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 si ... tcom, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Foxx, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as George Jefferson
Organization | Category | Movie | |
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Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 | Won |
Academy Awards | Best Actor | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 | Won |
Golden Globes | Best Actor | Naked and Betrayed | Won |
Golden Globes | Best Actor | Django Unchained | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Intimate Betrayal | Nominated |
SAG Awards | Best Actor | Gray Matter | Won |
SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Gray Matter | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Gray Matter | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Gray Matter | Nominated |
Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Intimate Betrayal | Nominated |
SAG Awards | Best Actress | Gray Matter | Nominated |
SAG Awards | Best Actor | Django Unchained | Won |
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Jamie King
Episodes: 100
First Aired: Aug 28, 1996
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
as Brian Dixon
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Apr 14, 2021
Roc
as Crazy George
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Aug 25, 1991
White Famous
as Jamie Foxx
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 15, 2017
Jackie Robinson
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 11, 2016
Tyson
as Mike Tyson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Honest Trailers
as Slick Charles (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
Neo Yokio
as Watch Man / Simon Hammerstein (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2017
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Coach Armstrong
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1992
In Living Color
as Self - Various Characters
Episodes: 88
First Aired: Apr 15, 1990
Beat Shazam
as Self - Host
Episodes: 64
First Aired: May 25, 2017
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Episodes: 6
First Aired: May 25, 1992
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 14, 1998
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
The Jamie Foxx Show
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 28, 1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 14, 1984
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 1994
Today
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 14, 1952
The Tyra Banks Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2005
The View
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
106 & Park
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 2000
Moesha
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1996
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 2009
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 14, 1981
Roc
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 25, 1991
Hard Knocks
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 01, 2001
The Shop
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 28, 2018
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 16, 2022
The Grammys
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 29, 1959
TRL
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1998
Driven
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 16, 2002
BET Awards
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 19, 2001
Circus Halligalli
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2013
Kids' Choice Awards
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1987
The Chris Rock Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 07, 1997
The F Word
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 31, 2017
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1984
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 2016
Last Call with Carson Daly
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 2002
Diary
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 16, 2000
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 08, 2017
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 2015
TV total
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 08, 1999
Nudes in the News
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 01, 2002
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 19, 2012
The Masked Singer
as Self - Guest Panelist
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 02, 2019
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
The Roseanne Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1998
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 02, 1973
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 2024
Today with Hoda & Jenna
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 08, 2019
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