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.
Unfortunately the movie The Butler is not yet available on Disney Plus.
| Production | Buddy Patrick | Producer |
| Directing | Lee Daniels | Director |
| Production | Lee Daniels | Producer |
| Production | Cassian Elwes | Producer |
| Production | Laura Ziskin | Producer |
| Writing | Danny Strong | Writer |
| Editing | Joe Klotz | Editor |
| Sound | Rodrigo Leão | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Andrew Dunn | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tim Galvin | Production Design |
| Directing | Sebastián Silva | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth E. Carter | Costume Design |
| Production | Leah Daniels-Butler | Casting |
| Production | Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Crew | Danny Epper | Stunts |
| Art | Lori Agostino | Art Direction |
| Art | Kimberly Murphy | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wendy Talley | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Jason Baldwin Stewart | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Denson | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Diane Lederman | Set Decoration |
| Art | Erik Polczwartek | Art Direction |
| Art | Deanna Simmons | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beverly Jo Pryor | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Kay Hart | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | David Keith Broome | Greensman |
| Art | John Lindsay | Greensman |
| Art | Michelle C. Harmon | Set Designer |
| Production | Jen Wall | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Debby VanPoucke | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Jeff Galpin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Mickey Lambert | Location Manager |
| Production | Virginia McCollam | Location Manager |
| Art | Sarah Forrest | Set Designer |
| Visual Effects | Ted Markovic | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Michael Barry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Luke DiTommaso | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Ben Schor | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert L. Stevenson | Hairstylist |
| Art | Gus Coto | Leadman |
| Lighting | Kristopher Weaver | Lighting Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annette Farnsworth | Set Costumer |
| Camera | Jeffery J. Tufano | Camera Operator |
| Art | Robin Simmerly | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Robert Hein | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Michael Arena | Greensman |
| Visual Effects | Aniela Sidorska | Visual Effects Producer |
| Camera | Luis Lopez DeVictoria | Additional Camera |
| Editing | Ulysses Guidotti | First Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Michael Stumpf | Additional Camera |
| Crew | Elizabeth Himelstein | Dialect Coach |
| Sound | Robert Hein | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Grayson Austin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Anne Marie Fox | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victoria Wood | Wigmaker |
| Art | Brian A. Waits | Set Designer |
| Art | Steve Martemucci | Construction Foreman |
| Editing | Kat Spiess | First Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Daniel Cohen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lighting | Trey Shaneyfelt | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Amy Sanderson | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Randall S. Coe | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Charlotta Forssman | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Ray McIntyre Jr. | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Meredith Richardson | Stunts |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Len Blavatnik | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Heather Gross | Foley Editor |
| Sound | David Wahnon | Dialogue Editor |
| Directing | Lisa C. Satriano | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ruth Hernandez | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Branka Mrkic | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Kevin Ladson | Property Master |
| Directing | Peter Dress | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ari Daniel Pinchot | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Denson | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Courtney Lether | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clinton Wayne | Prosthetic Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | LeDiedra Richard-Baldwin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kellie Robinson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daina Daigle | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcos Gonzales | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matthew W. Mungle | Prosthetic Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jonah Levy | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yolanda Sheridan | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Candace Neal | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sherri Hamilton | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Boisseau | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Bradley Martin | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Damon Meledones | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Camera | Hilton Garrett | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | Jordan Whaley | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Francis James | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hans Bjerno | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Lighting | King Lanaux | Key Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Len Levine | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Jonathan Robinson | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Pete Chiaramonte | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Andy Young | Grip |
| Lighting | Zach Smithers | Additional Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Grayson Austin | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Dacoda Bartles | Grip |
| Lighting | Raúl J. Marín | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Justin LeBlanc | Electrician |
| Camera | Richard Lacy | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tyler Garrett | Grip |
