Jaime Foxx

Jamie Foxx
Foxx at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International promoting The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Born	Eric Marlon Bishop (1967-12-13) December 13, 1967 (age 50) Terrell, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Alliant International University
Occupation	Actor singer songwriter comedian producer
Years active	1989–present
Children	2
Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up television film music
Genres	Observational comedy surreal humor blue comedy musical comedy sketch comedy satire
Subject(s)	African-American culture current events everyday life pop culture race relations racism human sexuality
Musical career
Genres	R&B soul pop hip hop comedy
Instruments	Vocals Piano Keyboards
Labels	20th Century Fox J RCA
Associated acts	Kanye West Twista The-Dream Ludacris T.I.
Website	www.jamiefoxxmusic.com

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film Ray. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral. As of spring 2017, Foxx serves as host and executive producer of the new Fox game show Beat Shazam.

Other acting roles include Staff Sergeant Sykes in Jarhead (2005), record executive Curtis Taylor, Jr. in Dreamgirls (2006), Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation of TV series Miami Vice, the title role in the film Django Unchained (2012), the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and gangster Bats / Leon Jefferson III in Baby Driver (2017). Foxx also starred in the sketch comedy show In Living Color and his own television show from 1996 to 2001, the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, in which he played Jamie King, Jr. Foxx also starred in the 2014 film Annie, in which he played Will Stacks.