
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 | The Wild Bunch | (rumored) | 2022 |
Movie | Untitled Mike Tyson Biopic | Mike Tyson | 2022 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Malik / Xavier | 2022 |
Movie | Spawn | Albert Francis "Al" Simmons / Spawn | 2022 |
Series | Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security | Unknown | 2022 |
Movie | Untitled Spider-Man 3 | Max Dillon / Electro | 2021-12-15 |
Movie | This is Stand-Up | 2020-04-12 | |
Movie | Soul | Joe Gardner (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
Movie | Project Power | Art | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | The Black Godfather | Himself | 2019-06-07 |
Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Himself - Actor | 2019-10-21 |
Movie | Hitsville: The Making of Motown | Himself | 2019-08-24 |
Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | George Jefferson | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | Just Mercy | Walter McMillian | 2019-12-25 |
Movie | CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Himself | 2018-10-05 |
Movie | Robin Hood | Yahya / John | 2018-11-21 |
Movie | Sleepless | Vincent Downs | 2017-01-12 |
Movie | Baby Driver | Leon "Bats" Jefferson III | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | Dying Laughing | Himself | 2017-02-24 |
Series | Beat Shazam | Himself - Host | 2017-05-25 |
Movie | Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life | Himself | 2017-06-08 |
Series | White Famous | Jamie Foxx | 2017-10-15 |
Movie | Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! | Himself | 2017-11-22 |
Series | Jackie Robinson | Jackie Robinson (Voice) | 2016-04-11 |
Movie | Rio 2 | Nico (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
Movie | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Django (uncredited) | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | Annie | William "Will" Stacks | 2014-12-19 |
Movie | Horrible Bosses 2 | Dean "Motherfucker" Jones | 2014-11-26 |
Movie | The Concert for Valor | Himself | 2014-11-11 |
Movie | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Max Dillon / Electro | 2014-04-16 |
Movie | Roland Emmerich: Upping the Ante | Himself | 2013-11-05 |
Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
Movie | White House Down | President James Sawyer | 2013-06-27 |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Himself | 2013-11-19 |
Movie | Always Whitney Houston | Himself | 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 | A Man's Story | Himself | 2011-10-08 |
Movie | Horrible Bosses | Motherfucker Jones | 2011-07-08 |
Movie | On the Shoulders of Giants | 2011-02-11 | |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Himself | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | Due Date | Darryl | 2010-11-04 |
Movie | Plies: Goon In the Trap | 2010-02-09 | |
Movie | Thunder Soul | Himself | 2010-03-13 |
Movie | Valentine's Day | Kelvin Moore | 2010-02-10 |
Movie | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Nick Rice | 2009-10-15 |
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 | The Soloist | Nathaniel Ayers | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | DJ SWB Volume 6 - This Is How We Do | 2009-02-09 | |
Movie | The Kingdom | Ronald Fleury | 2007-08-22 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino | Himself | 2007-06-19 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown | Himself | 2007-12-23 |
Movie | Dreamgirls | Curtis Taylor Jr. | 2006-12-25 |
Movie | Miami Vice | Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs | 2006-07-27 |
Movie | Stealth | Henry Purcell | 2005-07-27 |
Movie | Jarhead | Staff Sgt. Sykes | 2005-11-04 |
Series | The Tyra Banks Show | Unknown | 2005-09-12 |
Movie | Ray | Ray Charles | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story | 2004-03-03 | |
Movie | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Himself | 2004-10-07 |
Movie | Collateral | Max Durocher | 2004-08-04 |
Movie | Breakin' All the Rules | Quincy Watson | 2004-05-14 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Shade | Larry Jennings | 2003-05-18 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith | Himself | 2003-06-17 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked! | Himself | 2003-03-25 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Series | Driven | Unknown | 2002-01-15 |
Movie | It's Black Entertainment | Himself | 2002-02-08 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security | Himself | 2002-02-23 |
Series | BET Awards | Unknown | 2001-06-19 |
Movie | Ali | Drew 'Bundini' Brown | 2001-12-11 |
Series | Hard Knocks | Unknown | 2001-08-01 |
Movie | Bait | Alvin Sanders | 2000-09-14 |
Series | 106 & Park | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
Movie | Held Up | Michael | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Any Given Sunday | Willie Beamen | 1999-12-16 |
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 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | The Great White Hype | 1996-05-03 | |
Movie | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Ed | 1996-04-26 |
Series | The Jamie Foxx Show | Jamie King | 1996-08-28 |
Series | Moesha | Unknown | 1996-01-23 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Toys | Baker | 1992-12-18 |
Series | Roc | Unknown | 1991-08-25 |
Series | In Living Color | 1990-04-15 | |
Series | MTV Video Music Awards | Host - Himself | 1984-09-14 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
Series | Wanna bet, that..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The GRAMMY Awards | Unknown | 1959-05-04 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |