Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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Film Cast:

• Ray Charles: Jamie Foxx
• Della Bea Robinson: Kerry Washington
• Margie Hendricks: Regina King
• Joe Adams: Harry Lennix
• Jeff Brown: Clifton Powell
• Fathead Newman: Bokeem Woodbine
• Aretha Robinson: Sharon Warren
• Young Ray Robinson: C.J. Sanders
• Ahmet Ertegun: Curtis Armstrong
• Jerry Wexler: Richard Schiff
• Quincy Jones: Larenz Tate
• Gossie McGee: Terrence Howard
• Milt Shaw: David Krumholtz
• Wilbur Brassfield: Wendell Pierce
• Mary Ann Fisher: Aunjanue Ellis
• Lowell Fulson: Chris Thomas King
• Jimmy: Thomas Jefferson Byrd
• Tom Dowd: Rick Gomez
• Marlene: Denise Dowse
• Oberon: Warwick Davis
• Dr. Hacker: Patrick Bauchau
• Jack Lauderdale: Robert Wisdom
• Sam Clark: Kurt Fuller
• Mercedes: Jedda Jones
• Billy Ray: Gary Grubbs
• Eula: Carol Sutton

Film Crew:

• Director of Photography: Paweł Edelman
• Original Music Composer: Craig Armstrong
• First Assistant Director: Jerry Grandey
• Foley Artist: Catherine Harper
• Foley Artist: Christopher Moriana
• Production Design: Stephen Altman
• ADR Editor: Anna MacKenzie
• Sound Effects Editor: Dino Dimuro
• Casting: Nancy Klopper
• Sound Effects Editor: Christopher Assells
• Supervising Sound Editor: Per Hallberg
• Editor: Paul Hirsch
• Costume Design: Sharen Davis
• Story: Taylor Hackford
• Story: James L. White
• Line Producer: Barbara A. Hall
• Set Decoration: Maria Nay
• Producer: Howard Baldwin
• Producer: Karen Elise Baldwin
• Executive Producer: William J. Immerman
• Music Supervisor: Curt Sobel
• Co-Producer: Nick Morton
• Production Supervisor: Yvonne Yaconelli
• Foley Mixer: Nerses Gezalyan
• Dialogue Editor: Kimaree Long
• Foley Artist: James Moriana
• Foley Artist: Jeffrey Wilhoit
• Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Galpin
• Executive Producer: Jaime Rucker King
• Art Direction: Scott Plauche
• Dialogue Editor: Frederick H. Stahly
• Script Supervisor: Pamela Alch
• Sound Mixer: Scott Millan
• Sound Mixer: Bob Beemer
• Sound Mixer: Greg Orloff
• ADR Editor: Michelle Pazer
• Art Department Coordinator: Mary Frances Eglin
• Supervising Sound Editor: Karen Baker Landers
• Sound Effects Editor: Peter Staubli
• Property Master: Anthony Maccario
• Hair Department Head: JoAnn Stafford-Chaney
• Sound Effects Editor: Bruce Tanis
• Sound Effects Editor: Dan Hegeman
• ADR Supervisor: Chris Jargo
• Sound Effects Editor: Scott Sanders
• Hairstylist: Camille Friend
• Supervising Art Director: John Bucklin
• Makeup Department Head: Stacye P. Branche
• Still Photographer: Nicola Goode
• Production Sound Mixer: Steve Cantamessa
• Producer: Stuart Benjamin
• Co-Producer: Alise Benjamin
• Co-Producer: Ray Charles Robinson Jr.
• Second Unit Director: Raymond Prado

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