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Jamie Foxx | Ray Charles | |
Kerry Washington | Della Bea Robinson | |
Regina King | Margie Hendricks | |
Clifton Powell | Jeff Brown | |
Harry J. Lennix | Joe Adams | |
Bokeem Woodbine | Fathead Newman | |
Aunjanue Ellis | Mary Ann Fisher | |
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 |
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Producer |
Howard Baldwin
Karen Elise Baldwin |
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Writer |
Taylor Hackford
James L. White |
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Cinematography |
Pawel Edelman
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Musician |
Craig Armstrong
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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. |
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