
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.
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Malik / Xavier | 2020 |
Movie | Robin Hood | Yahya / John | 2018-11-20 |
Movie | Dying Laughing | Himself | 2017-02-24 |
Movie | Sleepless | Vincent Downs | 2017-01-12 |
Movie | Baby Driver | Leon "Bats" Jefferson III | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life | Himself | 2017-06-08 |
Series | Jackie Robinson | Jackie Robinson (Voice) | 2016-04-11 |
Movie | Rio 2 | Nico (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
Movie | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Max Dillon / Electro | 2014-04-16 |
Movie | Annie | William "Will" Stacks | 2014-12-19 |
Movie | Horrible Bosses 2 | Dean "MF" Jones | 2014-11-26 |
Movie | The Concert for Valor | Himself | 2014-11-11 |
Movie | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Django (uncredited) | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Himself | 2013-11-19 |
Movie | White House Down | President James Sawyer | 2013-06-27 |
Movie | Always Whitney Houston | 2012-01-01 | |
Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Himself | 2012-11-14 |
Movie | Django Unchained | Django Freeman | 2012-12-25 |
Movie | Rio | Nico (voice) | 2011-04-03 |
Movie | Horrible Bosses | Motherfucker Jones | 2011-07-08 |
Movie | A Man's Story | Himself | 2011-10-08 |
Movie | Plies: Goon In the Trap | 2010-02-09 | |
Movie | Valentine's Day | Kelvin Moore | 2010-02-11 |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Himself | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | Due Date | Darryl | 2010-11-04 |
Movie | DJ SWB Volume 6 - This Is How We Do | 2009-02-09 | |
Movie | The Soloist | Nathaniel Ayers | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 | 2009-05-27 | |
Movie | DJ Juice - The King is Back Mixtape Blend Dvd Vol. 70 | 2009-07-06 | |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Nick Rice | 2009-10-15 |
Movie | The Kingdom | Ronald Fleury | 2007-08-22 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown | Himself | 2007-12-23 |
Movie | Miami Vice | Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs | 2006-07-27 |
Movie | Dreamgirls | Curtis Taylor Jr. | 2006-12-25 |
Movie | Stealth | Lt. Henry Purcell | 2005-07-27 |
Movie | Jarhead | Staff Sgt. Sykes | 2005-11-04 |
Movie | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story | 2004-03-03 | |
Movie | Ray | Ray Charles | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Breakin' All the Rules | Quincy Watson | 2004-05-14 |
Movie | Collateral | Max Durocher | 2004-08-04 |
Movie | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Himself | 2004-10-07 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | 2003-01-01 | |
Movie | Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked! | 2003-03-25 | |
Movie | Shade | Larry Jennings | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security | 2002-02-23 | |
Movie | Ali | Drew 'Bundini' Brown | 2001-12-11 |
Movie | Bait | Alvin Sanders | 2000-09-14 |
Movie | Any Given Sunday | Willie Beamen | 1999-12-16 |
Movie | Held Up | Michael | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | The Players Club | 1998-04-08 | |
Movie | Booty Call | Bunz | 1997-02-26 |
Movie | The Great White Hype | 1996-05-03 | |
Movie | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | 1996-04-26 | |
Series | The Jamie Foxx Show | Jamie King | 1996-08-28 |
Movie | Toys | Baker | 1992-12-18 |
Series | In Living Color | 1990-04-15 |