Ray

About Ray

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.

Ray is a 2004 music film directed by Taylor Hackford. The film is filed under melancholy, cautionary, childhood trauma, and jazz.

Jamie Foxx takes the lead as Ray Charles, Kerry Washington as Della Bea Robinson, Regina King as Margie Hendricks, and Harry Lennix as Joe Adams. Released in October 2004, it runs 152 minutes.

The screenplay is by James L. White. It streams on Starz Apple TV channel in the United States.

What's Love Got to Do with It, Walk the Line, and Amy make useful companions to Ray, all filed under biography and recording studio. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 2,313 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.