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 | All-Star Weekend | Malik / Xavier / Cleveland A. Smith | 2025 |
Movie | Spawn | Albert Francis 'Al' Simmons / Spawn | 2025 |
Movie | Tin Soldier | The Bokushi | 2024-09-12 |
Movie | Not Another Church Movie | God | 2024-05-10 |
Movie | They Cloned Tyrone | Slick Charles | 2023-06-14 |
Movie | Strays | Bug (voice) | 2023-08-17 |
Movie | The Burial | Willie E. Gary | 2023-10-06 |
Movie | God Is a Bullet | The Ferryman | 2023-06-22 |
Movie | Day Shift | Bud Jablonski | 2022-08-12 |
Series | jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy | Self (Archival Footage) | 2022-02-16 |
Movie | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2022-11-19 |
Series | Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! | Brian Dixon | 2021-04-14 |
Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
Movie | You're Watching Video Music Box | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-03 |
Movie | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Max Dillon / Electro | 2021-12-15 |
Movie | Soul | Joe Gardner (voice) | 2020-12-25 |
Movie | This Is Stand-Up | Self | 2020-04-12 |
Movie | Project Power | Art | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | Just Mercy | Walter McMillian | 2019-12-25 |
Movie | The Black Godfather | Self | 2019-06-07 |
Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | George Jefferson | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self | 2019-10-21 |
Movie | Hitsville: The Making of Motown | Self | 2019-08-24 |
Movie | Rodman: For Better or Worse | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-01 |
Movie | Robin Hood | Yahya / John | 2018-11-21 |
Movie | Sleepless | Vincent Downs | 2017-01-12 |
Movie | Dying Laughing | Himself | 2017-02-24 |
Series | Beat Shazam | Himself - Host | 2017-05-25 |
Movie | Baby Driver | Bats | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! | Self | 2017-11-22 |
Movie | Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life | Self | 2017-06-08 |
Series | The F Word | Himself | 2017-05-31 |
Series | White Famous | Jamie Foxx | 2017-10-15 |
Series | Jackie Robinson | Jackie Robinson (Voice) | 2016-04-11 |
Series | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party | Himself | 2016-11-07 |
Movie | Rio 2 | Nico (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
Movie | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Max Dillon / Electro | 2014-04-16 |
Movie | Horrible Bosses 2 | Motherfucker Jones | 2014-11-12 |
Movie | Annie | William "Will" Stacks | 2014-12-18 |
Movie | The Concert for Valor | Self | 2014-11-11 |
Movie | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Django | 2014-05-22 |
Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self | 2013-11-19 |
Movie | Any Given Tuesday | Self | 2013-10-17 |
Movie | White House Down | President James Sawyer | 2013-06-27 |
Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Self | 2012-11-14 |
Movie | Django Unchained | Django Freeman | 2012-12-25 |
Movie | Always Whitney Houston | Self | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | A Man's Story | Self | 2011-10-08 |
Movie | Rio | Nico (voice) | 2011-04-03 |
Movie | Horrible Bosses | Motherfucker Jones | 2011-07-08 |
Movie | Plies: Goon In the Trap | 2010-02-09 | |
Movie | Due Date | Darryl | 2010-11-03 |
Movie | Valentine's Day | Kelvin Moore | 2010-02-10 |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Jamie Foxx | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | Thunder Soul | Himself | 2010-03-13 |
Movie | DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do | Self | 2009-02-09 |
Movie | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | The Soloist | Nathaniel Ayers | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-06 |
Movie | Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 | Self (archive footage) | 2009-05-27 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Nick Rice | 2009-10-15 |
Movie | The Kingdom | Ronald Fleury | 2007-08-22 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown | Self | 2007-12-23 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Dreamgirls | Curtis Taylor Jr. | 2006-12-25 |
Movie | Miami Vice | Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs | 2006-07-27 |
Movie | Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] | Self (segment "Slow Jamz") | 2005-03-22 |
Movie | Jarhead | Staff Sgt. Sykes | 2005-11-04 |
Movie | Stealth | Henry Purcell | 2005-07-27 |
Series | The Tyra Banks Show | Unknown | 2005-09-12 |
Movie | Breakin' All the Rules | Quincy Watson | 2004-05-14 |
Movie | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story | Stan 'Tookie' Williams | 2004-03-03 |
Movie | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Self - Host | 2004-10-07 |
Movie | Collateral | Max Durocher | 2004-08-04 |
Movie | Ray | Ray Charles | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked! | Himself | 2003-03-25 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith | Self | 2003-06-17 |
Movie | Shade | Larry Jennings | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security | Himself | 2002-02-23 |
Movie | It's Black Entertainment | Self | 2002-02-08 |
Series | Driven | Unknown | 2002-01-16 |
Series | BET Awards | Unknown | 2001-06-19 |
Series | Hard Knocks | Unknown | 2001-08-01 |
Movie | Ali | Drew 'Bundini' Brown | 2001-12-10 |
Series | 106 & Park | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
Movie | Bait | Alvin Sanders | 2000-03-17 |
Movie | Held Up | Michael | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Any Given Sunday | Willie Beamen | 1999-12-22 |
Movie | The Players Club | Blue | 1998-04-08 |
Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Booty Call | Bunz | 1997-02-26 |
Series | Moesha | Unknown | 1996-01-23 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | The Great White Hype | Hassan El Ruk'n | 1996-05-03 |
Movie | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Ed | 1996-04-26 |
Series | The Jamie Foxx Show | Jamie King | 1996-08-28 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole | Himself | 1993-11-06 |
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 | Self - Various Characters | 1990-04-15 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | MTV Video Music Awards | Host - Himself | 1984-09-14 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Grammy Awards | Unknown | 1959-11-29 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |