Jamie Foxx

Acting

Born December 13, 1967 · Terrell, Texas, USA

Also known as Eric Marlon Bishop

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Foxx, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

MTV Movie Award — Best Jaw Dropping Moment · 2013
BET Award — Best Collaboration · 2009
Grammy Award — Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals · 2007
Soul Train Music Award — Best R&B/Soul Album, Male · 2007
Soul Train Music Award — Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video · 2006

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Academy Award — Best Actor · 2005
BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 2005
Black Reel Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2005
Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 2005
MTV Movie Award — Best Male Performance · 2005
National Board of Review Award — Best Actor · 2005
Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role · 2005
Women in Film Honors · 2005
Boston Society of Film Critics Award — Best Actor · 2004
Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Actor · 2004
Florida Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actor · 2004
Hollywood Film Festival · 2004
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actor · 2004
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award — Best Actor · 2004
London Film Critics Circle Award — Actor of the Year · 2004
NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture · 2004
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award — Best Actor · 2004
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association · 2004
Black Reel Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2002
NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series · 1998
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Academy Award — Best Actor · 2005 · nominated
Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2005 · nominated
NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series · 1999 · nominated