Ray

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

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Sharon Warren

Aretha Robinson

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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

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Chris Thomas King

Lowell Fulson

Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Jimmy

Rick Gomez

Tom Dowd

Denise Dowse

Marlene

Warwick Davis

Oberon

Crew

Art

• Stephen Altman Production Design
• Scott Plauche Art Direction
• Maria Nay Set Decoration
• Mary Frances Eglin Art Department Coordinator
• John Bucklin Supervising Art Director
• Anthony Maccario Property Master

Camera

• Nicola Goode Still Photographer
• Paweł Edelman Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• JoAnn Stafford-Chaney Hair Department Head
• Sharen Davis Costume Design
• Stacye P. Branche Makeup Department Head
• Camille Friend Hairstylist
• Albert Brown Additional Hairstylist

Crew

• Jeff Galpin Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Taylor Hackford Director
• Pamela Alch Script Supervisor
• Raymond Prado Second Unit Director
• Jerry Grandey First Assistant Director

Editing

• Paul Hirsch Editor

Production

• Stuart Benjamin Producer
• Howard Baldwin Producer
• Barbara A. Hall Line Producer
• Taylor Hackford Producer
• William J. Immerman Executive Producer
• Nancy Klopper Casting
• Alise Benjamin Co-Producer
• Karen Elise Baldwin Producer
• Jaime Rucker King Executive Producer
• Nick Morton Co-Producer
• Ray Charles Robinson Jr. Co-Producer
• Yvonne Yaconelli Production Supervisor

Sound

• Craig Armstrong Original Music Composer
• Curt Sobel Music Supervisor
• Karen Baker Landers Supervising Sound Editor
• Per Hallberg Supervising Sound Editor
• Bruce Tanis Sound Effects Editor
• Dino DiMuro Sound Effects Editor
• Scott Sanders Sound Effects Editor
• Peter Staubli Sound Effects Editor
• Dan Hegeman Sound Effects Editor
• Chris Jargo ADR Supervisor
• Michelle Pazer ADR Editor
• Christopher Assells Sound Effects Editor

Writing

• James L. White Screenplay
• Taylor Hackford Story
• James L. White Story

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