JAMIE FOXX

'Jamie Foxx' (born 'Eric Marlon Bishop' on December 13 1967) is an American actor, singer, and stand-up comic. Foxx is possibly best-known for his performance of musician Ray Charles in ''Ray'', and for his collaborations with director Michael Mann. With ''Ray'', he became one of the few African-Americans to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Jamie studied at San Diego's United States International University in music.

Contents

''In Living Color''

Characters

Impressions

Music career

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Discography

Albums

Singles

Solo

As featured performer

Guest Vocals

Album appearances

Compilation appearances

References

External links

''In Living Color''

Foxx joined the cast of ''In Living Color'' in 1991. Here he won over viewers with many unusual characters and impressions, which included: ugly girl Wanda; fictitious boxer, Carl "The Tooth" Williams; and ''The Dirty Dozens'' champion T-Dog Jenkins. His impersonation of Garrett Morris would eventually find him starring against the former ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member in his sitcom, ''The Jamie Foxx Show''.

Characters

★ Ace

★ Carl "The Tooth" Williams

★ Cornbread Turner (''Duke'')

★ Larry

★ T-Dog Jenkins (''The Dirty Dozens'')

★ Tyrone (''The Dysfunctional Home Show'')

★ Wanda

Impressions

All impressions were on "In Living Color" (unless otherwise noted)

★ Arsenio Hall

★ Bill Clinton (I Might Need Security)

★ Bill Cosby

★ Don King

★ Eddie Murphy

★ Garrett Morris

★ Jaleel White

★ James Brown

★ Johnny Gill

★ JoJo

★ Lionel Richie

★ Stevie Wonder (when he hosted SNL)

★ Louis Farrakhan

★ Martin Luther King, Jr. (when he hosted SNL)

★ Martin Lawrence

★ Mike Tyson

★ Prince

★ R.Kelly (during an episode of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'')

★ Sean "Diddy" Combs (when he hosted SNL)

★ Shaquille O'Neal

★ Sir Mix-A-Lot

★ Snoop Dogg

★ Tito Jackson

★ Tony Blair (in an episode of Chappelle's Show)

Music career

Jamie Foxx is a Grammy nominated 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''. 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", which also featured 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 "I Got a Woman" Ray Charles-influenced hook, went straight to #1 on the ''Billboard'' Top 100, and remained there for 10 weeks straight. In 2005, Foxx was featured on the hit single "Georgia" by Atlanta rappers Ludacris and Field Mob. The song sampled Ray Charles' hit "Georgia on My Mind".
''Unpredictable'' is Jamie Foxx's second studio release. It sold over 598,000 copies in its first week but reached the U.S. number one spot in its 2nd week.
After debuting in the first week at number two, ''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 number nine. It has since been certified Platinum.
Foxx became the fourth artist to have won an Academy Award for acting and to have achieved a number-one record album in the US. (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" (featuring Ludacris) 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.
At the 2006 BET Awards , Foxx won two awards: Best Duet/ Collaboration w/ Kanye West for "Gold Digger" and Video of the Year for the same video. Kanye's video tied with Mary J. Blige's (Be Without You) for Video of the year. On December 8 2006, Foxx received a 4 Grammy nominations:

★ Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for ''Love Changes'' feat Mary J. Blige.

★ Best R&B Album for ''Unpredictable''.

★ Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for ''Georgia'' by Ludacris & Field Mob feat Jamie Foxx.

★ Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for ''Unpredictable'' feat Ludacris.
On January 22 2007, Foxx was on Sirius Satellite Radio, announcing his new "Foxxhole" channel. He is currently in the studio working on new material for his third album via J records.

Awards and nominations

★ Academy Awards

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★ 2005, Best Actor: ''Ray''

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★ 2005, Best Supporting Actor: ''Collateral'' (nominated)

★ American Music Awards

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★ 2006, Favorite R&B/Soul Male Artist

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★ 2006, Favorite R&B/Soul Album: "Unpredictable" (nominated)

★ BAFTA Awards

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★ 2005, Best Actor: ''Ray''

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★ 2005, Best Supporting Actor: ''Collateral'' (nominated)

★ BET Awards

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★ 2007, Best Actor: ''Dreamgirls'' (nominated)

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★ 2006, Best Male R&B Artist: (nominated)

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★ 2006, Best Collaboration: "Gold Digger" w/ Kanye West

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★ 2006, Best Video: "Gold Digger" w/ Kayne West

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★ 2006, Best Actor: (nominated)

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★ 2006, Best Collaboration: "Unpredictable" w/ Ludacris (nominated)

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★ 2005, Best Actor: ''Ray''

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★ 2004, Best Collaboration: "Slow Jams" w/ Kanye West & Twista (nominated)

★ Black Movie Awards

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★ 2006, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: ''Jarhead'' (nominated)

★ Black Reel Awards

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★ 2007, Best Actor: ''Dreamgirls'' (nominated)

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★ 2005, Best Actor (Drama): ''Ray''

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★ 2005, Best Actor (Network/Cable): ''

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★ 2005, Best Supporting Actor: ''Collateral''

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★ 2005, Best Actor (Musical/Comedy): ''Breaking All the Rulez'' (nominated)

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★ 2002, Best Supporting Actor: ''Ali''

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★ 2000, Best Supporting Actor: ''Any Given Sunday'' (nominated)

★ Boston Society of Film Critics

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★ 2004, Best Actor: ''Ray''

★ Broadcast Film Critics

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★ 2005, Best Actor: ''Ray''

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★ 2005, Best Supporting Actor: ''Collateral'' (nominated)

★ Florida Film Critics

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★ 2004, Best Acotr: ''Ray''

★ Golden Globes

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★ 2005, Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy: ''Ray''

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★ 2005, Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: ''Collateral'' (nominated)

