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comedian; actor; singer

Personal Information

Born Eric Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, TX; son of Shaheed Abdullah and Louise Annette Dixon; adopted by grandparents Mark and Esther Talley
Education: Attended U.S. International University, San Diego, CA, 1986-88.

Career

Comedian, 1990-; actor, director, and producer, 1991-; musician, 1994-.

Life's Work

In the ever-shifting, multi-media world of Hollywood entertainment, the juggling talents has always paid off. Jamie Foxx juggled his way to an Academy Award for best actor, receiving his Oscar in 2005 for playing musician Ray Charles in Ray. Foxx has been a comedian, actor, singer, and producer. Foxx, who arose from obscurity, also starred in his namesake sitcom, "The Jamie Foxx Show," from 1996 through 2001.

Prepared for the Stage

Jamie Foxx was born Eric Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas, to stockbroker Shaheed Abdullah and Louise Annette Talley--now surnamed Dixon through remarriage--in the small town of Terrell, Texas. Foxx's parents quickly found themselves overwhelmed by the demands of child rearing, and at the age of seven months, he was adopted by his maternal grandparents, Mark and Esther Talley. Foxx rarely saw his biological parents throughout his childhood, so he felt no affect from their divorce when he was six years old. Fortunately, his new family, including two half sisters and a stepbrother, provided a loving, supportive environment.

At a very young age, Foxx showed evidence of his flair for performing and entertaining. At five years old, he started piano lessons, immersing himself both in the language of music and in the often-shocking experience of facing an audience--crucial skills for his future career. While performing in a talent competition at Terrell High School, his peers noticed Foxx's magnetic stage presence. "He was singing, and the women just moved to the front to be near him," ex-classmate Chris Barron recalled to People. Although the teenage Foxx was a standout in his local church choir who embarked on an academic pursuit of music at the U.S. International University in San Diego, California, it was comedy, not music, that gave Foxx his break.

Like many small-town celebrities in waiting, Foxx dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to enter directly, working from the very bottom up. With no formal experience and no connections, the struggling Foxx soon ended up peddling shoes in a Thom McAn shoe store outlet, and sat in at local comedy clubs on amateur nights in hopes of performing himself. He quickly noticed a pattern of gender in the roster of comedians which he decided to use to his advantage. As he confessed to Jet magazine, "[t]hree girls would show up and 22 guys would show up. They had to put all the girls on who were on the list to break up the monotony." Foxx, still named Eric Bishop, began signing unisex monikers on audition lists in hopes of being taken for a woman. The ploy soon worked. On his twenty-first birthday, Foxx and his friends were attending a San Francisco nightclub, and the young comedian flooded the entry list with fabricated, ambiguous names. When the master of ceremonies called out, "Jamie Foxx...Is she here?," Foxx responded in a resonant, masculine tone, to everyone's surprise, and stepped to the microphone.

Made a Name for Himself

From this first comedy performance, which drew a standing ovation from the audience, Foxx relied on talent, not gimmicks. Nonetheless, he kept his assumed name, perhaps in part as an acknowledgement of a new life. "I loved my old name," he told People. "But Eric Bishop was Clark Kent. And Jamie Foxx is Superman." With a new name, a boosted confidence level, and one auspicious stage outing, the newly named Foxx stormed the Los Angeles comedy circuit, winning the Black Bay Area Comedy Competition in 1991, and quitting his job as a shoe clerk to perform up to seven nights per week. On stage, he began to develop a sassy, outrageous persona, as well as a repertoire of characters he would use later, including "Wanda, the Ugly Woman." In addition, his impersonations of celebrities such as fellow comedian/actor Bill Cosby and boxer Mike Tyson balanced mimicry and exaggeration. Foxx had elevated his entertainment with rehearsed artistry and contagious energy. And yet while he had thrived within Southern California comedy, Foxx was quickly becoming a television "Superman."

Aspiring to expand beyond a local audience, Foxx auditioned alongside several hundred other comedians for a part in an ensemble cast of a new television comedy for the Fox television network entitled In Living Color. Foxx landed the role, and in 1991 joined the cast of the highly rated show that would last several seasons and help elevate the careers of Jim Carrey, Tommy Davidson, and the Wayans Brothers. The show followed a short sketch comedy format, with an exuberant, outrageous attitude perfect for Foxx's style of comedy. Adapting his material for television, Foxx was able to convert his stand-up characters into favorites of television comedy, and quickly developed a nationwide fan base. Not only was In Living Color a kindling fire for Foxx's popularity, it also provided the growing funnyman an opportunity to hone his comic skills among his contemporaries. "Damon [Wayans] taught me the importance of having a little attitude," he remarked to People about one of his co-stars. "And Jim [Carrey] taught me goofiness."

In Living Color was a gateway of opportunity for Foxx, catapulting him into many television and film engagements. During the show's run, Foxx managed to portray a recurring character on the series Roc, also on the Fox network, in addition to making guest appearances on stand-up specials. In 1993, HBO invited him to create a one-man concert program, and the result was Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole. The uncensored nature of cable television enabled him to return to the style of his earliest material, and the program fared well. Foxx even juggled his motion picture debut into his demanding television schedule, acting alongside veteran comedian Robin Williams in the family feature Toys.

By the time In Living Color ran its final season in 1994, Foxx's resume was impressive enough to establish himself securely in comedy. The following year however, Foxx took a brief vacation from comedy and made an impressive return to his performing roots--music. Still under the Fox studios banner, he released a full-length album of 12 R&B tracks, all of which he wrote, sang, and produced. The record climbed to #12 on Billboard magazine's sales charts, and received warm reviews from music critics. Easily slipping back into the vocal training of his youth, Foxx had successfully given life to yet another branch of his career.

Continued Success in Film and Music

After a brief period of respite, Foxx plunged back into film and television with full force. In 1996, he played supporting roles in the films The Truth About Cats and Dogs and The Great White Hype, the latter gaining Foxx critical merit for his portrayal of a small-time boxing manager. But once again, it was television comedy that helped push his popularity. Moving from the Fox network to the WB (Warner Brothers) network, Foxx helped create and produce a program that was different from most of his work to date. With The Jamie Foxx Show, WB launched a family-oriented situation comedy, starring a decidedly adult comedian. The combination worked.

Prior to The Jamie Foxx Show, the comedian attracted backlash from critics who objected to Foxx's sometimes shocking comic arsenal, especially for his negative discussion of women. Taking this into consideration, Foxx decided to create a show "[l]ike I Love Lucy or The Dick Van Dyke Show, " he explained to Mediaweek magazine. "They were clean and still funny. If you try to be on the edge you cut lots of people out." The series became the WB network's highest-rated series, scoring heavily among younger audiences and women. The show, in which Foxx essays the semi-autobiographical portrait of a struggling actor eking out a living as a worker at a shady hotel, is the product of a diverse creative team, made up of men and women, blacks and whites, which strives for a fresh, universal appeal. "You don't have to be gimmicky, you don't have to fall back on stereotypes," Foxx told Mediaweek. "It's not a conveyor belt. We try to handcraft the show." Alongside many programs that thrive on a barrage of sexual innuendos alone, The Jamie Foxx Show was a refreshing surprise and a marked sign of growth for its star. The Jamie Foxx Show aired for five seasons on the WB Network and won Foxx an Image Award in 1998. The reruns of the comedy show are played in syndication and remain popular with fans.

His work on The Jamie Foxx Show led to a variety of roles that proved Foxx was more than just a comedic actor. But acting continued to be the mainstay of his professional life. His part in Any Given Sunday in 1999 featured Foxx's true talent: versatility. In his role as Willie Beamen, a third-string quarterback, Foxx deftly switches from being uncertain to cocky, and back again. Foxx also wrote and performed two songs for the movie's soundtrack. Foxx had made a name for himself among producers as a serious actor and won the critics' attention in 2002 with his role in Ali. For his part as Muhammad Ali's trainer, director Taylor Hackford told Newsweek that "Jamie was the best thing about that movie."

In the 2004 movie Ray, which Hackford also directed, Foxx played the title role of musician Ray Charles, and became the third African American to win an Oscar for best actor, following Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington. Preparing for his role, Foxx spent hours with Charles before his death, learning his mannerisms and speech patterns. He used his talent as a comic to mimic Charles, but with such sympathy and understanding that his characterization stunned viewers. Foxx told Ebony that Charles' children saw him acting in some scenes and said, "Man, that's my daddy." Charles' long-time friend Quincy Jones told Newsweek that Foxx "nailed" his depiction of Charles. "It's interesting that Jamie started out as a comic, because that's not where his career is going," Hackford told Newsweek. "He's not going to be the next Eddie Murphy--he's going to be the next Denzel [Washington]." Foxx also won a Golden Globe and a BET Award for Ray, and he received an Image Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Later in 2005, Foxx appeared in the films Stealth and >Jarhead.

Awards

Black Bay Area Comedy Competition, 1991; Image Award, for The Jamie Foxx Show, 1998; Image Award, for Ali, 2002; Black Reel Award, for Ali, 2002; Academy Award and Golden Globe award for best actor in Ray, 2005; BET Award, Black Entertainment Television, 2005; Image Award, NAACP, 2005.

Works

Selected works

    Films
    • Toys, 1992.
    • The Great White Hype, 1996.
    • The Truth About Cats and Dogs, 1996.
    • Booty Call, 1997.
    • The Players Club, 1998.
    • Any Given Sunday, 1999.
    • Held Up, 1999.
    • Bait, 2000.
    • Ali, 2001.
    • Date from Hell, 2001.
    • Shade, 2003.
    • Breakin' All the Rules, 2004.
    • Collateral, 2004.
    • Ray, 2004.
    • Stealth, 2005.
    • Jarhead, 2005.
    Television
    • In Living Color, 1991-94.
    • C-Bear and Jamal, 1996.
    • The Jamie Foxx Show, 1996-2001.
    • Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story, 2004.

    Further Reading

    Periodicals

    • Ebony, November 1, 2004, p. 96.
    • Jet, March 24,1997, pp.32-35.
    • Mediaweek, October 21, 1996, pp. 9.
    • Newsweek, August 2, 2004.
    • People, January 13, 1997; November 29, 2004.
    Online
    • Chiff.com, www.chiff.com/pop-culture/bet-awards.htm (August 2, 2005).
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association, www.hfpa.org (January 18, 2005).
    • Hollywood Reporter, www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/awards/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846796 (March 22, 2005).
    • Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004937/ (November 18, 2005).
    • "Jamie Foxx," The Gersh Agency, www.gershcomedy.com/JamieFoxx.aspx (November 23, 2004).
    • New York Times, movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=288532 (September 13, 2004); movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=287477 (October 29, 2004); http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=295815 (August 19, 2005).
    • OSCAR.com, www.oscars.com (March 8, 2005).

    — Shaun Frentner and Sara Pendergast

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    One of the most popular African-American comedians of the late 1990s, TV star turned screen actor Jamie Foxx first became known for his many roles on Keenen Ivory Wayans' long-running comedy variety show In Living Color. Since then, Foxx has played both raucous and sensitive nice-guy roles in a number of films, and earned particular acclaim for his portrayal of a talented but egotistical quarterback in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday.

    Born Eric Bishop in the small town of Terrell, Texas, on December 13, 1967, Foxx was raised by his grandparents after his parents separated. He enjoyed a happy upbringing, going to church every day with his grandparents and excelling at everything from academics to music to football. During his teen years he had his first taste of the entertainment business as his church's choir director and music director, and also started his own R&B band. Foxx studied music while a student at the U.S. International University in San Diego; it was during his college days that he got his start as a stand-up comedian. Attending a comedy club one night with some friends, he was encouraged to take the stage and perform some impersonations, which proved incredibly popular with the audience. Foxx's enthusiastic reception led to his decision to move to L.A. and pursue a comedy career. At the age of 22 he was hired for In Living Color, and he subsequently landed a recurring role on Charles Dutton's sitcom Roc.

    Foxx was ultimately given his own show in 1996; that same year, he appeared in a supporting role in The Truth About Cats and Dogs, which cast him as a friend of Ben Chaplin. He was also featured in the boxing satire The Great White Hype, and the following year he got star billing opposite fellow comedian Tommy Davidson in the poorly received comedy Booty Call. After playing a DJ in Ice Cube's The Players Club (1998), Foxx earned some of his best reviews to date for his role in Any Given Sunday (1999). He subsequently returned to straight comedy, starring in Antoine Fuqua's crime comedy Bait as an ex-con trying to mend his ways, and as a man caught in a convenience stored robbery in Held Up.

    In 2001, Foxx was given an opportunity to again flex the dramatic chops he displayed in Any Given Sunday with a role as Drew Bundi Brown in Michael Mann's biopic Ali. Then, after a role in the barely seen 2003 Sylvester Stallone drama Shade, Foxx embarked on his busiest year yet. 2004 saw him star in no fewer than four films, the most noteworthy of them being the thriller Collateral. The tense summer flick not only saw Foxx again under the direction of Mann, but cast on an equal level with Hollywood uber-star Tom Cruise. His turn as a hapless cab driver who is forced into a menacing partnership slowly advancing Foxx's dramatic screen presence, the role served as proof to many that his talents extended well beyond what many may have suspected. When it was announced shortly thereafter that Foxx would be donning the trademark sunglasses to essay the role of legendary blues pianist Ray Charles in Director Taylor Hackford's eagerly anticipated biopic Ray, it was only a matter of time before audiences found out how deep Foxx's talents as an actor truly ran. So effective was Foxx in recreating Charles' unique style and unmistakable visage that many critics speculated an Oscar nomination may be in calling for the one-time funnyman turned dramatic powerhouse. When the star-studded evening in February did finally arrive and the envelope that would reveal the best actor of 2005 was breathlessly opened, Foxx did indeed take the prize -- raising already stratospheric expectations regarding his future career to a fever pitch.

    Foxx subverted expectations by capitalizing on his Oscar win with an R&B album that garnered respectable reviews and solid sales. He returned to films in the summer action flop Stealth -- in a supporting role to would-be superstar Josh Lucas -- and appeared as a leader of men in Sam Mendes' Gulf War film Jarhead. In 2006 he reteamed with Michael Mann, starring as Tubbs in the big-screen adaptation of Miami Vice. Late in the year, he starred in the much-anticipated adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls, opposite fellow actor-musicians hyphenates Eddie Murphy and Beyoncé Knowles. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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    As an Academy Award winner, multi-Grammy nominated singer, and all-around entertainer, Jamie Foxx appears to have done it all. Foxx first made a name for himself for his outrageous comedic performances on In Living Color and The Jamie Foxx Show, and moved into dramatic film roles for Any Given Sunday, Ali, and his Oscar-winning performance in the biopic Ray. Foxx proved to be a triple threat when his sophomore album went platinum in 2005. Sharing vocals with everyone from Ludacris and Kanye West to Mary J. Blige and Gladys Knight, Foxx disproved the actor-turned-singer curse with the hit multi-award winning album Undeniable.

    Foxx was born Eric Morlon Bishop Jr. in 1967 in the small town of Terrell, Texas. His grandparents, Mark and Esther Talley, adopted and raised him after his parents split up when he was just seven months old. His grandparents gave him a strong Baptist upbringing, including what turned out to be influential and inspirational music at the New Hope Baptist Church. "My grandmother raised me to be a southern gentleman," Foxx told William Booth of the Washington Post. "We weren't rich, but we weren't poor either. Money didn't matter, couldn't replace the summers we had." As a teenager he had paying jobs as a piano player and musical director at the church. He excelled in sports, playing tennis, running track and serving as quarterback at Terrell High School. His first foray into music outside of the church was his high school R&B band, Leather and Lace.

    Music Scholarship
    A music scholarship enabled Foxx to venture outside his small world of Terrell and travel to California, where he studied classical piano and music theory at the U.S. International University in San Diego. Foxx was introduced to a diverse group of students and to opportunities that didn't exist in Terrell. Foxx had a comedic bent, doing impressions for his friends and making everyone laugh. But one night in 1989, on a dare from a girlfriend, he got on stage at an open mic comedy night. Everything changed after that. The next year he changed his name to Jamie Foxx and worked the stand-up circuit.

    His comedic timing and personality were far bigger than the small clubs he gigged at. Amid small acting bits on TV, from 1991 to 1994 Foxx became part of the infamous cast of the sketch-comedy show In Living Color. The hugely popular show gave Foxx the opportunity and popularity to return to his first love—that of music. In 1994 Foxx released his first solo R&B album, Peep This. "I was gonna be Lionel Richie, I had the hair and everything," he joked to Booth. Issued by the now-defunct label Twentieth Century Fox Records, the album shot up to number 12, and the single "Infatuation" hit number 36 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

    Foxx was the star of his own popular comedy show, The Jamie Foxx Show, from 1996 to 2001. During that time he also had movie roles in 1997's Booty Call and 1999's Any Given Sunday. His dramatic acting skills were further put to the test in 2001's Ali and in the 2004 hit films Collateral and Ray. In 2004 Foxx got back into music, lending his smooth R&B vocals to rapper Twista's number one hit song "Slow Jamz" (which also appeared, slightly altered, on Kanye West's breakthrough album The College Dropout). Foxx's acting credentials soared to new heights when he took on the role of Ray Charles in Ray, the blockbuster biopic that hit theaters that year. Foxx's dead-on take of the musical legend won him an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. Foxx was also nominated for another Oscar that year for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Collateral, in which he played opposite Tom Cruise. Before filming Ray, Foxx was able to spend time with Ray Charles before he died, and it was that meeting that inspired Foxx to get back to his musical roots. "I'll remember how simple he was—there was no "star" thing," Foxx said in an interview with Rolling Stone's Austin Scaggs after Charles died. "He told me, ‘Y'know Jamie, if you can play the blues, baby, you can do anything.’"

    Returned to Music
    Ready to get back into music, in 2005 Foxx appeared on rapper 50 Cent's "Build You Up" and sang on the chorus of Kanye West's number one song "Gold Digger." Fox told Shaheem Reid on MTV News.com, "You look at Kanye's records and they are fabulous, but when me and him go together, they were #1 records." In addition, Foxx was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance category for his performance of "Creepin'" on So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross.

    It was time now to get to work on Foxx's own record, with a little help from his friends. As opposed to how quickly Peep This was put together, Foxx wanted his second record to be as legitimate and honorable as possible. He brought in songwriters and producers who were at the top of their games. "I've got some real writers and producers this time and a real record label that has the money," he told Gail Mitchell in Billboard. "I waited 11 years because I didn't want to be out there looking goofy." For his sophomore album, Foxx needed to balance classic soul R&B with modern hip-hop panache. "It's something I've been toying with for a long time," he said to Mitchell. "How do you capture the club crowd with R&B while still keeping it hip-hop, young and with a bounce to it? That's the way we wrote a lot of the songs." Foxx co-wrote six of the album's songs and invited Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Common, The Game, Kanye West, Twista and producers like Timbaland and Babyface to help on the project.

    To close out 2005, J records issued Foxx's sophomore album, Unpredictable. By its second week it was a number one record. Foxx made history when he became only the fifth actor to have both an Oscar and a number one U.S. album at the same time. The title track of the album featured rapper Ludacris, and the video was directed by famed hip-hop director Hype Williams. "The result is a canny mix of R&B and hiphop, with several songs evincing an utterly of-the-moment minimalist vibe," wrote Jonathan Van Meter in Vogue. Foxx himself admitted to Van Meter, "The record definitely has a sense of me singing to someone. All the songs are geared toward a woman listening." Unpredictable went to the top of the charts—going platinum—at the same time as "Gold Digger," giving Foxx increased attention in all of the entertainment fields.

