Filmmakers
Above the lineTH
Director
Taylor Hackford
JW
Screenplay
James L. White
JW
Screenplay
James L. White
Story
TH
Screenplay
Taylor Hackford
Story
PE
Cinematography
Paweł Edelman
Director of Photography
PH
Editing
Paul Hirsch
Editor
CA
Music
Craig Armstrong
Original Music Composer
SA
Production Design
Stephen Altman
SD
Costume Design
Sharen Davis
Cast
31JF
Jamie Foxx
Ray Charles
KW
Kerry Washington
Della Bea Robinson
RK
Regina King
Margie Hendricks
HL
Harry Lennix
Joe Adams
CP
Clifton Powell
Jeff Brown
BW
Bokeem Woodbine
Fathead Newman
SW
Sharon Warren
Aretha Robinson
CS
C.J. Sanders
Young Ray Robinson
CA
Curtis Armstrong
Ahmet Ertegun
RS
Richard Schiff
Jerry Wexler
LT
Larenz Tate
Quincy Jones
TH
Terrence Howard
Gossie McGee
DK
David Krumholtz
Milt Shaw
WP
Wendell Pierce
Wilbur Brassfield
AE
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Mary Ann Fisher
CK
Chris Thomas King
Lowell Fulson
TB
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Jimmy
RG
Rick Gomez
Tom Dowd
DD
Denise Dowse
Marlene
WD
Warwick Davis
Oberon
PB
Patrick Bauchau
Dr. Hacker
RW
Robert Wisdom
Jack Lauderdale
KF
Kurt Fuller
Sam Clark
JJ
Jedda Jones
Mercedes
GG
Gary Grubbs
Billy Ray
CS
Carol Sutton
Eula
PP
Paula Jai Parker
Ruth Brown
EJ
Eric O'Neal Jr.
Ray Charles Jr. - 5-6 Yrs.
TR
Tequan Richmond
Ray Charles Jr. - 9-10 Yrs.
AT
Ayanna Tatum
Woman in Sandpiper Lounge (uncredited)
AO
Afemo Omilami
Angry Husband
Departments
49Production
- Nancy KlopperCasting
- Nick MortonCo-Producer
- Alise BenjaminCo-Producer
- Ray Charles Robinson Jr.Co-Producer
- William J. ImmermanExecutive Producer
- Jaime Rucker KingExecutive Producer
- Barbara A. HallLine Producer
- Stuart BenjaminProducer
- Karen Elise BaldwinProducer
- Howard BaldwinProducer
- Taylor HackfordProducer
- Yvonne YaconelliProduction Supervisor
Camera
- Nicola GoodeStill Photographer
Sound
- Anna MacKenzieADR Editor
- Michelle PazerADR Editor
- Chris JargoADR Supervisor
- Kimaree LongDialogue Editor
- Frederick H. StahlyDialogue Editor
- Christopher MorianaFoley Artist
- Catherine HarperFoley Artist
- James MorianaFoley Artist
- Jeffrey WilhoitFoley Artist
- Nerses GezalyanFoley Mixer
- Curt SobelMusic Supervisor
- Steve CantamessaProduction Sound Mixer
- Christopher AssellsSound Effects Editor
- Bruce TanisSound Effects Editor
- Dino DiMuroSound Effects Editor
- Scott SandersSound Effects Editor
- Peter StaubliSound Effects Editor
- Dan HegemanSound Effects Editor
- Bob BeemerSound Mixer
- Greg OrloffSound Mixer
- Scott MillanSound Mixer
- Per HallbergSupervising Sound Editor
- Karen Baker LandersSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Mary Frances EglinArt Department Coordinator
- Scott PlaucheArt Direction
- Anthony MaccarioProperty Master
- Maria NaySet Decoration
- John BucklinSupervising Art Director
Costume & Make-Up
- Albert BrownAdditional Hairstylist
- JoAnn Stafford-ChaneyHair Department Head
- Camille FriendHairstylist
- Stacye P. BrancheMakeup Department Head
Crew
- Jeff GalpinStunt Coordinator
Directing
- Jerry GrandeyFirst Assistant Director
- Pamela AlchScript Supervisor
- Raymond PradoSecond Unit Director