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Jamie Foxx
Foxx at the2019 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Eric Marlon Bishop

(1967-12-13)December 13, 1967(age 56)
Terrell, Texas,U.S.
Alma materUnited States International University(BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • comedian
Years active1989–present
Works
Children2, includingCorinne
AwardsFull list
Comedy career
Medium
Genres
Subject(s)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Labels

Eric Marlon Bishop(born December 13, 1967),[2][3][4]known professionally asJamie Foxx,is an American actor, singer, and comedian. He received acclaim for his portrayal ofRay Charlesin the filmRay(2004), winning theAcademy Award,BAFTA,Screen Actors Guild Award,andGolden Globe Awardfor Best Actor. That same year, he was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actorfor his role in the crime filmCollateral.

Foxx gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy showIn Living Coloruntil the show's end in 1994. Following this success, he was given his ownsitcomThe Jamie Foxx Show,in which he starred, co-created and produced from 1996 to 2001. He gained prominence for his film roles inBooty Call(1997),Ali(2001),Jarhead(2005),Dreamgirls(2006),Miami Vice(2006),Horrible Bosses(2011),Django Unchained(2012),Annie(2014),Baby Driver(2017), andSoul(2020). He played the supervillainElectroinThe Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014) andSpider-Man: No Way Home(2021). For playingWalter McMillianinJust Mercy(2019) he received aScreen Actors Guild Awardnomination.

Foxx also embarked on a successful career as anR&Bsinger in the 2000s. He earned two number-one singles on theBillboardHot 100,with his features on the singles "Slow Jamz"byTwistaalongsideKanye West,and "Gold Digger"by Kanye West. His single"Blame It"won him theGrammy 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.Billboard200:Unpredictable(2005), which topped the chart,Intuition(2008),Best Night of My Life(2010), andHollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses(2015). Since 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive producer of theFoxgame showBeat Shazam.In 2021, he wrote his autobiographyAct Like You Got Some Sense.

Early life

Born inTerrell, Texas,[5]Foxx is the son of Darrell Bishop (renamed Shahid Abdula following his conversion toIslam),[6]who sometimes worked as a stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley Dixon. Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents, Esther[7]Marie (Nelson), a domestic worker and nursery operator, and Mark Talley, a yard worker.[8][9]He has had little contact with his birth parents, who were not part of his upbringing.[10]He was raised in the black quarter of Terrell, which at the time was a racially segregated community.[10]He has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence as one of the greatest reasons for his success.[8][11]

Foxx began playing the piano when he was five years old.[12]He had a strictBaptistupbringing[8][13]and as a teenager was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church.[10]His natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader, when his teacher used him as a reward: if the class behaved well, Foxx would tell them jokes. He attendedTerrell High School,where he received top grades and playedbasketballandfootball(asquarterback). His ambition was to play for theDallas Cowboys,and he was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards.[10][14]He also sang in a band called Leather and Lace.[10]After high school, Foxx received a scholarship toUnited States International University,where he studied musical and performing artscomposition.[10][15]

Career

1989–2003: Standup, sitcom, and acting debut

Foxx first told jokes at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989, after accepting a girlfriend's dare. When he found that female comedians were often called first to perform, he chose the stage name of Jamie Foxx, which he felt was ambiguous enough to disallow any biases,[10][16]with his surname being a tribute to the black comedianRedd Foxx.[16]Foxx joined the cast ofIn Living Colorin 1991, where his recurrent character Wanda also shared a name with Redd's friend and co-worker,LaWanda Page.Following a recurring role in the comedy-drama sitcomRoc,[17]Foxx went on to star in his own sitcomThe Jamie Foxx Show,from 1996 to 2001, which he also co-created and produced through his company Foxx Hole Productions and was aired on theWB network.

Foxx made his film debut in the 1992 comedyToys.His first dramatic role came inOliver Stone's 1999 filmAny Given Sunday,where he was cast as a hard-partying quarterback,[8]partly because of his own football background.[8]During filming, Foxx fought with costarLL Cool J.[18][19]

In 2001, Foxx starred oppositeWill SmithinMichael Mann's biographical dramaAli.Three years later, Foxx played taxi driver Max Durocher in the Mann filmCollateralalongsideTom Cruise,for which he received outstanding reviews. CriticRoger Ebertpraised Foxx's performance, stating that, "Jamie Foxx's work is a revelation. I've thought of him in terms of comedy ("Booty Call,""Breakin' all the Rules"), but here he steps into a dramatic lead and is always convincing and involving".[20]He went on to receive a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actorfor his performance.[8]

In 1994, Foxx released an album (on theFoxrecord label) entitledPeep This,which was not commercially successful. In 2003, Foxx made a cameo inBenzino's music video for "Would You", which featuresLisaRaye McCoyandMario Winans.

2003–2006: Career stardom

Foxx andKanye Westperforming "Gold Digger"

In 2003, Foxx featured on therapperTwista's song, "Slow Jamz",together withKanye West,which reached No. 1 on the USBillboardHot 100singles chart and #3 on theUK Singles chart.His second collaboration withKanye West,"Gold Digger,"in which Foxx sang theRay Charles-influenced "I Got a Woman"hook, then went straight to No. 1 on theBillboardHot 100, remaining there for 10 weeks. In 2005, Foxx featured on the single "Georgia"by Atlanta rappersLudacrisandField Mob,which sampled Ray Charles' hit "Georgia on My Mind".

Foxx would also portrayRay Charlesin the biographical filmRay(2004), for which he won theAcademy Award for Best Actor[8]and theBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.Foxx is the third male in history (afterBarry FitzgeraldandAl Pacino) to receivetwo acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies,CollateralandRay.In 2005, Foxx was invited to join theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[21]

Foxx released his second studio album,Unpredictable,in December 2005. It debuted at No. 2, selling 598,000 copies in its first week,[22]rising to No. 1 the following week and selling an additional 200,000 copies.[23]To date, the album has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States, and was certified doublePlatinumby theRIAA.[24][25]The album also charted on theUK Albums Chart,where it peaked at No. 9.[26]Foxx became the fourth artist to have both won an Academy Award for an acting role and to have achieved a No. 1 album in the U.S, joiningFrank Sinatra,Bing CrosbyandBarbra Streisand.

Foxx's first single from the album, the title track "Unpredictable" (featuringLudacris), peaked in theBillboardHot 100Top 10 singles and also made the UK Top 20 singles chart; the track samples "Wildflower"byNew Birth.The second US single from the album was "DJ Play a Love Song," which reunited Foxx withTwista.In the UK, the second single was "Extravaganza", which saw Foxx once again collaborate withKanye West,although Foxx did not feature in the song's music video.

Foxx promotingStealthin July 2005

At the 2006Black Entertainment Television(BET) Awards,Foxx won Best Duet/Collaboration withKanye Westfor "Gold Digger" and tied withMary J. Blige's "Be Without You" for Video of the Year. On December 8, 2006, Foxx received four Grammy Award nominations, which includedBest R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalsforLove ChangesfeaturingMary J. Blige,Best R&B AlbumforUnpredictable,Best Rap Performance by a Duo or GroupforGeorgiabyLudacris&Field Mobfeaturing Jamie Foxx, andBest Rap/Sung CollaborationforUnpredictablefeaturing Ludacris.

Following on from these successes, Foxx went on to appear in the box-office hitsJarhead,Miami Vice,andDreamgirls,which lifted his profile even higher as a bankable star in Hollywood.