    In 2005 Foxx had a dramatic role in the army film Jarhead and the following year starred in a remake of Miami Vice and the musical Dreamgirls. At the 2006 Grammy Awards, Unpredictable was up for three awards. Although he didn't take any home that evening, he won two BET Awards for Best Duet/Collaboration for Kanye West's "Gold Digger" and Video of the Year for the same song. He was nominated for two American Music Awards, taking one home for Favorite Male Soul R&B Artist. In the spring of 2007 he won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Male R&B/Soul Album for Unpredictable. On September 14, 2007, Foxx's star quality was given one of the highest honors when he received his own prestigious star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

    Selected discography
    Peep This, Twentieth Century Fox Records, 1994.
    (Contributor) So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross, J Records, 2005.
    Unpredictable, J Records, 2005.

    Sources
    Periodicals
    Billboard, December 17, 2005.
    Vogue, January, 2006.
    Washington Post, August 6, 2004.

    Online
    "Jamie Foxx: The man who played Ray on his secret desires: to serenade Mariah Carey and make music with Kenny G," Rolling Stone, http://www.rollingstone.com/news/qa/story/8946748/Jamie_foxx (September 23, 2007).
    Jamie Foxx Official Website, http://www.jamiefoxx.com (September 23, 2007).
    "The Metamorphosis of Jamie Fox," MTV.com, http://www.mtv.com/bands/f/foxx_jamie/news_feature_012806/ (September 23, 2007).
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    A major star on television (In Living Color, The Jamie Foxx Show), the big screen (Any Given Sunday, Collateral, Ray, Miami Vice, Dreamgirls), and radio (his second album, Unpredictable, featured two Top Ten R&B singles), Jamie Foxx -- born Eric Morlon Bishop, Jr., in Terrell, TX -- started out as a comedian and went through years of gradually escalating recognition before winning an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray. Though a 1994 album, Peep This, was something of an underground hit, he didn't really break out as a singer until his guest appearance on Kanye West and Twista's "Slow Jamz." The song helped set the stage for his second album, released through J Records at the very end of 2005. Upon release, Unpredictable duked it out for the number one position on the Billboard albums chart with Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough. It reached number one and eventually went platinum. Intuition, involving input from the-Dream, Timbaland, Ne-Yo, and Floetry's Marsha Ambrosius, followed in late 2008. Like its predecessor, it topped the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, led by "Blame It," one of 2009's biggest party singles. Near the end of 2009, Foxx issued his fourth album, Body. Previewed by the single "Winner" featuring T.I. and Justin Timberlake, Best Night of My Life followed in 2010. The artist has also collaborated with Gladys Knight, Melvin Riley, Adina Howard, MC Lyte, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
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    Jamie Foxx

    Foxx promoting Stealth in July 2005
    Birth name Eric Marlon Bishop
    Born (1967-12-13) December 13, 1967 (age 44)
    Terrell, Texas, United States
    Medium Stand up, Film, Television, Radio, Music
    Nationality American
    Years active 1989–present
    Genres

    Musical comedy, Political satire, Observational comedy, Character comedy, Black comedy (as actor)

    R&B, hip hop, soul, pop(as singer and rapper)
    Subject(s) Race relations, Racism, African-American culture, Celebrities, Human sexuality, American politics, Current events, Self-deprecation
    Influences Redd Foxx[1]
    Notable works and roles Law Abiding Citizen
    Jamie King on The Jamie Foxx Show
    Ray Charles in Ray
    Nico in Rio
    Website Official site

    Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, rapper, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host who began playing the piano when he was five years old. 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 three albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200: Unpredictable, which topped the chart, Best Night of My Life and Intuition.

    Born in Terrell, Texas, Foxx was raised by his mother's adoptive parents. He performed in high school and was awarded with a scholarship to United States International University. In his twenties, Foxx began performing stand-up at comedy clubs, and eventually joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991; this exposure helped him land film roles and star in his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show. He released his debut album, Peep This, in 1994, but he did not gain significant musical success until 2004 when he was featured in Twista's song "Slow Jamz". Also in 2004, Foxx played critically acclaimed roles in the films Collateral and Ray. He released his second album, Unpredictable, in 2005, which was helped by his collaboration on Kanye West's number-one single "Gold Digger". His third album Intuition was released in 2008 and was anchored by the single "Blame It". Foxx released his fourth studio album, Best Night of My Life, in 2010.

