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
2026
- Girl Dad ... (Producer)
2025
- Back in Action as Matt
- Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- Tin Soldier as The Bokushi
- Being Eddie as Self
- Happy Birthday ... (Producer)
2024
- TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy as Self (archive footage)
- Not Another Church Movie as God
- Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... as Self
- Evolution of the Black Quarterback as Self
- Luther: Never Too Much as Self
- A Motown Christmas as Self
2023
- Alert: Missing Persons Unit ... (Executive Producer)
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Strays as Bug (voice)
- The Burial as Willie E. Gary
- God Is a Bullet as The Ferryman
- They Cloned Tyrone as Slick Charles
- Story Ave ... (Producer)
2022
- Day Shift as Bud Jablonski
- jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self
- Million Dollar Wheels ... (Executive Producer)
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding ... (Executive Producer)
- Jamie Foxx: Secret to Success as Self
2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home as Max Dillon / Electro
- Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! as Brian Dixon
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty as Self
- Hip Hop Family Christmas ... (Producer)
2020
- Soul as Joe Gardner (voice)
- Project Power as Art
- This Is Stand-Up as Self
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration as Self
2019
- The Masked Singer as Self - Guest Panelist
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self
- Just Mercy as Walter McMillian
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
- The Black Godfather as Self
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as George Jefferson
- The Apollo as Self
- Rodman: For Better or Worse as Narrator (voice)
- Hitsville: The Making of Motown as Self
2018
- The Shop as Self
- Robin Hood as Yahya / John
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
2017
- Baby Driver as Bats
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- Beat Shazam as Self - Host
- White Famous as Jamie Foxx
- Sleepless as Vincent Downs
- The F Word as Self
- Dying Laughing 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
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 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
- Annie as William "Will" Stacks
- Rio 2 as Nico (voice)
- Horrible Bosses 2 as Motherfucker Jones
- A Million Ways to Die in the West as Django (uncredited)
- The Concert for Valor as Self
- The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Self
2013
- White House Down as President Sawyer
- Circus Halligalli
- David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
- Any Given Tuesday 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
- In the Flow with Affion Crockett ... (Producer)
- On the Shoulders of Giants
- 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
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
- DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do as Self
- Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 as Self (archive footage)
- DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 as Self (archive footage)
2008
- From G's to Gents ... (Producer)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Kingdom as Ronald Fleury
- Elmo's Christmas Countdown as Self
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
2006
- Miami Vice as Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
- Dreamgirls as Curtis Taylor Jr.
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
- Breakin' All the Rules as Quincy Watson
- Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story as Stan 'Tookie' Williams
- City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' as Self
- Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self - Host
- Laffapalooza! #2 as Self
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
- Driven
- It's Black Entertainment as Self
- American Rap Stars as Self
- Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security as Himself
2001
- Hard Knocks
- Ali as Drew 'Bundini' Brown
- BET Awards
2000
- Diary as Self
- 106 & Park
- Bait as Alvin Sanders
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 Truth About Cats & Dogs as Ed
- The Great White Hype as Hassan El Ruk'n
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 as Self
- 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