2007–2009:Intuition

Foxx's star on theHollywood Walk of Fame

2007 brought him the lead role in the action thriller filmThe KingdomoppositeChris Cooper,Jason Bateman,Jennifer GarnerandAshraf Barhom.In September 2007, Foxx was awarded a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame:"[it was] one of the most amazing days of my life," said Foxx.[27]In April 2009, Foxx played the lead role in the dramatic filmThe Soloist.A few months later in October 2009, he played a starring role alongsideGerard Butlerin the thrillerLaw Abiding Citizen.In 2007, his company FoxxKing Entertainment signed deals withMTVandVH1.[28]

Foxx released his third album titledIntuitionin 2008, featuringKanye West,T.I.,Ne-Yo,Lil' KimandT-Pain.The album's first single, "Just Like Me"featuring T.I., was promoted by a video directed byBrett Ratnerwhich featured an appearance by actressTaraji P. Henson.The second single "Blame It"featured T-Pain and became a top 5 single on theBillboardHot 100and a number-one single on the BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songschart. The song received many accolades for Foxx, including aGrammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocalsat the52nd Annual Grammy Awards.The "Blame It" music video, directed byHype Williams,features cameo appearances byForest Whitaker,Samuel L. Jackson,Ron Howard,Quincy Jonesand hisJarheadco-starJake Gyllenhaal,amongst others.

Foxx's musical career has also included a number of collaborations. In 2007, he recorded the song "She Goes All the Way" with country superstarsRascal Flattsfor theirStill Feels Goodalbum. Foxx performed backing vocals for artist/songwriterTank.He featured alongsideThe-DreamonPlies' "Please Excuse My Hands."He also appeared alongsideFabolouson the remix ofNe-Yo's "Miss Independent".Foxx collaborated with rapperThe Gameon the track "Around the World". Foxx also featured on T.I.'s single "Live in the Sky"from the albumKing.

On January 22, 2007, Foxx launchedThe Foxxhole,a channel onSirius Satellite Radiofeaturing talk-radio programs, stand-up comedy albums and music primarily by African-American performers, as well as much of Foxx's own material. Foxx's own talk-radio variety programThe Jamie Foxx Showairs Friday evenings on The Foxxhole with guests including musicians, actors and fellow comedians; co-hosts have included Johnny Mack, Speedy,Claudia Jordan,The Poetess,Lewis Dix,Yvette Wilson,T.D.P andTyrin Turner.On the April 17, 2009, episode ofThe Jamie Foxx Show,Foxx and his co-hosts made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding the teenage singerMiley Cyrus.[29]Several days later Foxx issued a public apology onThe Tonight Show with Jay Lenoin response to growing public outcry and televised criticism by Cyrus's father, country singerBilly Ray Cyrus.[30]

On April 6, 2009, Foxx, a longtime fan ofcountry music,performed theGeorge Straitsong "You Look So Good in Love"at the George Strait Artist of the Decade All-Star Concert. Jamie Foxx hosted the2009 BET Awards ceremonyon June 28, 2009, which featured several tributes to pop starMichael Jackson,who had died three days prior to the show. As well as performing "Blame It"withT-Painand "She Got Her Own"withNe-YoandFabolous,Foxx opened the show with a rendition of Jackson's "Beat It"dance routine and closed the show with a cover ofthe Jackson 5's "I'll Be There"with Ne-Yo." We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else. ", said Foxx during the ceremony.

2010–2012: Career progression

In April 2011, Foxx voiced the cartoon canary Nico in the movieRio.During the summer of 2011, Foxx was involved as a producer ofIn the Flow with Affion CrockettonFox.[31]

Foxx released his fourth album,Best Night of My Life,on December 21, 2010,[32]featuring the singles "Winner"(featuringJustin TimberlakeandT.I.), "Living Better Now" (featuring rapperRick Ross) and "Fall for Your Type"(featuring rapperDrake).[32]On October 7, theRCA Music Groupannounced that it was disbandingJ Recordsalong withArista RecordsandJive Records,meaning that all artists (including Foxx) previously signed to the three labels will release their future material on theRCA Recordsbrand.[33][34]In 2011, Jamie Foxx also featured on the rapper Pitbull's albumPlanet Pit,in the song "Where Do We Go".

