31. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles
      Ray (2004)

Where’s the line between the R&B legend and the actor playing him in Taylor Hackford’s elegiac biopic? As we witness Ray Charles go from mockingbird to artful songbird on his way to becoming one of the most unique voices in pop music, it’s hard not to see a similar process at work in Foxx. The In Living Color alum goes well beyond mimicry to capture the swinging gait and country mannerisms of the man, as well as the sensitivity and spiritual turmoil that so defined his life and music.

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