Drama Music
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.
Directed by
Taylor Hackford
Jamie Foxx
Ray Charles
David Krumholtz
Milt Shaw
Bokeem Woodbine
Fathead Newman
Terrence Howard
Gossie McGee
Clifton Powell
Jeff Brown
Wendell Pierce
Wilbur Brassfield
Kerry Washington
Della Bea Robinson
Larenz Tate
Quincy Jones
Robert Wisdom
Jack Lauderdale
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Mary Ann Fisher
Richard Schiff
Jerry Wexler
Patrick Bauchau
Dr. Hacker
Kurt Fuller
Sam Clark
Regina King
Margie Hendricks
Harry Lennix
Joe Adams
Warwick Davis
Oberon
Tequan Richmond
Ray Charles Jr. - 9-10 Yrs.
Curtis Armstrong
Ahmet Ertegun
Denise Dowse
Marlene
Gary Grubbs
Billy Ray
Carol Sutton
Eula
Rick Gomez
Tom Dowd
Paula Jai Parker
Ruth Brown
Chris Thomas King
Lowell Fulson
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Jimmy
Ayanna Tatum
Woman in Sandpiper Lounge (uncredited)
Sharon Warren
Aretha Robinson
C.J. Sanders
Young Ray Robinson
Jedda Jones
Mercedes
Eric O'Neal Jr.
Ray Charles Jr. - 5-6 Yrs.

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