Jamie Foxx
American, Actor
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, and comedian. He 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.
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Jamie Foxx was born on Wednesday, 13 December 1967 in Terrell, Texas, USA. His full name at birth was Eric Marlon Bishop. He is best known as an actor. Foxx's country of citizenship (nationality) is American. Jamie attended high school at Terrell High School, Terrell, Texas, USA. For university, he studied at Alliant International University (1986–1988). He is considered to be politically left leaning and is affiliated with the Democratic Party (USA). His religion is listed as Baptist. He is 5' 10" (178 cm) tall and weighs 181 lbs (82 kg) with an athletic build. He has dark brown eyes and black hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $100,000,000 US dollars. Jamie Foxx is 57 years old and his zodiac star sign is Sagittarius.
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| Full name at birth | Eric Marlon Bishop
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| Claim to fame | his various impersonations on the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color, in addition to his roles as Baker in the 1992 fantasy dark comedy film Toys, Ed in the 1996 romantic comedy film The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Jamie King in the WB sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, Bunz in the 1997 buddy comedy film Booty Call, “Steamin’” Willie Beamen in the 1999 sports drama film Any Given Sunday, Drew Bundini Brown in the 2001 biographical sports drama film Ali, Max Durocher in the 2004 neo-noir action thriller film Collateral, Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical musical drama film Ray, Staff Sargeant Sykes in the 2005 biographical war drama film Jarhead, Det. Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs in the 2006 action crime film Miami Vice, Curtis Taylor, Jr. in the 2006 musical drama film Dreamgirls, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury in the 2007 action thriller film The Kingdom, Nathaniel Ayers in the 2009 drama film The Soloist, Nick Rice in the 2009 vigilante action thriller film Law Abiding Citizen, Darryl Johnson in the 2010 black comedy road film Due Date, Nico (voice) in the 2011 animated musical adventure comedy film Rio, Dean “Motherfucker” Jones in the 2011 black comedy film Horrible Bosses and its 2014 sequel film Horrible Bosses 2, Django Freeman in the 2012 revisionist Western film Django Unchained, President James W. Sawyer in the 2013 political action thriller film White House Down, Electro in the 2014 superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and in the 2021 superhero film Spider-Man: No Way Home, Bats in the 2017 action film Baby Driver, Walter McMillian in the 2019 biographical legal drama film Just Mercy, and Joe Gardner (voice) in the 2020 computer-animated fantasy comedy-drama film Soul
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| Date of birth | 13 December 1967
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| Place of birth | Terrell, Texas, USA
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| Occupation | Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Comedian, Record Producer
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| High school | Terrell High School, Terrell, Texas, USA
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(On wearing prosthetic eyelids which made him blind in Ray (2004/I)) After six hours of being blind, you lose the sense of how a person is physically. It was amazing to hear the little buzzing voices all around you.
- In December 2023, during the “Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema & Television: Honoring Black, Latino and AAPI Achievements” event, Jamie was honored with the “Vanguard Award”.
- In November 2023, a woman sued Jamie for s*xual assault, claiming that he assaulted her while out in New York City in 2015.
- In April 2023, Jamie’s daughter Corinne revealed that he was recovering after experiencing a medical complication.
- In October 2021, Jamie released a new book titled Act Like You Got Some Sense.
- In March 2021, Jamie and his producing partner Datari Turner signed a deal with MTV Studios wherein the duo would develop and executive produce some original movies with a focus on biopic filmmakers.
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