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    Biography

    Early life

    Foxx was born as Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas.[2] He is the son of Louise Annette Talley Dixon and Shaheed Abdulah. Foxx was abandoned seven months after birth, and was subsequently adopted and raised in Terrell by his mother's adoptive parents. Terrell was a racially segregated community at the time.[3] Foxx had a strict Baptist upbringing[4][5] and began piano lessons at the age of five by his grandmother's orders. As a teenager, he was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church.[3]

    Foxx attended Terrell High School, where he received top grades, played basketball and football as quarterback, and had an ambition to play for the Dallas Cowboys. He was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards.[3][6] He also sang in a band called Leather and Lace.[3] After completing high school, Foxx received a scholarship to United States International University, where he studied classical music and composition.[3][7] He has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence in his life as one of the greatest reasons for his success.[4][8]

    1989-94: Stand-up career, acting debut, Peep This and legal issue

    After accepting a girlfriend's dare, Foxx told jokes and at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989. When he found that comediennes 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.[1][3] He chose his surname as a tribute to comedian Redd Foxx.[1] In addition his recurrent In Living Color character LaWanda shared names with Redd's friend and co-worker, LaWanda Page.

    Foxx joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991 and subsequently played a recurring role in the comedy-drama sitcom Roc.[9] From 1996 to 2001, Foxx starred in his own sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, and made his film debut in the 1992 comedy Toys. His first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday, where he portrayed a hard-partying American football player.[4] He was cast in the role in part because of his background as a football player.[4] Following Any Given Sunday, 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.[4]

    Foxx began piano lessons at age five. In 1994, Foxx released an album (on the Fox record label) entitled Peep This.

    In April 2003, Foxx was involved in an incident with two police officers who were attempting to escort him and his sister out of Harrah's casino in New Orleans. Employees claimed they had failed to show identification upon entry. Originally charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace, battery on police officers and resisting arrest, Foxx pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace in exchange for the other charges being dropped, and was sentenced to a six month suspended jail term with two years probation and a $1,500 fine. He also began piano lessons at age five.[10][11]

    2004-06: Ray, Collateral, and Unpredictable

    Foxx and Kanye West performing "Gold Digger"

    His music career shifted into a higher gear when, in 2004, he was featured on rapper Twista's song, "Slow Jamz", which also featured Kanye West. The song reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, as well as #3 on the UK Singles chart. Foxx's second collaboration with Kanye West, "Gold Digger," in which he sang the "I Got a Woman" Ray Charles-influenced hook, went straight to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained there for 10 weeks. In 2005, Foxx was featured on the single "Georgia" by Atlanta rappers Ludacris and Field Mob. The song sampled Ray Charles' hit "Georgia on My Mind." He also had a beginning verse on Kanye's "Gold Digger."

    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[4] 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. The only other male actor to achieve this was Al Pacino. In 2005, Foxx was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[12]

    Foxx released his second studio album, Unpredictable, in December 2005. It debuted at #2, selling 598,000 copies in its first week.[13] The following week, the album rose to #1, selling an additional 200,000 copies.[14] To date, the album has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States, and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA.[15][16] The album also charted on the UK Albums Chart, where it peaked at #9.[17] Foxx became the fourth artist to have won an Academy Award® for an acting role and to have achieved a #1 album in the U.S. (The other three to accomplish this feat were Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Barbra Streisand.) Foxx's first single from the album, the title track "Unpredictable" (featuring Ludacris), samples "Wildflower" by New Birth. The song peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles and also made the UK Top 20 singles chart. The second U.S. single from the album was "DJ Play a Love Song," which reunited Foxx with Twista. In the UK, however, the second single was "Extravaganza," which saw Foxx once again collaborate with Kanye West. He was not, however, featured in the song's music video.

    At the 2006 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards, Foxx won Best Duet/Collaboration with Kanye West for "Gold Digger" and tied with Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" for Video of the Year. On December 8, 2006, Foxx received four Grammy Award® nominations, which included Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Love Changes featuring Mary J. Blige, Best R&B Album for Unpredictable, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Georgia by Ludacris & Field Mob featuring Jamie Foxx, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Unpredictable featuring Ludacris.

    2006-2009: Dreamgirls, The Soloist, Intuition and Miley Cyrus incident

    Foxx's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Following these successes, Foxx appeared in Jarhead, Miami Vice, and Dreamgirls, which were box-office hits, and lifted his profile even higher as a bankable star in Hollywood. 2007 brought him the lead role in the film The Kingdom opposite Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner and Ashraf Barhom. In September 2007, Foxx was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He said, upon receiving the honor, "[it was] one of the most amazing days of my life."[18]

    On January 22, 2007, Foxx was on Sirius Satellite Radio, announcing his new channel The Foxxhole. The channel features talk-radio programs, stand-up comedy albums, and music primarily by African-American performers, and features much of Foxx's own material as well. The Jamie Foxx Show, Foxx's own talk-radio variety program, airs Friday evenings on The Foxxhole, and features Johnny Mack, Speedy, The Poetess, Lewis Dix, and T.D.P., as his co-hosts. Guests include popular musicians, actors, and fellow comedians. He recorded a song with country superstars Rascal Flatts entitled "She Goes All the Way" for their album, Still Feels Good. Foxx also performed background vocals for artist/songwriter Tank. He and The-Dream are featured on Plies' "Please Excuse My Hands." He also appeared on the remix of Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent" entitled "She Got Her Own." The track also features Fabolous. Foxx then collaborated with rapper The Game on the track "Around The World." In April 2009, Foxx played the lead role in the dramatic film The Soloist. A few months later in October 2009, He played a starring role along side Gerard Butler in the thriller Law Abiding Citizen. In April 2011, Foxx voiced Nico, a canary in the movie Rio.

