Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Acting December 13, 1967 Terrell, Texas, USA
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and film producer. He achieved his career breakthrough as a featured player on the sketch comedy show In Living Colour from 1991 to 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 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 further prominence for his film roles in Ali (2001), Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Horrible Bosses (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Annie (2014), Baby Driver (2017), and Soul (2020). He also played Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Walter McMillian in Just Mercy (2019).

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 latter. 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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Movies

Baby Driver
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Bats
Baby Driver
2017
Law Abiding Citizen
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Nick Rice
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
Robin Hood
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Yahya / John
Robin Hood
2018
Collateral
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Max Durocher
Collateral
2004
Back in Action
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Matt
Back in Action
2025
White House Down
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President Sawyer
White House Down
2013
Tin Soldier
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The Bokushi
Tin Soldier
2025
Strays
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Bug (voice)
Strays
2023
God Is a Bullet
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The Ferryman
God Is a Bullet
2023
They Cloned Tyrone
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Slick Charles
They Cloned Tyrone
2023
Bait
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Alvin Sanders
Bait
2000

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