Jamie Foxx
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
December 13, 1967 (58 years)
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, and comedian. He gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Colour until the show's end in 1994. Following this success, he was given his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, in which he starred, co-created, and produced from 1996 to 2001.
Foxx received acclaim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray (2004), winning the Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in the crime film Collateral. He gained prominence for his film roles in Booty Call (1997), Ali (2001), Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Horrible Bosses (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Annie (2014), Baby Driver (2017), and Soul (2020). He played the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). For playing Walter McMillian in Just Mercy (2019), he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Foxx also embarked on a successful career as an R&B singer in the 2000s. He earned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with his features on the singles "Slow Jamz" by Twista alongside Kanye West and "Gold Digger" by the former. His single "Blame It" won him the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Four of his five studio albums have charted in the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200: Unpredictable (2005), which topped the chart; Intuition (2008); Best Night of My Life (2010); and Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (2015). Since 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive producer of the Fox game show Beat Shazam. In 2021, he wrote his autobiography Act Like You Got Some Sense.
Foxx received acclaim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray (2004), winning the Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in the crime film Collateral. He gained prominence for his film roles in Booty Call (1997), Ali (2001), Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Horrible Bosses (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Annie (2014), Baby Driver (2017), and Soul (2020). He played the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). For playing Walter McMillian in Just Mercy (2019), he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Foxx also embarked on a successful career as an R&B singer in the 2000s. He earned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with his features on the singles "Slow Jamz" by Twista alongside Kanye West and "Gold Digger" by the former. His single "Blame It" won him the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Four of his five studio albums have charted in the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200: Unpredictable (2005), which topped the chart; Intuition (2008); Best Night of My Life (2010); and Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (2015). Since 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive producer of the Fox game show Beat Shazam. In 2021, he wrote his autobiography Act Like You Got Some Sense.
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Filmography
| 2026 | Groove Tails · as (voice) |
| 2025 | Tin Soldier · as The Bokushi |
| 2025 | Back in Action · as Matt |
| 2024 | Not Another Church Movie · as God |
| 2023 | The Burial · as Willie E. Gary |
| 2023 | Strays · as Bug (voice) |
| 2023 | They Cloned Tyrone · as Slick Charles |
| 2023 | God Is a Bullet · as The Ferryman |
| 2022 | Day Shift · as Bud Jablonski |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home · as Max Dillon / Electro |
| 2021 | Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! · as Brian Dixon |
| 2021 | Pixar Popcorn · as Joe Gardner |
| 2020 | Soul · as Joe Gardner (voice) |
| 2020 | Rodman · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Project Power · as Art |
| 2020 | King Spawn · as Al Simmons / Spawn |
| 2019 | Just Mercy · as Walter Mcmillian |
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| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience · as George Jefferson |
| 2018 | Robin Hood · as Yahya / John |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Tyrell - Dysfunctional Home Show Sketch, 'in Living Color' |
| 2017 | Neo Yokio · as Simon Hammerstein |
| 2017 | Baby Driver · as Bats |
| 2017 | Sleepless · as Vincent Downs |
| 2016 | Jackie Robinson · as Jackie Robinson (voice) |
| 2014 | Annie · as William "will" Stacks |
| 2014 | Horrible Bosses 2 · as Motherfucker Jones |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West · as Django (uncredited) |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · as Electro / Max Dillon |
| 2014 | Rio 2 · as Nico (voice) |
| 2013 | White House Down · as President Sawyer |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Django Unchained · as Django Freeman |
| 2011 | Horrible Bosses · as Motherfucker Jones |
| 2011 | Rio · as Nico (voice) |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Due Date · as Darryl |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day · as Kelvin Moore |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen · as Nick Rice |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 · as Narrator |
| 2009 | The Soloist · as Nathaniel Ayers |
| 2007 | The Kingdom · as Ronald Fleury |
| 2007 | Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood · as Max |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls · as Curtis Taylor Jr. |
| 2006 | Miami Vice · as Det. Ricardo 'rico' Tubbs |
| 2005 | Jarhead · as Staff Sgt. Sykes |
| 2005 | Stealth · as Henry Purcell |
| 2004 | Ray · as Ray Charles |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri · as Puff Daddy |
| 2004 | Collateral · as Max Durocher |
| 2004 | Breakin' All the Rules · as Quincy Watson |
| 2004 | CMT Insider · as Roland Fluery |
| 2004 | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story · as Stan 'tookie' Williams |
| 2003 | Shade · as Larry JenningsOn Plex |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show · as Black Tony Blair |
| 2001 | Ali · as Drew 'bundini' Brown |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Bait · as Alvin Sanders |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday · as Willie Beamen |
| 1999 | Held Up · as MichaelOn Plex |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Players Club · as Blue |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Booty Call · as Bunz |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show · as Jamie King |
| 1996 | The Great White Hype · as Hassan El Ruk'n |
| 1996 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs · as Ed |
| 1996 | C-Bear and Jamal · as CastOn Plex |
| 1996 | Moesha · as Woody |
| 1992 | Toys · as Baker |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper · as Coach Armstrong |
| 1991 | Roc · as Crazy George |
| 1990 | Comedy on the Edge · as Cast |
All-Star Weekend · as Malik / Xavier / Cleveland A. Smith |
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| 2025 | Tin Soldier · as Executive Producer |
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| 2025 | Back in Action · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... · as Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | The Barnes Bunch · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | We Are Family · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | God Is a Bullet · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Alert: Missing Persons Unit · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Ninety-Five Senses · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Day Shift · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Million Dollar Wheels · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Rodman · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | White Famous · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2017 | Beat Shazam · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Thunder Soul · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Nite Tales: The Series · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Life Support · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | |
| 2004 | Genius: A Night for Ray Charles · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Jamie Foxx Presents Laffapalooza · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked! · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security · as Executive Producer |
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| 1993 | Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Alert: Missing Persons Unit · as Story |
| 2021 | Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! · as Created By |
| 2011 | In The Flow with Affion Crockett · as Creator |
| 2008 | From G's to Gents · as Creator |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show · as Creator |
| 1990 | In Living Color · as Special Material |