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