    Foxx released his third album titled Intuition in 2008, featuring such artists as Kanye West, T.I., Ne-Yo, and T-Pain. The album's first single, "Just Like Me" featuring T.I., was promoted by a video directed by Brett Ratner and featuring an appearance by Taraji P. Henson. The second single "Blame It" featured T-Pain and became a top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and a number-one single on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The "Blame It" music video, directed by Hype Williams, features cameo appearances by Forest Whitaker, Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Howard, Quincy Jones, and Jake Gyllenhaal, among others. Foxx was also featured on T.I.'s single "Live in the Sky" from the album King. On April 6, 2009 Foxx performed the George Strait song "You Look So Good in Love" at the George Strait Artist of the Decade All-Star Concert. Foxx has been a fan of country music for many years. Jamie Foxx hosted the 2009 BET Awards ceremony on June 28, 2009, which featured several tributes to pop star Michael Jackson, who had died three days prior to the show. Aside from performing "Blame It" with T-Pain and "She Got Her Own" with Ne-Yo and Fabolous, Foxx opened the show with a rendition of Jackson's "Beat It" dance routine and closed the show with a cover of The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" with Ne-Yo. Foxx stated during the ceremony, "We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else."

    On the April 17, 2009 episode of The Jamie Foxx Show on Foxxhole Radio, Foxx and his co-hosts made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding teenaged singer Miley Cyrus, in response to a caller's comment on a recent altercation between Cyrus and rock band Radiohead.[19] Foxx issued a public apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno several days later in response to growing public outcry as well as televised criticism by Cyrus's father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.[20]

    2010-present: Django Unchained and Best Night of My Life

    In 2011, Foxx was officially cast in the title role of, Django Unchained. It will be written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and he will star alongside his Ray co-star Kerry Washington, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson. As a producer, Foxx played a role in In the Flow with Affion Crockett on Fox in summer 2011.[21]

    Foxx released his fourth album, Best Night of My Life, on December 21, 2010.[22] The first single is "Winner", featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I..[23] The second single is "Living Better Now" featuring rapper Rick Ross and the third single is "Fall For Your Type" featuring rapper Drake.[22] On October 7, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records. With the shutdown, Foxx (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release his future material on the RCA Records brand.[24][25] In 2011, Jamie Foxx was featured in the rapper Pitbull's album 'Planet Pitt' in the song "Where Do We go".

    Personal life

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    Foxx has a daughter, Corinne Bishop, who was born in 1994.[3] Former Jamie Foxx Show co-star Garcelle Beauvais made a public announcement stating that Foxx has a second child.[26] Foxx was spotted with the baby in Miami for New Year's Eve 2010, and it was revealed to be a girl.[27]

    Foxx performed a public service announcement for Do Something to promote food drives in local communities.[28]

    Jamie Foxx began playing the piano when he was five years old.

    Discography

    Main article: Jamie Foxx discography

    Hosted Mixtapes

    Tours

    Filmography

    Year Title Role Notes
    1992 Toys Baker
    1996 The Truth About Cats & Dogs Ed
    The Great White Hype Hassan El Ruk'n
    1997 Booty Call Bunz
    1998 The Players Club Blue
    1999 Held Up Michael
    Any Given Sunday Willie Beamen Nominated — BET Award for Best Supporting Actor
    Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male Performance
    2000 Bait Alvin Sanders
    2001 Date from Heaven
    Ali Drew Bundini Brown BET Award for Best Supporting Actor
    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
    2003 Shade Larry Jennings
    2004 Breakin' All the Rules Quincy Watson Nominated — BET Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
    Collateral Max BET Award for Best Supporting Actor
    Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
    Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
    Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
    Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
    Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
    Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
    Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
    Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    Ray Ray Charles Academy Award for Best Actor
    BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
    BET Award for Best Actor
    Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
    Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
    Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
    Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
    Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
    Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
    London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
    National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
    National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
    Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
    Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
    Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    Seattle Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
    Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
    Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
    Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
    Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
    Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Tookie BET Award for Best Actor – Network/Cable Television
    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
    Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
    Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
    Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
    Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
    2005 Stealth Lt. Henry Purcell
    Jarhead Staff Sgt. Sykes Nominated — Black Movie Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor
    2006 Miami Vice Ricardo Tubbs
    Dreamgirls Curtis Taylor, Jr. Nominated — BET Award for Best Actor
    Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
    Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    2007 The Kingdom Ronald Fleury
    2009 The Soloist Nathaniel Ayers Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Actor
    Law Abiding Citizen Nick Rice Nominated — BET Award for Best Actor
    Nominated — Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
    2010 Valentine's Day Kelvin Moore
    Due Date Darryl
    I'm Still Here Himself
    2011 Rio Nico Voice
    Horrible Bosses Dean "Motherfucker" Jones
    (2012) Django Unchained Django Filming
    Kane & Lynch James Seth Lynch Filming

