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

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

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Mary Ann Fisher

Chris Thomas King

Lowell Fulson

Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Jimmy

Rick Gomez

Tom Dowd

Denise Dowse

Marlene

Warwick Davis

Oberon

Patrick Bauchau

Dr. Hacker

Robert Wisdom

Jack Lauderdale

Kurt Fuller

Sam Clark

Jedda Jones

Mercedes

Gary Grubbs

Billy Ray

Carol Sutton

Eula

Paula Jai Parker

Ruth Brown

Eric O'Neal Jr.

Ray Charles Jr. - 5-6 Yrs.

Tequan Richmond

Ray Charles Jr. - 9-10 Yrs.

Ayanna Tatum

Woman in Sandpiper Lounge (uncredited)

Afemo Omilami

Angry Husband