Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show ''In Living Color'' from 1991 to 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 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 further prominence for his film roles in ''Ali'' (2001), ''Jarhead'' (2005), ''Dreamgirls'' (2006), ''Miami Vice'' (2006), ''Horrible Bosses'' (2011), ''Django Unchained'' (2012), ''Annie'' (2014), ''Baby Driver'' (2017), and ''Soul'' (2020). He also played Electro in ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014) and ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021) and Walter McMillian in ''Just Mercy'' (2019).

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 latter. 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''. Provided by Wikipedia