    Awards and nominations

    Television Awards

    • Image Awards
      • 1998, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show
      • 1999, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show (nominated)
      • 2000, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show (nominated)
      • 2001, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show (nominated)

    Music awards

    • American Music Awards
      • 2009, Favorite R&B/Soul Male Artist (nominated)
      • 2006, Favorite R&B/Soul Male Artist (winner)
      • 2006, Favorite R&B/Soul Album: Unpredictable (nominated)
    • BET Awards
      • 2006, Best Male R&B Artist (nominated)
      • 2006, Best Collaboration ("Unpredictable") with Ludacris (nominated)
      • 2009, Best Collaboration ("Blame It") with T-Pain (Winner)
      • 2009, Video of the Year: ("Blame It") (nominated)
      • 2009, Best Male R&B Artist (nominated)
    • Grammy Awards
      • 2010, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group ("Blame It") with T-Pain (winner)
      • 2010, Best Contemporary R&B Album (Intuition) (nominated)
      • 2010, Best R&B Song ("Blame It") (nominated)
      • 2007, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Unpredictable") with Ludacris (nominated)
      • 2007, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Georgia") with Ludacris & Field Mob (nominated)
      • 2007, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group ("Love Changes") with Mary J. Blige (nominated)
      • 2007, Best R&B Album (Unpredictable) (nominated)
      • 2006, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Slow Jamz") with Twista & Kanye West (nominated)
      • 2006, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("Creepin") (nominated)
    • Image Awards
      • 2009, Outstanding Male Artist (winner)
      • 2006, Outstanding Male Artist (winner)
    • MTV Video Music Awards
      • 2006, Best Hip-Hop Video: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated)
      • 2006, Best Ringtone: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated)
      • 2006, Best R&B Video: "Unpredictable" featuring Ludacris (nominated)
      • 2004, MTV2 Award: "Slow Jamz" with Twista & Kanye West (nominated)
    • Soul Train Awards
      • 2009, Record of the Year: "Blame It" (winner)
      • 2009, Album of the Year: Intuition (nominated)
      • 2007, Best R&B/Soul Album, Male: Unpredictable (winner)
      • 2006, Best Music Video: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (winner)
      • 2006, Best R&B/Soul Dance Cut: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated)
    • Vibe Awards
      • 2005, Best Collabo: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated)
      • 2004, Best Collabo: "Slow Jamz" with Twista & Kanye West (nominated)

    Movie/TV Awards

    • Academy Awards
      • 2004, Nominated Best Supporting Actor – Collateral
      • 2004, Won Best Actor – Ray
    • BAFTA Awards
      • 2005, Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Ray
      • 2004, Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Collateral
    • BET Awards
      • 2006, Nominated Best Actor
      • 2005, Won Best Actor
    • Black Movie Awards
      • 2006, Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Jarhead
    • Black Reel Awards
      • 2007, Nominated – Best Actor – Dreamgirls
      • 2005, Won Best Actor, Drama – Ray
      • 2004, Won Best Actor – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
      • 2004, Won Best Supporting Actor – Collateral
      • 2004, Nominated – Best Actor, Musical or Comedy – Breakin' All the Rules
      • 2002, Won Theatrical – Best Supporting Actor – Ali
      • 2000, Nominated – Best Supporting Actor – Any Given Sunday
    • Golden Globes
      • 2005, Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – Ray
      • 2004, Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
      • 2004, Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Collateral
    • Image Awards
      • 2007, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture – Dreamgirls
      • 2005, Won Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture – Ray
      • 2004, Won Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
      • 2004, Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Collateral
      • 2002, Won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Ali
      • 2001, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series – "The Jamie Foxx Show"
      • 2000, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series – "The Jamie Foxx Show"
      • 1999, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series – "The Jamie Foxx Show"
      • 1998, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series – "The Jamie Foxx Show"
    • Kids' Choice Awards
      • 2001, Nominated Favorite Television Actor – "The Jamie Foxx Show"
      • 2000, Nominated Favorite Television Actor – "The Jamie Foxx Show"
    • MTV Movie Awards
      • 2005, Nominated Best Male Performance – Ray
      • 2000, Nominated Breakthrough Male Performance – Any Given Sunday
    • MovieGuide Awards
      • 2005, Won Grace Award Most Inspiring Television Acting – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
    • Prism Awards
      • 2005, Won Performance in a Feature Film – Ray
    • Satellite Awards
      • 2005, Won Golden Satellite Award Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
      • 2004, Won Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical – Ray
      • 2004, Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama – Collateral
    • Screen Actors Guild Awards
      • 2007, Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – Dreamgirls
      • 2005, Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role – Ray
      • 2004, Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – Ray
      • 2004, Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Collateral
      • 2004, Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
    • TV Land Awards
      • 2007, Nominated Little Screen/Big Screen Star
      • 2006, Nominated Little Screen/Big Screen Star
    • Teen Choice Awards
      • 2007, Nominated Choice Movie: Liplock – Dreamgirls
      • 2005, Nominated Choice Movie Actor: Drama – Ray

    See also

    References

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