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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 (2…
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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.
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Jamie Foxx's Filmography
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Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself
Being Eddie
as Self
Tin Soldier
as The Bokushi
Back in Action
as Matt
A Motown Christmas
as Self
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...
as Self
Luther: Never Too Much
as Self
Not Another Church Movie
as God
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
as Self (archive footage)
The Burial
as Willie E. Gary
Strays
as Bug (voice)
God Is a Bullet
as The Ferryman
They Cloned Tyrone
as Slick Charles
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
Day Shift
as Bud Jablonski
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self
Jamie Foxx: Secret to Success
as Self
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Max Dillon / Electro
You're Watching Video Music Box
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty
as Self
Soul
as Joe Gardner (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
as Self
Project Power
as Art
This Is Stand-Up
as Self
Just Mercy
as Walter McMillian
QT8: The First Eight
as Self
Rodman: For Better or Worse
as Narrator (voice)
Hitsville: The Making of Motown
as Self
The Black Godfather
as Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as George Jefferson
The Apollo
as Self
Robin Hood
as Yahya / John
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
as Self
Baby Driver
as Bats
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
as Self
Dying Laughing
as Self
Sleepless
as Vincent Downs
Annie
as William "Will" Stacks
Horrible Bosses 2
as Motherfucker Jones
The Concert for Valor
as Self
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Self
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Django (uncredited)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Electro / Max Dillon
Rio 2
as Nico (voice)
David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self
Any Given Tuesday
as self
White House Down
as President Sawyer
Django Unchained
as Django Freeman
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
Always Whitney Houston
as Self
A Man's Story
as Self
Horrible Bosses
as Motherfucker Jones
Rio
as Nico (voice)
On the Shoulders of Giants
Due Date
as Darryl
I'm Still Here
as Jamie Foxx
Thunder Soul
as Himself
Valentine's Day
as Kelvin Moore
No Poster
Plies: Goon In the Trap
Law Abiding Citizen
as Nick Rice
No Poster
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4
as Self (archive footage)
The Soloist
as Nathaniel Ayers
No Poster
DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do
as Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
as Self
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
as Self
The Kingdom
as Ronald Fleury
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
Dreamgirls
as Curtis Taylor Jr.
Miami Vice
as Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
"Jarhead" Diaries
as Self
Jarhead
as Staff Sgt. Sykes
Stealth
as Henry Purcell
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
as Self (segment "Slow Jamz")
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
as Self
Ray
as Ray Charles
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self - Host
Collateral
as Max Durocher
Breakin' All the Rules
as Quincy Watson
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as Stan 'Tookie' Williams
Laffapalooza! #2
as Self
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as Self
Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith
as Self - Roastmaster
Shade
as Larry Jennings
Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked!
as Himself
Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security
as Himself
It's Black Entertainment
as Self
American Rap Stars
as Self
The Making of 'Ali'
as Self
Ali
as Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Def Comedy Jam: All Stars Vol. 5
as Himself
Bait
as Alvin Sanders
Any Given Sunday
as Willie Beamen
Held Up
as Michael
The Players Club
as Blue
Booty Call
as Bunz
The Great White Hype
as Hassan El Ruk'n
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
as Ed
Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole
as Himself
Toys
as Baker
No Poster
Deadlocked
All-Star Weekend
as Malik / Xavier / Cleveland A. Smith
No Poster
King Spawn
as Al Simmons / Spawn
No Poster
Nico and Pedro
as Nico (voice)
No Poster
Untitled Mike Tyson Biopic
as Mike Tyson
No Poster