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 sitcom, 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.
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Known For
Tin Soldier
The Bokushi
2025
Back in Action
Matt
2025
Not Another Church Movie
God
2024
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Self (archive footage)
2024
Strays
Bug (voice)
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self
2022
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2021
Soul
Joe Gardner (voice)
2020
Project Power
Art
2020
Just Mercy
Walter McMillian
2019
Rodman: For Better or Worse
Narrator (voice)
2019
Hitsville: The Making of Motown
Self
2019
The Black Godfather
Self
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
George Jefferson
2019
The Apollo
Self
2019
Robin Hood
Yahya / John
2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
2018
Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!
Self
2017
Baby Driver
Bats
2017
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
Self
2017
Dying Laughing
Self
2017
Sleepless
Vincent Downs
2017
Annie
William "Will" Stacks
2014
Horrible Bosses 2
Motherfucker Jones
2014
The Concert for Valor
Self
2014
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Self
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Django (uncredited)
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Electro / Max Dillon
2014
Rio 2
Nico (voice)
2014
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013
White House Down
President James Sawyer
2013
Django Unchained
Django Freeman
2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
2012
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self
2012
Always Whitney Houston
Self
2012
A Man's Story
Self
2011
Horrible Bosses
Motherfucker Jones
2011
Rio
Nico (voice)
2011
Due Date
Darryl
2010
I'm Still Here
Jamie Foxx
2010
Thunder Soul
Himself
2010
Valentine's Day
Kelvin Moore
2010
Plies: Goon In the Trap
2010
Law Abiding Citizen
Nick Rice
2009
DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70
Self (archive footage)
2009
Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4
Self (archive footage)
2009
The Soloist
Nathaniel Ayers
2009
DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do
Self
2009
Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown
Self
2007
The Kingdom
Ronald Fleury
2007
Dreamgirls
Curtis Taylor Jr.
2006
Miami Vice
Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
2006
Jarhead
Staff Sgt. Sykes
2005
Stealth
Henry Purcell
2005
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
Self (segment "Slow Jamz")
2005
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
Self
2004
Ray
Ray Charles
2004
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self - Host
2004
Collateral
Max Durocher
2004
Breakin' All the Rules
Quincy Watson
2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Stan 'Tookie' Williams
2004
Laffapalooza! #2
Self
2004
Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith
Self - Roastmaster
2003
Shade
Larry Jennings
2003
Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked!
Himself
2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Self
2003
Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security
Himself
2002
It's Black Entertainment
Self
2002
American Rap Stars
Self
2002
Ali
Drew 'Bundini' Brown
2001
Bait
Alvin Sanders
2000
Any Given Sunday
Willie Beamen
1999
Held Up
Michael
1999
The Players Club
Blue
1998
Booty Call
Bunz
1997
The Great White Hype
Hassan El Ruk'n
1996
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Ed
1996
Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole
Himself
1993
Toys
Baker
1992
All-Star Weekend
Malik / Xavier / Cleveland A. Smith
King Spawn
Al Simmons / Spawn
Untitled Mike Tyson Biopic
Mike Tyson
Groove Tails
(voice)
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self · (1 episode)
2025
A Motown Christmas
Self
2024
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...
Self
2024
Luther: Never Too Much
Self
2024
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Burial
Willie E. Gary
2023
God Is a Bullet
The Ferryman
2023
They Cloned Tyrone
Slick Charles
2023
Day Shift
Bud Jablonski
2022
Jamie Foxx: Secret to Success
Self
2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Max Dillon / Electro
2021
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
Brian Dixon · (8 episodes)
2021
This Is Stand-Up
Self
2020
QT8: The First Eight
Self
2019
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas
Watch Man (voice) / Simon Hammerstein (voice)
2018
The Shop
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Any Given Tuesday
Self
2013
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009
The Zebra Murders
Prentice earl sanders
We Are the World 25 For Haiti
Self
2010
Fight for '84
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
Self · (1 episode)
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Masked Singer
Self - Guest Panelist · (1 episode)
2019
White Famous
Jamie Foxx · (2 episodes)
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self · (1 episode)
2017
The F Word
Self · (1 episode)
2017
Beat Shazam
Self - Host · (64 episodes)
2017
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Self · (1 episode)
2016
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson (voice) · (2 episodes)
2016
Jay Leno's Garage
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Circus Halligalli
(1 episode)
2013
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self · (1 episode)
2012
Honest Trailers
Slick Charles (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
The Jay Leno Show
Self · (1 episode)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (6 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2007
The Tyra Banks Show
Self · (1 episode)
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
Nudes in the News
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2002
Driven
(1 episode)
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Hard Knocks
(1 episode)
2001
BET Awards
(1 episode)
2001
BET Awards
Self - Honoree · (1 episode)
2001
106 & Park
(1 episode)
2000
TRL
(1 episode)
1998
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
1975
Tyson
Mike Tyson · (1 episode)
Diary
Self · (1 episode)
2000
TV total
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · (5 episodes)
1998
The Roseanne Show
(1 episode)
1998
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Chris Rock Show
(1 episode)
1997
The Jamie Foxx Show
Jamie King · (100 episodes)
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
Moesha
(1 episode)
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1993
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Coach Armstrong · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(6 episodes)
1992
Roc
(1 episode)
1991
Roc
Crazy George · (8 episodes)
1991
In Living Color
Self - Various Characters · (88 episodes)
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (5 episodes)
1988
Kids' Choice Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1987
MTV Video Music Awards
Self · (2 episodes)
1984
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1984
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (1 episode)
1981
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
1973
The Grammys
Self · (1 episode)
1959
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944