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Jamie Foxx
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born December 13, 1967 (54 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | They Cloned Tyrone · as Slick Charles |
| 2022 | Day Shift · as Bud Jablonski |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home · as Max Dillon / Electro |
| 2021 | Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (TV Series) · as Brian Dixon |
| 2021 | Pixar Popcorn (TV Series) · as Joe Gardner |
| 2021 | The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Unknown |
| 2020 | Soul · as Joe Gardner (voice) |
| 2020 | Project Power · as Art |
| 2020 | This is Stand-Up · as Unknown |
| 2019 | Just Mercy · as Walter McMillian |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' · as George Jefferson |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Robin Hood · as Yahya / John |
| 2018 | Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas · as Simon Hammerstein |
| 2017 | Sleepless · as Vincent Downs |
| 2017 | Baby Driver · as Leon "Bats" Jefferson III |
| 2017 | White Famous (TV Series) · as Jamie Foxx |
| 2017 | Neo Yokio (TV Series) · as Simon Hammerstein |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Tyrell - Dysfunctional Home Show sketch, 'In Living Color' |
| 2016 | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Jackie Robinson (TV Series) · as Jackie Robinson (Voice) |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · as Max Dillon / Electro |
| 2014 | Rio 2 · as Nico (voice) |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West · as Django (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Annie · as William "Will" Stacks |
| 2014 | Horrible Bosses 2 · as Dean "Motherfucker" Jones |
| 2013 | White House Down · as President James Sawyer |
| 2013 | Circus HalliGalli (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Django Unchained · as Django Freeman |
| 2011 | Rio · as Nico (voice) |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses · as Motherfucker Jones |
| 2011 | On the Shoulders of Giants · as Unknown |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day · as Kelvin Moore |
| 2010 | Due Date · as Darryl |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | The Soloist · as Nathaniel Ayers |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen · as Nick Rice |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2007 | The Kingdom · as Ronald Fleury |
| 2007 | Elmo's Christmas Countdown · as Unknown |
| 2006 | Miami Vice · as Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls · as Curtis Taylor Jr. |
| 2005 | Jarhead · as Staff Sgt. Sykes |
| 2005 | Stealth · as Henry Purcell |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Collateral · as Max Durocher |
| 2004 | Breakin' All the Rules · as Quincy Watson |
| 2004 | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story · as Stan 'Tookie' Williams |
| 2004 | Ray · as Ray Charles |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) · as Black Tony Blair |
| 2003 | Shade · as Larry Jennings |
| 2001 | Ali · as Drew 'Bundini' Brown |
| 2001 | Hard Knocks (2001) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Bait · as Alvin Sanders |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday · as Willie Beamen |
| 1999 | Held Up · as Michael |
| 1998 | The Players Club · as Blue |
| 1997 | Booty Call · as Bunz |
| 1997 | The Roseanne Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs · as Ed |
| 1996 | The Great White Hype · as Hassan El Ruk'n |
| 1996 | C-Bear and Jamal (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) · as Jamie King |
| 1996 | Moesha (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Toys · as Baker |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (TV Series) · as Coach Armstrong |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Roc (TV Series) · as Crazy George |
| 1990 | In Living Color (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |
All-Star Weekend · as Malik / Xavier / Cleveland A. Smith |