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Jamie Foxx Information
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'Jamie Foxx' (born 'Eric Marlon Bishop' on December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He won the 2004 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Ray, a biopic about the life of the musician Ray Charles.
Biography
Foxx was born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas to Mark Talley and Estelle Marie Nelson. Foxx's early life was peppered with difficulty.
Bishop changed his name to "Jamie Foxx" as a hook to get more opportunities to perform at comedy clubs, and he became known for his appearances comedic TV series, particularly when he joined the cast of In Living Color during the third season. In Living Color has launched the carreers of a number of comedians, including Jim Carrey and the Wayans brothers. When In Living Color was ended, Foxx was given his own show, The Jamie Foxx Show, which produced 100 episodes from 1996-2001 and still reruns in syndication. Foxx's film debut came in 1992 in Toys (1992) with Robin Williams.
Foxx's first prominent dramatic role came in 1999 when Oliver Stone case him as the star quarterback in the American football-based film Any Given Sunday. He recieved critical acclaim for his role in the 2004 action film Collateral, where he played an ordinary cab driver who was hired for a night by a hitman (Tom Cruise) on a killing spree.
Foxx's portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 film Ray earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. This made him only the third African American male actor to win the award. He also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Collateral, making him only the tenth person to have been nominated for both acting categories in the same year. Foxx also became the first African-American actor to have double nominations in one year.
In recognition of his work in 2004, Foxx received an unprecedented three Golden Globe Award nominations in acting categories. He was nominated for his lead role in Ray, his supporting role in Collateral and for his portrayal of death row inmate and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley Williams in the television movie Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story. In 2005, he appeared in Stealth and Jarhead.
Foxx is also a singer and accomplished musician. In 2004 he was featured on rapper Twista's song, "Slow Jamz", also featuring Kanye West. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, as well as number three on the UK singles chart. Foxx had previously released an album in 1994 on the Fox record label entitled Peep This, and had hosted the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.
During the 2005 Grammy Awards, Foxx performed live with Alicia Keys and Quincy Jones singing "Georgia on My Mind" in tribute to the late Ray Charles.
Jamie Foxx has contributed vocals to 50 Cent's The Massacre album and is scheduled to record an album on Clive Davis' J Records. This album entitled Unpredictable is set to be released on December 20, 2005. He has already released a two singles from the album titiled, Unpredictable (featuring Ludacris) and Extravaganza (featuring Kanye West). He is also featured on Kanye West's Gold Digger single, which topped the Billboard Hot 100.
Foxx was seen at many Miami Heat playoff games in the 2005 campaign. He is starring in a film version of Miami Vice, scheduled for release in 2006. He also has a film hitting the box offices in 2007 called Damage Control.
Currently Foxx is nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award for:
*Best R&B Male Vocal Performance: "Creepin"
Filmography
*In Living Color (1990) (TV)
*Toys (1992)
*The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
*The Great White Hype (1996)
*Booty Call (1997)
*The Players Club (1998)
*Held Up (1999)
*Any Given Sunday (1999)
*All Jokes Aside (2000) (documentary)
*Bait (film) (2000)
*Date from Hell (2001) (short subject)
*Ali (2001)
*Shade (2003)
*Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
*Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
*Collateral (2004)
*Ray (2004)
*Stealth (2005)
*Jarhead (2005)
Upcoming:
*Miami Vice (2006)
*Dreamgirls (2006)
*Damage Control (2007)
Discography
Albums
* 1994 Peep This #78 US
* 2005 Unpredictable (due Dec 20)
Guest Appearances
* 2005 DTP Georgia (from the album Disturbing Tha Peace)
* 2005 Twista When I Get You Home (from the album The Day After)
* 2005 Kanye West Gold Digger (from the album Late Registration)
* 2005 50 Cent Build You Up (from the album The Massacre)
* 2004 Twista Slow Jamz (from the album Kamikaze)
* 2003 Mc Lyte Where Home Is (from the album Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions |
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| Hot 100 | US R&B/Hip-Hop |
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| 2005 | "Gold Digger" (w/ Kanye West) | '#1' (11 weeks) | '#1' (8 weeks) | | 2005 | "Extravaganza" (feat. Kanye West) | - | #52 | | 2005 | "Unpredictable" (feat. Ludacris) | #86 | #25 |
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| 2005 | "Real Soon Save Tookie version" (feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and DPGC) | free-to-download | clemency support song |
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