovic	...	visual effects producer
	Ray McIntyre Jr.	...	visual effects supervisor/producer
	Austin Meyers	...	compositing supervisor
	P. Mohan	...	visual effects
	Patrick Paul Mullane	...	matte painter: pixel magic
	Michael Nikitin	...	compositor
	Victoria Penzes	...	compositor
	Matthew T. Perry	...	digital compositor
	Scott Saling	...	digital compositor
	Ray Scalice	...	executive producer: Pixel Magic
	Rick Shick	...	digital compositor
	Aniela Sidorska	...	visual effects producer
	Jonathan Skabla	...	digital compositor
	Nicholas Sorenson	...	digital compositor
	Patrick Trahan	...	digital compositor
	Anton Tsolov	...	digital compositor
	Jung Um	...	digital compositor
	J. Thomas Wilson	...	compositor
	Selim Yang	...	digital compositor
Stunts
	Scheryl W Brown	...	stunts / stunt double: Yaya DaCosta
	Trace Cheramie	...	stunts
	Alex Coker	...	stunts
	Danny Cosmo	...	stunts
	Kurt DeVille	...	stunts
	Danny Epper	...	stunts
	Nick Epper	...	stunts
	Chris J. Fanguy	...	assistant stunt coordinator / stunt performer
	Jason Frannino	...	stunts
	Jeff Galpin	...	stunt coordinator
	Tyler Galpin	...	stunts
	Luke Hawx	...	stunts
	Nito Larioza	...	stunts / utility stunts
	Kortney Manns	...	stunts / stunt double: David Oyelowo
	Aaron Matthews	...	stunts
	David Andrew Nash	...	stunts
	Daniel Norris	...	stunts
	Holly O'Quin	...	stunts
	Meredith Richardson	...	stunts
	Mike Seal	...	stunts
	Maria Sova	...	stunts
	Larnell Stovall	...	stunts
	Matt Thompson	...	stunts
	Merindino Travis	...	stunts
	Madison Turner	...	stunts
	Tierre Turner	...	stunts
	Kevin Waterman	...	stunts
	Nicoye Banks	...	stunt performer
	Sean Paul Braud	...	stunts
	Jeff Brockton	...	stunt performer
	Jay Caputo	...	stunt performer
	A.J. Carter	...	stunt performer
	Alyma Dorsey	...	stunt actor
	Guy Fernandez Jr.	...	stunt performer
	Justin Gant	...	stunt performer
	Lex D. Geddings	...	additional stunt coordinator
	Casey Hendershot	...	stunt performer
	Floyd Anthony Johns Jr.	...	stunt performer
	Ian Mclaughlin	...	water safety
	Carl Anthony Nespoli	...	stunt performer
	Chuck Picerni Jr.	...	additional stunt coordinator
	Dother Sykes	...	stunt performer
Thanks
	The Butler	...	special thanks
	Amal ElWardi	...	special thanks
	Toby Hill	...	special thanks
	Rehan Jalali	...	special thanks
	Larry Ladove	...	special thanks
	Schuyler Moore	...	thanks: legal
	David Brian Smallman	...	special thanks
	Laura Ziskin	...	in loving memory of

Additional Info
Premiere:	August 05, 2013
Theatrical Release:	August 16, 2013
DVD Release:	January 14, 2014
Blu-ray Release:	January 14, 2014
Country:
Distributor:	The Weinstein Company
Websites:

Ratings
7.2 / 10	65 / 100

Production Companies
Follow Through Productions
Salamander Pictures
Laura Ziskin Productions
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Pam Williams Productions
Windy Hill Pictures

Distributors
The Weinstein Company (2013) (United States) (theatrical)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2014) (United States) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

Filming Locations
Houma, Louisiana, USA (late-night scene in front of Le Petit Theatre on Main Street)
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA
Laurel Valley, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA (Laurel Valley, Thibodaux, LA 70301)
Louisiana, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Raceland, Louisiana, USA
Second Line Stages, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (stages)
Washington D.C, USA (location)

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