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★ 2005, Best Actor in a Television/Mini-Series: ''Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story'' (nominated)

★ Image Awards

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★ 2007, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: ''Dreamgirls'' (nominated)

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★ 2006, Outstanding Male Artist

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★ 2005, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: ''Ray''

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★ 2005, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: ''Collateral'' (nominated)

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★ 2005, Outstanding Actor in a Mini-Series/Television Movie: ''Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story''

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★ 2002, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: ''Ali''

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★ 2001, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' (nominated)

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★ 2000, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' (nominated)

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★ 1999, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' (nominated)

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★ 1998, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: ''The Jamie Foxx Show''

★ Independent Spirit Awards

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★ 2005, Best Male Lead: ''Redemption: The Stan Tookie Wiliams Story'' (nominated)

★ Kansas City Film Critics

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★ 2005, Best Actor: ''Ray''

★ MOBO Awards

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★ 2006, Best R&B Act (nominated)

★ MTV Movie Awards

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★ 2005, Best Male Performance: ''Ray'' (nominated)

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★ 2005, Best Breakthrough Male Performance: ''Any Given Sunday'' (nominated)

★ MTV Video Music Awards

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★ 2006, Best Hip-Hop Video: "Gold Digger" w/ Kanye West (nominated)

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★ 2006, Best Ringtone: "Gold Digger" w/ Kanye West (nominated)

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★ 2006, Best R&B Video: "Gold Digger" w/ Kanye West (nominated)

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★ 2004, MTV2 Award: "Slow Jams" w/ Twista & Kanye West (nominated)

★ Soul Train Awards

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★ 2007, Best R&B/Soul Album, Male: ''Unpredictable''

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★ 2006, Best Music Video: "Gold Digger" w/ Kanye West

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★ 2006, Best R&B/Soul Dance Cut: "Gold Digger" w/ Kanye West (nominated)

★ Vibe Awards

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★ 2005, Best Collabo: "Gold Digger" w/ Kanye West (nominated)

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★ 2004, Best Collabo: "Slow Jams" w/ Twista & Kanye West (nominated)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Other Notes
1988	''Coming To America''	(extra, name not listed in credits)
1992	''Toys''	Baker
1993	''Straight from the Foxxhole''
1996	''The Truth About Cats & Dogs''	Ed
	''The Great White Hype''	Hassan El Ruk'n
1997	''Booty Call''	Bunz
1998	''The Players Club''	Blue
1999	''Held Up''	Michael
	''Any Given Sunday''	Willie Beamen
2000	''All Jokes Aside''	Himself
	''Bait''	Alvin Sanders
2001	''Ali''	Drew 'Bundini' Brown
2002	''I Might Need Security''	Himself
2003	''Shade''	Larry Jennings
2004	''	Stan 'Tookie' Williams
	''Breakin' All the Rules''	Quincy Watson
	''Collateral''	Max
	''Ray''	Ray Charles
2005	''Stealth''	Lt. Henry Purcell
	''Jarhead''	Staff Sgt. Sykes
2006	''Miami Vice''	Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
	''Dreamgirls''	Curtis Taylor, Jr
2007	''The Kingdom''	Ronald Fluery
	''Damage Control''
	''The Ski Mask Way''
2008	''The Soloist''	Nathaniel Ayers

Discography

Albums

★ ''Peep This''

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★ Released: July 19 1994

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★ Chart positions: 78 U.S.

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★ RIAA certification: –

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★ U.S. sales: –

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★ Worldwide sales: 200,000

★ ''Unpredictable''

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★ Released: December 20 2005

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★ Chart positions: 1 U.S., 9 UK

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★ RIAA certification: 2x Platinum

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★ Worldwide sales: 3 million

Singles

Solo

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	UK	Album
1994	"Infatuation"	94	36	–	''Peep This''
	"Experiment"	–	88	–
2005	"Unpredictable" (featuring Ludacris)	8	2	16	''Unpredictable''
	"Extravaganza" (featuring Kanye West)	–	52	43
	"DJ Play a Love Song" (featuring Twista)	45	5	–
2006	"Can I Take U Home"	–	48	–

As featured performer

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	UK	Album
2004	"Slow Jamz" (Twista feat. Jamie Foxx & Kanye West)	1	1	3	''Kamikaze/The College Dropout''
2005	"Gold Digger" (Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx)	1	1	2	''Late Registration''
	"Georgia" (Ludacris & Field Mob feat. Jamie Foxx)''	39	31	–	''Light Poles and Pine Trees''
2006	"Live in the Sky" (T.I. feat. Jamie Foxx)	–	76	–	''King''

Guest Vocals

Album appearances

★ 1998: Adina Howard, "T-Shirt And My Panties On" (from the album ''Woo: Music From The Motion Picture'')

★ 2002: Busta Rhymes, "Pass the Courvoursier" (from the album ''Genesis'')

★ 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'')

★ 2005: Loon, ''"No I Aint Gangsta'' (from the album ''Loon'')

★ 2006: T.I., ''"Live In The Sky"'' (from the album ''King'')

★ 2006: LL Cool J, ''"Best Dress"'' (from the album ''Todd Smith'')

★ 2006: Diddy, ''"Partners For Life"'' (from the album ''Press Play'')

★ 2006: The Game, ''"Around The World"'' (from the album ''Doctor's Advocate'')

★ 2006: Snoop Dogg, ''"Psst!!"'' (from the album ''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment''}

Compilation appearances

★ 2005: "Creepin'" (from ''So Amazing'')

References

External links

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★ Jamie Foxx Official Site

★ Jamie Foxx on Myspace

★ Jamie Foxx Official UK Site

★ InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Jamie Foxx (TV Interview)

★ Jamie Foxx Videos on AOL Music

★ Jamie Foxx interview