Jamie Foxx
Born: 1967-12-13 in Terrell, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, and comedian. He gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Colour until the show's end in 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, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe 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 prominence for his film roles in Booty Call (1997), Ali (2001), Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Horrible Bosses (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Annie (2014), Baby Driver (2017), and Soul (2020). He played the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). For playing Walter McMillian in Just Mercy (2019), he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. 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 former. 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.
Filmography
2025
- Tin Soldier as The Bokushi
- Back in Action as Matt
- Being Eddie as Self
- Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- Happy Birthday ... (Producer)
2024
- Luther: Never Too Much as Self
- A Motown Christmas as Self
- Not Another Church Movie as God
- TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy as Self (archive footage)
- Evolution of the Black Quarterback as Self
- Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... as Self
2023
- Alert: Missing Persons Unit ... (Executive Producer)
- The Burial as Willie E. Gary
- Strays as Bug (voice)
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Story Ave ... (Producer)
- God Is a Bullet as The Ferryman
- They Cloned Tyrone as Slick Charles
2022
- Day Shift as Bud Jablonski
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self
- jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding ... (Executive Producer)
- Jamie Foxx: Secret to Success as Self
- Million Dollar Wheels ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home as Max Dillon / Electro
- Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty as Self
- Hip Hop Family Christmas ... (Producer)
- You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! as Brian Dixon
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2020
- Soul as Joe Gardner (voice)
- Project Power as Art
- This Is Stand-Up as Self
2019
- The Masked Singer as Self - Guest Panelist
- The Apollo as Self
- Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
- Just Mercy as Walter McMillian
- Rodman: For Better or Worse as Narrator (voice)
- The Black Godfather as Self
- Hitsville: The Making of Motown as Self
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as George Jefferson
2018
- Robin Hood as Yahya / John
- The Shop as Self
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
2017
- Baby Driver as Bats
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- Dying Laughing as Self
- Sleepless as Vincent Downs
- White Famous as Jamie Foxx
- Beat Shazam as Self - Host
- The F Word as Self
- Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! as Self
- Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life as Self
2016
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Self
- Jackie Robinson as Jackie Robinson (voice)
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Jay Leno's Garage as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self (archive footage)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Electro / Max Dillon
- Rio 2 as Nico (voice)
- Annie as William "Will" Stacks
- Horrible Bosses 2 as Motherfucker Jones
- A Million Ways to Die in the West as Django (uncredited)
- The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Self
- The Concert for Valor as Self
2013
- White House Down as President Sawyer
- Circus Halligalli
- Any Given Tuesday as Self
- David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
2012
- Django Unchained as Django Freeman
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as Self
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self
- Always Whitney Houston as Self
2011
- Rio as Nico (voice)
- Horrible Bosses as Motherfucker Jones
- A Man's Story as Self
- On the Shoulders of Giants
- In the Flow with Affion Crockett ... (Producer)
- Night Tales ... (Director)
2010
- Due Date as Darryl
- Valentine's Day as Kelvin Moore
- I'm Still Here as Jamie Foxx
- Thunder Soul as Himself
- Plies: Goon In the Trap
2009
- Law Abiding Citizen as Nick Rice
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- The Soloist as Nathaniel Ayers
- DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 as Self (archive footage)
- DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do as Self
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
- Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 as Self (archive footage)
2008
- From G's to Gents ... (Producer)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Elmo's Christmas Countdown as Self
- The Kingdom as Ronald Fleury
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
2006
- Dreamgirls as Curtis Taylor Jr.
- Miami Vice as Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
2005
- The Tyra Banks Show as Self
- Jarhead as Staff Sgt. Sykes
- Stealth as Henry Purcell
- Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Self (segment "Slow Jamz")
2004
- Collateral as Max Durocher
- Ray as Ray Charles
- Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story as Stan 'Tookie' Williams
- Breakin' All the Rules as Quincy Watson
- Laffapalooza! #2 as Self
- City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' as Self
- Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self - Host
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Shade as Larry Jennings
- Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! as Self
- Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith as Self - Roastmaster
- Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked! as Himself
2002
- Nudes in the News as Self (archive footage)
- Last Call with Carson Daly as Self
- American Rap Stars as Self
- Driven
- It's Black Entertainment as Self
- Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security as Himself
2001
- Ali as Drew 'Bundini' Brown
- Hard Knocks
- BET Awards
2000
- Bait as Alvin Sanders
- Diary as Self
- 106 & Park
1999
- Any Given Sunday as Willie Beamen
- Held Up as Michael
- TV total as Self
1998
- Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- TRL
- The Players Club as Blue
- The Roseanne Show
1997
- The View as Self
- The Chris Rock Show
- Booty Call as Bunz
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Moesha as Woody
- The Jamie Foxx Show as Jamie King
- The Great White Hype as Hassan El Ruk'n
- The Truth About Cats & Dogs as Ed
1994
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole as Himself
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Coach Armstrong
- Toys as Baker
1991
1990
- In Living Color as Self - Various Characters
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987
- Kids' Choice Awards as Self
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1973
1959
- The Grammys as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee