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Ray

The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.

2004 · PG-13 · 2h 32m

Directed by Taylor Hackford

7.5

TMDB audience score
2,337 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Jamie Foxx
    Ray Charles

  • Kerry Washington
    Della Bea Robinson

  • Regina King
    Margie Hendricks

  • Harry Lennix
    Joe Adams

  • Clifton Powell
    Jeff Brown

  • Bokeem Woodbine
    Fathead Newman

  • Sharon Warren
    Aretha Robinson

  • C.J. Sanders
    Young Ray Robinson

  • Curtis Armstrong
    Ahmet Ertegun

  • Richard Schiff
    Jerry Wexler

  • Larenz Tate
    Quincy Jones

  • Terrence Howard
    Gossie McGee

  • David Krumholtz
    Milt Shaw

  • Wendell Pierce
    Wilbur Brassfield

  • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
    Mary Ann Fisher

  • Chris Thomas King
    Lowell Fulson

  • Thomas Jefferson Byrd
    Jimmy

  • Rick Gomez
    Tom Dowd