Jamie Foxx originally Eric Marlon Bishop was born in Terrell, Texas, the United States on 13th December 1967.
Jamie Foxx is a multifaceted performer; he is an entertainer, humorist, artist and radio host all folded into one. He was a skilled adolescent at school and took an interest in an assortment of exercises.
His melodic capacities were obvious from youth, and he started playing the piano when he was only five.
Jamie Foxx was likewise a top positioning understudy and talented at playing sports like b-ball and football. As a young person, he likewise sang for a music band and was regularly refreshing for his capacity to make his colleagues chuckle.
He started his profession as a high-quality entertainer before proceeding onward to acting. He was picked to play a football player in the film ‘Any Given Sunday’ as a result of his donning foundation.
More film jobs pursued and he achieved the pinnacle of his acting vocation with the biopic ‘Ray‘ for which he won an Academy Award and furthermore a BAFTA Award.
Notwithstanding being a compelling on-screen character, he is additionally a Grammy Award-winning artist who has discharged four collections, out of which two certified platinum status. This skilled performer had additionally had a lot of debates due to his brushes with the law and for his unfeeling remarks about different entertainers.
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Django Unchained (2012), Robin Hood (2018), Ray (2004), Booty Call (1997), Collateral (2004), Annie (2014), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Baby Driver (2017), Sleepless (2017), White House Down (2013), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Soloist (2009), The Kingdom (2007), Any Given Sunday (1999), Horrible Bosses (2011), Bait (2000), …
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$100 million
51 years (December 13, 1967)
5 feet 8 inch
QUICK FACTS
| Birth Date | 13th December 1967 |
| Nickname | Jamie |
| Birth Place | Terrell, Texas, United States |
| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
| Profession | actor, producer, songwriter, singer, and comedian |
| Active Year | 1989-Present |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | African-American |
| Religion | Not Specified |
| Height | 5 feet 8 inch |
| Weight | 87 kg |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Relationship | Married |
| Spouse | Not Specified |
Jamie Foxx Early Life
Jamie was conceived as the child of Louise Annette Talley and Darrell Bishop. His folks isolated when he was youthful and his maternal grandparents raised him in a racially segregated network.
He was musically disposed from adolescence and began playing the piano when he was five. Foxx additionally had a talent for telling jokes and making individuals chuckle.
He went to Terrell High School. Jamie was scholastically splendid and was extremely talented at playing sports like football and b-ball. He additionally played music with a band called Leather and Lace. He earned a grant to the United States International University to think about established music and piece.
Jamie Foxx Career
Jamie Foxx began performing stand-up comedy in 1989. Amid this time he embraced the name Jamie Foxx as his professional name. His acting vocation started in 1991 when he joined the cast of the sketch satire TV arrangement ‘In Living Color‘ where he showed up as a repetitive character in 95 scenes.
He made his film debut in 1992 as Baker in the dream satire motion picture ‘Toys.’ The film was a film industry disappointment and couldn’t help dispatch his Hollywood profession.
He discharged his presentation music collection ‘Peep This‘ in 1994. The collection came to No. 78 on the U.S. Bulletin 200. It would be 11 years before he drew out another collection.
He got his first significant film job in 1999 when he was given a role as footballer Willie Beamen in ‘Any Given Sunday.’ Since the entertainer had played football amid his more youthful days, he played out this job to flawlessness and was immensely refreshing for it.
He co-made and featured in his own TV sitcom ‘The Jamie Foxx Show‘ that disclosed on WB Network from 1996 to 2001. The cast additionally included Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher Duncan, and Garrett Morris. The show was very fruitful.
The year 2004 was an extraordinary year for him. He went about as a cab driver who is kidnapped in the film ‘Collateral,’ while he depicted the performer Ray Charles in the biopic ‘Ray.’ Both the motion pictures were widely praised. He drew out his second collection ‘Unpredictable‘ in 2005.
The collection appeared at No.2 on the U.S. Bulletin 200 outline, in the end, climbing to No.1. His notoriety as an entertainer just as vocalist guaranteed that he got overwhelmed with film offers consistently. Foxx’s remarkable movies amid the 2000s were ‘Stealth‘ (2005), ‘Miami Vice‘ (2006), and ‘The Soloist‘ (2009). His third collection, ‘Intuition‘ was out in 2008.
It achieved the main three on the U.S. Board 200 graph and included a few visitor craftsmen like Kanye West, Fabolous, and T-Pain. His most recent collection, ‘Best Night of My Life’ was discharged in 2010. It highlighted the single ‘Winner‘ and crested at No.6 on the U.S. Board 200.
A much looked for after star, he has acted in a few motion pictures as of late, the best known about which incorporate ‘Rio‘ (2011), ‘Django Unchained‘ (2012), and ‘White House Down‘ (2013). He is likewise right now chipping away at numerous other future tasks.
In 2013, Foxx was given a role as President James Sawyer in White House Down nearby Channing Tatum. The next year, Foxx showed up in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as the scoundrel Electro, and co-featured with Quvenzhané Wallis in Annie, Sony’s Will Smith and Jay-Z created an update of the funny cartoon turned-melodic.
In 2017, Foxx featured as Bats, a trigger-upbeat posse part, in the film Baby Driver. Executive Oliver Stone affirmed that Foxx would play Martin Luther King Jr. in his forthcoming Steven Spielberg-created biopic.
Foxx’s October 2014 Deja Vu two-part harmony with Dionne Warwick shows up on the Feels So Good collection discharged by Warwick. He released his fifth studio collection, Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses, on May 18, 2015.
It appeared on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums diagrams and at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. In 2015, Foxx’s voice was included in the melody on the Ariana Grande tune, “Focus.”
Starting with its introduction on May 25, 2017, Foxx is presently the host, and official maker of the Fox diversion show Beat Shazam, which is depicted as a hip, 21st-century update of the well-known mid-to-late-twentieth century universal radio and TV amusement show Name That Tune.
Three arrangements of two accomplices endeavor to beat the PC “Shazam” in accurately distinguishing the titles of prevalent melodies in the most limited measure of time in gradually higher standards of cash, with one group, in the long run, competing for a potential prize of $1 million.
On May 29, 2018, Foxx was given a role as Al Simmons in a reboot of the Spawn movie establishment, coordinated by Todd McFarlane.
Highlights and Achievements
Jamie Foxx won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004 for his job in the film ‘Ray‘. He likewise won the BAFTA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for a similar film in 2005. He, alongside artist T-Pain, won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group for ‘Blame It’ in 2010.
Jamie Foxx Relationships
Jamie Foxx was at first in an association with Debbie Allen for a short measure of time. In 1997, he dated American writer and author Adriane Kelly. He additionally dated Haitian-American entertainer Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon in 2001.
Foxx was involved with American model Iliana Fischer from 2002 to 2004. He additionally had a brief association with Leila Arcieri amid 2004. Some different identities that Foxx has dated are Christina Milian, Meagan Good, Eva Marcille, Fantasia Barrino, Lil’ Kim, Claudia Jordan, Ashley Scott, Dollicia Bryant, Nikki Giavasis, Sky Nellor, Dominique Simone, Stacey Dash, Cristy Rice.
At present, he is involved with Katie Holmes. The pair started dating in August 2014. Foxx has two little girls, Corinne Bishop and Annalise from his past connections.
Jamie Foxx Net Worth
The net worth of Jamie Foxx is $100 million.
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