Ray (2004)
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 couping gospel and country together.
Country: United States of America
Directors: Taylor Hackford
Casts: Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles, Kerry Washington as Della Bea Robinson, Regina King as Margie Hendricks, Harry Lennix as Joe Adams, Clifton Powell as Jeff Brown, Bokeem Woodbine as Fathead Newman, Sharon Warren as Aretha Robinson, C.J. Sanders as Young Ray Robinson, Curtis Armstrong as Ahmet Ertegun, Richard Schiff as Jerry Wexler, Larenz Tate as Quincy Jones, Terrence Howard as Gossie McGee, David Krumholtz as Milt Shaw, Wendell Pierce as Wilbur Brassfield, Aunjanue Ellis as Mary Ann Fisher, Chris Thomas King as Lowell Fulson, Thomas Jefferson Byrd as Jimmy, Rick Gomez as Tom Dowd, Denise Dowse as Marlene, Warwick Davis as Oberon, Patrick Bauchau as Dr. Hacker, Robert Wisdom as Jack Lauderdale, Kurt Fuller as Sam Clark, Jedda Jones as Mercedes, Gary Grubbs as Billy Ray, Carol Sutton as Eula