| Lighting | Shawn Stone | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Jeremy Wren | Grip |
| Camera | Jeremy Webre | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Michael Charbonnet | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Justin Wright | Electrician |
| Lighting | Ben Wachsmann | Rigging Grip |
| Crew | Jason Prowell | Generator Operator |
| Camera | Robert D Morrison Jr. | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Tom Hutchinson | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jerone A. Ordon Sr. | Grip |
| Lighting | John Vinson | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Kevin Fannon | Grip |
| Lighting | Carter Lee Garrett | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Sidney Brisco | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Creig Symons | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Gerald Autin | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Aeron McKeough | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Josh Crouchet | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | David Warburton | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Nicholas Ellerbee | Carpenter |
| Crew | Charlie Mann | Carpenter |
| Art | Daniel E. Kiker | Painter |
| Art | Camile Kelsey | Painter |
| Art | Will Eastin | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Sonda L. Rowland | Painter |
| Art | Tony Ziegler | Set Dresser |
| Art | Roger Johnson | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Spencer J. Abadie | Painter |
| Art | Stephen Finders | Props |
| Sound | Jonathan Jost | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Tom Ryan | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Michael Dares | Set Dresser |
| Art | Stephen P. Durante | Set Dresser |
| Art | Owl Martin Dwyer | Set Dresser |
| Art | Sam Jacobs | Set Dresser |
| Art | Jordan Lightner | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Krissopher Chevannes | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Iggie Colomer | Set Dresser |
| Art | Sian C. Sanzone | Painter |
| Art | Ed Burcham | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Chris Fielder | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Fredrick Cuevas | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | John Jay Martyn | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Reagan Mendoza | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Billy Theriot | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Cariella Smith | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jay Meagher | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alexa Zimmerman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Glenfield Payne | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Robert Fernandez | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Avi Laniado | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Matthew Haasch | Foley Supervisor |
| Production | Dann Fink | ADR Voice Casting |
| Sound | Dan Izen | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Piotrowski | Boom Operator |
| Sound | James Eck Rippie | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Steven Huerstel | Utility Sound |
| Visual Effects | Mark Scott Friedman | Compositing Supervisor |
| Production | Ashley Ingram | Casting Associate |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Faye Sirkin-Brown | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carmen Rodrigues Davis | Costume Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Marko | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janet Marie Ross | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mollie Middleditch | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Kamrath | Principal Costumer |
| Visual Effects | Patrick Paul Mullane | Matte Painter |
| Production | Bruce Winant | ADR Voice Casting |
| Production | Robin Batherson | Extras Casting Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lesley D. Wickham | Ager/Dyer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josie Works | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kasey C. Bazil | Costumer |
| Editing | Anne O'Brien | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Christi Leftwich | Digital Intermediate Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Austin Meyers | Compositing Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mustapha Mimis | Key Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chloe Ji Yoon | Costume Illustrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Misti Moreaux | Costumer |
| Editing | Rick Derby | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Kacee Devoe | Casting Associate |
| Production | Christopher Stoudt | Extras Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melissa Reed | Truck Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul A. Simmons Jr. | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janet Marie Ross | Set Costumer |
| Editing | Patrick Rossi | Digital Intermediate |
| Sound | Suzana Peric | Music Editor |
| Sound | Lynn Fainchtein | Music Supervisor |
| Editing | Tim Stipan | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Editing | Eric Leverenz | Online Editor |
| Crew | Jeff Galpin | Animal Wrangler |
| Crew | Jake Whitney | Special Effects Technician |
| Art | Randall Balsmeyer | Title Designer |
| Crew | Richie Roefaro | Editorial Staff |
| Crew | Jason Frannino | Animal Wrangler |
| Crew | Edward Joubert | Special Effects Technician |
| Editing | Ryan Rolandelli | Digital Intermediate Assistant |
| Editing | Kevin Vale | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Sound | Steve Bartek | Music Arranger |
| Editing | Eric Horwitz | Digital Intermediate |
| Crew | David K. Nami | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Production | Davida Chanel Smith | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Chantel Passantino | Second Assistant Accountant |
| Crew | Thom Jones | Dialect Coach |
| Production | Carl Lawson | Production Secretary |
| Production | Mike Revell | Production Accountant |
| Production | Danielle Loosemore | Second Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Ryan Gomez | First Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Lauren Von Huene | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Ashley Renee Saunders | Travel Coordinator |
