Jamie Foxx at Naval Air Station North Island prior to a premiere screening of the Stealth movie. Jamie Foxx (born Eric Morlon Bishop, Jr. on December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas), is an American Academy Award winning actor, Grammy Award nominated multi-platinum selling R&B singer, and comedian. He won the 2004 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Ray, a biopic about the life of the late musician Ray Charles. He is the fourth person in history to have both scored a #1 album and won an Academy Award. Contents 1 Acting 2 Music 3 Filmography 4 Discography 4.1 Albums 4.2 Singles 4.2.1 Solo Singles 4.2.2 Collaborations 4.3 Guest vocals 4.3.1 Album appearances 4.3.2 Compilation appearances 5 External links Acting The Jamie Foxx Show DVD cover for Season 1 Foxx started his career as a comedian. He changed his name from Eric to "Jamie Foxx" in order to get more opportunities to perform at comedy clubs (since he had noticed that unknown female comedians had an easier time getting booked than unknown men did, he opted for a gender-neutral alias), and he became known for his appearances on comedic TV series when he joined the cast of In Living Color during the third season. In Living Color launched the careers of a number of comedians, including Jim Carrey and the Wayans brothers. When In Living Color ended, Foxx was given his own show, The Jamie Foxx Show, which produced 100 episodes from 1996-2001 and still runs in syndication. Foxx's film debut came in Toys (1992) with Robin Williams. Foxx's first prominent dramatic role came in 1999 when Oliver Stone cast him as the star quarterback in the football-based film Any Given Sunday. He also received critical acclaim, and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, 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 (the others being Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington). 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 black 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 Stanley Williams in the television movie Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story. He also starred in the war film, Jarhead with Jake Gyllenhaal in 2005. Before starring in Jarhead, Foxx played Lt. Henry Purcell in the relatively unsuccessful film Stealth. Foxx was seen at many Miami Heat playoff games in the 2005 campaign. Along with Colin Farrell, he will star in a film version of Miami Vice, scheduled for release in mid-2006. He also has a film opening in 2007 called Damage Control. Music Music Career Foxx on the cover of his multi-platinum album Unpredictable Years active 1994-present Genre(s) R&B Label(s) Sony BMG Music Entertainment J Records Jamie Foxx is also a singer and accomplished musician. He started playing piano at a young age, and later took classical piano lessons while attending college. In 1994, Foxx released an album (on the Fox record label) entitled Peep This, which was only mildly successful. In 2001, he hosted the MTV Video Music Awards. His music career went into a higher gear when, 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's second collaboration with Kanye West, "Gold Digger", in which he sang the Ray Charles-influenced hook, went straight to #1 on the Billboard Top 100, and remained there for 10 weeks straight. 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. Foxx received a nomination for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance ("Creepin"). Unpredictable is Jamie Foxx's second studio release. It sold over 598,000 copies in its first week but didn't reach the U.S. #1 spot. After debuting in the first week at No. 2, Unpredictable rose to the top of the Billboard pop album chart, with 2nd-week sales of 200,000 copies in the United States. The album also charted in the UK top 10 album chart, peaking at No. 9. It has since been certified silver. Foxx became the fourth artist to have won an Academy Award for acting (for his portrayal of Charles in Ray) and achieved a No. 1 album. (The other three to accomplish this feat were Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Barbra Streisand.) Foxx's first single from the album, the title track, "Unpredictable" samples "WildFlower" by New Birth. The song peaked inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and also made the UK top 20 singles chart. The second US single from the album was "DJ Play A Love Song", which reunited Foxx with Twista. In the UK, however, the second single was "Extravaganza", which saw Foxx once again collaborate with Kanye West. He was not, however, featured in the song's music video. Filmography Coming To America (1988) (extra, name not listed in credits) Stop It Loser (1990) (TV) Toys (1992) Straight from the Foxxhole (1993) The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) The Great White Hype (1996) Booty Call (1997) Held Up (1999) Any Given Sunday (1999) All Jokes Aside (2000) (documentary) Bait (2000) Ali (2001) Shade (2003) Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) Breakin' All the Rules (2004) Collateral (2004) Ray (2004) – ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Stealth (2005) Jarhead (2005) Upcoming: Miami Vice (2006) Dreamgirls (2006) Damage Control (2007) Preceded by: Sean Penn for Mystic River Academy Award for Best Actor 2004 for Ray Succeeded by: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote Discography Albums 1995: Peep This #78 US 2005: Unpredictable #1 (3 weeks) US [Certified: 2xPlatinum], #9 UK [Certified: Silver] Singles Solo Singles Year Title Chart Positions US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop UK Singles Chart 1994 "Infatuation" #92 #36 - 1994 "Experiment" - #88 - 2005 "Unpredictable" (featuring Ludacris) #8 #2 #16 2006 "DJ Play A Love Song" (featuring Twista) #45 #5 - 2006 "Extravaganza" [1] (featuring Kanye West) - #52 #43 2006 "Can I Take U Home " - #48 - Collaborations Year Title Chart Positions US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop UK Singles Chart 2004 "Slow Jamz" (Twista featuring Jamie Foxx & Kanye West) #1 [1 Week] #1 #3 2005 "Gold Digger" (with Kanye West) #1 [10 Weeks] #1 [8 Weeks] #2 2005 "Georgia" (Ludacris featuring Jamie Foxx & Field Mob) #39 #31 - Guest vocals Album appearances 2003: MC Lyte, "Where Home Is" (from the album Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1) 2004: Twista, "Slow Jamz" (from the album Kamikaze) 2005: 50 Cent, "Build You Up" (from the album The Massacre) 2005: Kanye West, "Gold Digger" (from the album Late Registration) 2005: Twista, "When I Get You Home" (from the album The Day After) 2005: DTP, "Georgia" (from the album Disturbing Tha Peace) 2006: T.I., "Live In The Sky" (from the album King) 2006: LL Cool J, "Best Dress" (from the album Todd Smith) Compilation appearances 2005: "Creepin'" (from So Amazing) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx at the Internet Movie Database Jamie Foxx at MusicBrainz Jamie Foxx Fan - Fansite Jamie Foxx Official Site Jamie Foxx Official UK Site Jamie Foxx fan site Jamie Foxx Online - Fansite Jamie Foxx Videos on AOL Music Dallas news bio Jamie Foxx lyrics Daily Jamie Foxx News Latest Jamie Foxx incident Jamie Foxx to play Bob Marley in biopic Search Term: "Jamie_Foxx" Categories: American film actors | American television actors | American stand-up comedians | Actor-singers | Rhythmic Top 40 acts | Best Actor Oscar | Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee | African-American actors | People from Texas | 1967 births | Living people | Miami Vice actors | BAFTA winners