---
title: 'The Butler (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lee Daniels'
released: '2013-08-05'
runtime_minutes: 132
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-butler-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327773/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Butler (2013)

2013 · 132 min · Drama, History · United States

Original title: Lee Daniels' The Butler

## Synopsis

The Butler is a 2013 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels and written by Danny Strong. It is inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post article "A Butler Well Served by This Election".

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Danny Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-strong), [Lee Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-daniels)
- **Director:** [Lee Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-daniels)
- **Producer:** [Lee Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-daniels), [Cassian Elwes](https://cinepixo.com/people/cassian-elwes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrew Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-dunn)
- **Editor:** [Joe Klotz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-klotz)

## Cast

- [Robin Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-williams) as Dwight D. Eisenhower
- [Melissa Leo](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-leo) as Mamie Eisenhower
- [Alex Pettyfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-pettyfer) as Thomas Westfall,
- [Danny Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-strong) as a Freedom Bus journalist
- [James DuMont](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-dumont) as Sherman Adams
- [Adriane Lenox](https://cinepixo.com/people/adriane-lenox) as Gina
- [Colin Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-walker) as John Ehrlichman
- [Colman Domingo](https://cinepixo.com/people/colman-domingo) as Freddie Fallows
- [Marco St. John](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-st-john)
- [Nelsan Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelsan-ellis) as Martin Luther King Jr.
- [Mariah Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariah-carey) as Hattie Pearl
- [Gladys Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-knight)
- [Alan Rickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-rickman) as Ronald Reagan
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack) as Richard Nixon
- [Jesse Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-williams) as James Lawson

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