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. false 2014-06-23 21:42:17 Ray Taylor Hackford James L. White Taylor Hackford James L. White Taylor Hackford plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=jVHCQfcugdw 7.451 2004 GB-15 tt0350258 1677 2004-10-29 2004-10-29 79 152 The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. United States of America Drama Music Bristol Bay Productions Universal Pictures Anvil Films Baldwin Entertainment Group blindness and impaired vision country music jazz loss of loved one black people overdose bus ride georgia record producer biography rags to riches childhood trauma gospel indianapolis record label recording studio pianist usa history /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/8a/8acbd7fe8aa05d4f871594e73b0d7db4/poster.jpg /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/8a/8acbd7fe8aa05d4f871594e73b0d7db4/backdrop.jpg Jamie Foxx Ray Charles Actor 0 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Jamie Foxx/folder.jpg Kerry Washington Della Bea Robinson Actor 1 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/K/Kerry Washington/folder.jpg Regina King Margie Hendricks Actor 2 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Regina King/folder.jpg Harry Lennix Joe Adams Actor 3 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/H/Harry Lennix/folder.jpg Clifton Powell Jeff Brown Actor 4 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/C/Clifton Powell/folder.jpg Bokeem Woodbine Fathead Newman Actor 5 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/B/Bokeem Woodbine/folder.jpg Sharon Warren Aretha Robinson Actor 6 C.J. Sanders Young Ray Robinson Actor 7 Curtis Armstrong Ahmet Ertegun Actor 8 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/C/Curtis Armstrong/folder.jpg Richard Schiff Jerry Wexler Actor 9 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Richard Schiff/folder.jpg Larenz Tate Quincy Jones Actor 10 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/L/Larenz Tate/folder.jpg Terrence Howard Gossie McGee Actor 11 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/T/Terrence Howard/folder.jpg David Krumholtz Milt Shaw Actor 12 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/David Krumholtz/folder.jpg Wendell Pierce Wilbur Brassfield Actor 13 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/W/Wendell Pierce/folder.jpg Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Mary Ann Fisher Actor 14 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/A/Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor/folder.jpg Barbara A. Hall Line Producer Producer Stuart Benjamin Producer Producer William J. Immerman Executive Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/W/William J. Immerman/folder.jpg Karen Elise Baldwin Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/K/Karen Elise Baldwin/folder.jpg Taylor Hackford Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/T/Taylor Hackford/folder.jpg Ray Charles Robinson Jr. Co-Producer Producer Jaime Rucker King Executive Producer Producer Alise Benjamin Co-Producer Producer Nick Morton Co-Producer Producer Howard Baldwin Producer Producer tt0350258 subrip subrip 0 0 progressive False False subrip subrip 0 0 eng progressive False False subrip subrip 0 0 fre progressive False False