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Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical/comedy. He is also a Grammy Award winning musician, producing two albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200: Unpredictable, which topped the chart, and Intuition. Foxx was abandoned seven months after birth, and was subsequently adopted and raised in Terrell by his mother's adoptive parents, Estelle and Mark Talley. Foxx had a strict Baptist upbringing and began piano lessons at the age of five by his grandmother's orders. He has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence in his life as one of the greatest reasons for his success. When he found that female comedians were often called first to perform, he changed his name to Jamie Foxx, feeling that it was an ambiguous enough name to disallow any biases. He chose his surname as a tribute to comedian Redd Foxx. From 1996 to 2001, Foxx starred in his own sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, and in 1992 he made his film debut in Toys a comedy directed by Barry Levinson. Following Toys, his first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday, where he portrayed a hard-partying American football player. Foxx has since evolved into a respected dramatic actor. Foxx was featured as taxi driver Max Durocher in the film Collateral alongside Tom Cruise, for which he received outstanding reviews and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His standout performance, however, was his portrayal of Ray Charles in the biopic Ray (2004), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Foxx is the second male in history to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies, Collateral and Ray. In September 2007, Foxx was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


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Born:
Dec 13, 1967 In Terrell, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
70
First Appeared:
In the series Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security
Latest Project:
Movie All-Star Weekend 2025
Known For
Poster of White Famous
Poster of The Daily Show
Filmography
Movie All-Star Weekend Malik / Xavier / Cleveland A. Smith 2025
Series Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security Unknown 2025
Movie Not Another Church Movie God 2024-05-10
Movie Tin Soldier The Bokushi 2024-09-12
Movie Strays Bug (voice) 2023-08-17
Movie Soul Joe Gardner (voice) 2020-12-25
Movie Just Mercy Walter McMillian 2019-12-25
Movie Robin Hood Yahya / John 2018-11-21
Movie Dying Laughing Himself 2017-02-24
Series Beat Shazam Himself - Host 2017-05-25
Movie Sleepless Vincent Downs 2017-01-12
Movie Baby Driver Bats 2017-06-28
Series The F Word Himself 2017-05-31
Movie Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life Self 2017-06-08
Series White Famous Jamie Foxx 2017-10-15
Movie Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson (Voice) 2016-04-11
Movie The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Max Dillon / Electro 2014-04-16
Movie Rio 2 Nico (voice) 2014-03-19
Movie The Concert for Valor Self 2014-11-11
Movie Annie William "Will" Stacks 2014-12-18
Movie A Million Ways to Die in the West Django 2014-05-22
Movie Horrible Bosses 2 Motherfucker Jones 2014-11-12
Series Circus Halligalli Unknown 2013-02-25
Movie White House Down President James Sawyer 2013-06-27
Movie David Blaine: Real or Magic Self 2013-11-19
Movie Eddie Murphy: One Night Only Self 2012-11-14
Movie Django Unchained Django Freeman 2012-12-25
Movie A Man's Story Self 2011-10-08
Movie Horrible Bosses Motherfucker Jones 2011-07-08
Movie Valentine's Day Kelvin Moore 2010-02-10
Movie I'm Still Here Jamie Foxx 2010-09-10
Movie The Soloist Nathaniel Ayers 2009-04-24
Movie Law Abiding Citizen Nick Rice 2009-10-15
Series The Graham Norton Show Himself 2007-02-22
Movie Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown Self 2007-12-23
Movie Dreamgirls Curtis Taylor Jr. 2006-12-25
Movie Miami Vice Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs 2006-07-27
Movie Jarhead Staff Sgt. Sykes 2005-11-04
Movie Breakin' All the Rules Quincy Watson 2004-05-14
Movie Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Stan 'Tookie' Williams 2004-03-03
Movie Genius. A Night for Ray Charles Self - Host 2004-10-07
Movie City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' Self 2004-12-14
Movie Ray Ray Charles 2004-10-29
Movie Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! Self 2003-01-01
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Movie Shade Larry Jennings 2003-05-18
Movie It's Black Entertainment Self 2002-02-08
Movie Ali Drew 'Bundini' Brown 2001-12-10
Series Hard Knocks Unknown 2001-08-01
Series 106 & Park Unknown 2000-09-11
Movie Bait Alvin Sanders 2000-03-17
Movie Held Up Michael 1999-10-08
Movie Any Given Sunday Willie Beamen 1999-12-22
Series TRL Unknown 1998-09-14
Movie The Players Club Blue 1998-04-08
Series The View Unknown 1997-08-11
Movie Booty Call Bunz 1997-02-26
Series Moesha Unknown 1996-01-23
Movie The Truth About Cats & Dogs Ed 1996-04-26
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Series The Jamie Foxx Show Jamie King 1996-08-28
Movie The Great White Hype Hassan El Ruk'n 1996-05-03
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Movie Toys Baker 1992-12-18
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25
Series In Living Color 1990-04-15
Series MTV Video Music Awards Host - Himself 1984-09-14
Series Wetten, dass..? Unknown 1981-02-14
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series Today Unknown 1952-01-14
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