In 2012, Foxx starred in the title role of theQuentin Tarantinowritten and directedDjango Unchained.[35]Foxx starred alongside hisRayco-starKerry Washington,as well asChristoph Waltz,Leonardo DiCaprioandSamuel L. Jackson.In an interview aboutDjango Unchained,Foxx toldVibemagazine: "As a black person it's always racial.... when I get home my other homies are like how was your day? Well, I only had to be white for at least eight hours today, [or] I only had to be white for four hours."[36]The filming was emotional as Foxx said, "It's tough shooting when you're in plantation row and that's where your ancestors were persecuted and killed."[37]

On November 25, 2012, at BET'sSoul Train Awards,Foxx joked: "It's like church in here. First of all, giving honor to God and our lord and saviorBarack Obama."[38]The joke led to condemnation from some Christians, to which Foxx responded: "I'm a comic [and] sometimes I think people get a little too tight."[39]While hostingSaturday Night Liveon December 8, 2012, to promoteDjango Unchained,Foxx joked about being excited "to kill all the white people in the movie".[40]Appearing at the 2013NAACP Image Awards,Foxx praised the achievements of black people, saying that "black people are the most talented people in the world".[41]

2013–present: Established actor

In 2013, Foxx was cast as President James Sawyer inWhite House DownalongsideChanning Tatum.[42]The following year, Foxx appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2as the villainElectro,and co-starred withQuvenzhané WallisinAnnie,Sony'sWill SmithandJay-Zproduced update of the comic strip-turned-musical.[43]In 2017, Foxx starred as Bats, a trigger-happy gang member, inEdgar Wright's action filmBaby Driver.

Foxx's October 2014 Deja Vu duet with Dionne Warwick appears on theFeels So Goodalbum released by Warwick. He released his fifth studio album,Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses,on May 18, 2015. It debuted atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and at No. 10 on theBillboard200.[44]In 2015, Foxx's voice was featured in the chorus on theAriana Grandesong, "Focus".[45]

Since its debut in 2017, Foxx has been the host and executive producer of theFoxgame showBeat Shazam,whose premise is similar to the once-popular game show formatName That Tune.On the show, three sets of two partners try to beat the software applicationShazamin correctly identifying the titles of popular songs for increasingly higher amounts of money, with one team eventually vying for a potential prize of $1 million. Foxx's daughterCorinnebegan co-hosting the show in its second season in 2018, replacing DJ October Gonzalez.[46]The show has aired four seasons so far.[47]

Foxx co-executive produced the 2017ShowtimesitcomWhite Famous,which starredJay Pharoahas a young aspiring African-American comic, and was based on Foxx's own early career. Foxx also occasionally appeared on the show as himself.White Famousgot middling reviews and ratings, and was cancelled after one season.[48]

On May 22, 2019, Foxx appeared asGeorge JeffersoninLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The JeffersonsonABC.[49]That year, he played wrongly convicted death row prisonerWalter McMillianin the drama filmJust Mercy,for which he received significant critical acclaim.[50]

Foxx starred inProject Power,directed byAriel SchulmanandHenry Joost,oppositeJoseph Gordon-LevittandDominique Fishback,which was released on August 14, 2020, byNetflix.[51][52]That September, Foxx signed an overall deal withSony Pictures Entertainment.[53]Foxx then voiced the main character, jazz pianist and music teacher Joe Gardner, in thePixaranimated filmSoul(2020).[54]Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,Soulwas releaseddirect-to-streamingonDisney+in most countries, including the United States,[55]though it did get a theatrical release in some countries.[56][57]USA Today'sBrian Truitt commended Foxx's performance, saying he brought "warmth, humor and an occasional touch of exasperation" to the role.[58]

