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

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