Foxx co-created, executive produced and starred in the 2021 Netflix sitcomDad Stop Embarrassing Me!,in which he played the single father of two teenage girls. The series marked Foxx's return to the sitcom format afterThe Jamie Foxx Showended in 2001.[59]The entire eight-episode series premiered April 14, 2021, on Netflix. It was cancelled after one season.[60]

He reprised his role as Electro inSpider-Man: No Way Home(2021), set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe.[61]

In 2021, Foxx released the memoirAct Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me,which focused on his family life, both as a child and as an adult.[62]

Upcoming projects

On May 29, 2018, Foxx was cast asAl Simmonsin a plannedreboot of theSpawnfilm franchise,to be directed byTodd McFarlane.[63]In 2015, Foxx became attached to portray former boxerMike Tysonin a biographical drama filmFinding Mike;in 2020, he began to exercise in order to gain muscle for the role.[64]In 2021, the project turned into a miniseries, to be directed byAntoine Fuqua.[65]

Personal life

Foxx in 2005

Foxx has two daughters: model, actress, and television producerCorinne Foxx,born in 1994;[10]and another daughter born in 2009.[66]Corinne made her formal debut at theBal des débutantesin November 2014 and was namedMiss Golden Globe2016 on November 18, 2015.[67]

In 2008, Foxx filmed apublic service announcementforDo Somethingto promote food drives in local communities.[68]

From 2013 to 2019, Foxx was rumored to be in a relationship with actressKatie Holmes.[69][70]

On January 18, 2016, he rescued a young man from a burning vehicle that crashed outside his home. The driver, Brett Kyle, was driving his truck "at a high rate of speed" when it left the road, traveled into a drainageditch,and rolled over several times. Kyle was arrested fordriving under the influence of alcohol.[71][72]

On October 26, 2020, Foxx announced that his sister Deondra Dixon had died. She was 36 years old and had been born withDown syndrome.She had been an ambassador for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation.[73]

On April 12, 2023, his daughter Corinne announced that he had been hospitalized after an unspecified medical emergency, but was recovering.[74][75]On May 12, amid conflicting reports about the nature of his condition, including rumors that he was gravely ill, Corinne said that her father had been "out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating".[76]He was reportedly treated in a "physical rehab facility in Chicago" that specializes in "strokes and brain injuries".[77]On July 22, Foxx posted a video clip commenting about his health, saying that he had been to "hell and back".[78][79][80]On December 3, 2023, he made his first public appearance since the hospitalization, to accept aCritics Choice Association's Vangard Award. In his speech, he disclosed that he couldn't walk at first and discussed his recovery, without detailing exactly what led to his hospitalization.[81]

Legal issues

In April 2003, Foxx and his 25-year-old sister Deondra Dixon were confronted by security guards and had a physical struggle with police officers who arrested them atHarrah's casinoinNew Orleans.Employees said the Foxx party failed to showidentificationupon entry and "started yelling profanities" and fought with police officers after being told to leave.[82]Foxx's sister was subdued bypepper sprayafter breaking free while beinghandcuffedand then using the handcuffs to strike out at the police officers.[82]Two police officers were injured in the incident.[82]Originally charged withtrespassing,disturbing the peace,batteryon police officers, andresisting arrest,Foxx pleadedno contestto disturbing the peace in exchange for the other charges being dropped and was sentenced to a six-monthsuspended jail termwith two years ofprobationand a $1,500fine.[82][83]

In November 2023, Foxx was sued by a woman who accused him ofsexually assaultingher in 2015.[84][85]

Filmography

Main article:Jamie Foxx filmography

Discography

Main article:Jamie Foxx discography

Tours

Bibliography

Foxx, Jamie, with Nick Chiles (2021).Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me.New York: Grand Central Publishing.ISBN978-1-538-70328-1.OCLC1273729038.

Awards and nominations

Main article:List of awards and nominations received by Jamie Foxx

See also

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