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<a href="/biography/jamie-foxx">Eric Marlon Bishop</a>, professionally known as Jamie Foxx, was born on December 13, 1967 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell,_Texas">Terrell</a>, Texas, United States. He is a famous <a href="/biography/jamie-foxx">actor</a>, comedian, singer, songwriter, and producer.

Jamie was adopted shortly after his birth, and he spent his youth in the black neighborhood in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell,_Texas">Terrell</a>. He started playing the piano when he was just five-year-old, and when he was a <a href="/biography/jamie-foxx">teenager</a> he used to play in the “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell,_Texas">Terrell</a>’s New Hope Baptist Church”, where he was also the <a href="/biography/jamie-foxx">choir leader</a>. Jamie attended the “Terrell High School”, where he played basketball and football, while also receiving top grades. He received a scholarship to “United States International University”, and he decide to study classical music and composition.

Jamie always had a very extroverted personality, while being also funny and brilliant, so it has been natural for him to find his path as a comedian. In 1991 he joined the cast of “In Living Color”, in which he portrayed the role of “Wanda”. In the next year, in 1992, he entered in the cast of the TV series “Roc”, and he played his first role in the movies in the comedy film “Toys”. In 1994 he produced his first musical album “Peep This”, and from 1996 to 2001 he starred on his own sitcom “The Jamie Foxx Show”.

During 1996 we find Jamie also in the movies “The Truth About Cats & Dogs”, and in “The Great White hype”, while he kept guest starring even in TV series like “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper”, “3rd Rock From The Sun”, and “Moesha”. In 1997 Jamie was in the cast of the movie “Booty Call”, and in 1998 he’s been in the movie “The Players Club”. In 1999 Jamie played his first dramatic role in the movie “Any Given Sunday”, for which he received many nominations. In 2000 Jamie played in “Bait”, while in 2001 he’s been in “Alì”. Always in 2001 he’s also been the <a href="/biography/jamie-foxx">host</a> of the “2001 MTV Video Music Awards”. In 2003 Jamie played in “Shade”, and in 2004 he’s been in “Breakin’ All the Rules”, in “Collateral”, and in “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_(film)">Ray</a>”,  movie that brought him many nominations, among which his first, and for the moment last, Oscar. In 2005 Jamie played in “Stealth” and “Jarhead”, and he also published the successful music album “Unpredicable”. In 2006 Jamie has been in “Miami Vice” and in “Dreamgirls”, while in 2007 he acted in “The Kingdom”, and in “Elmo’s Christmas Countdown”. In 2008 Jamie published his third album, “Intuition”, and in 2009 he came back to the movies, acting in “The Soloist”, and in “Law Abiding Citizen”.

In 2010 Jamie has been in the movies “Valentine’s Day”, “Due Date”, and “I’m Still Here”, and he also published is fourth album “Best Night of My Life”. In 2011 Jamie has been in “Rio” and “Horrible Bosses” for the movies, while he’s been also in the TV series “When I Was 17”. In 2012 he’s been in the successful movie “Django Unchained”, in 2013 in “White House Down”, and in 2014 in “Rio 2”, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, “A Million Ways to Die in the West”, “Horrible Bosses 2” and in “Annie”. In 2015 Jamie published his 5th music album, “Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses”, while in 2017 he’s been in “Sleepless” and “Baby Driver”, while he also entered the cast of the TV series “White Famous”, that’s still running. In 2018 he played in “Robin Hood” and in “All-Star Weekend”.

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During his long and successful career, Jamie received many nominations for many different awards, both for his acting and for his music skills. In the musical field he won the “Favorite R&B/Soul Male Artist” for the American Music Awards in 2006, and the BET Awards in 2009 for the “Best Collaboration” (“Blame It”) with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Pain">T-Pain</a>. Jamie won also 2 Grammy Awards, one in 2006 for the “Best Rap Solo Performance (“Gold Digger”) with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West">Kanye West</a>, and one in 2010 for the “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group (“Blame It”) with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Pain">T-Pain</a>. He added to his collection of awards also the Image Awards in 2006 and 2009 as the “Outstanding Male Artist”, and also three Soul Train Awards: one in 2006 for the “Best Music Video” (“Gold Digger”) with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West">Kanye West</a>, one in 2007 for the “Best R&B/Soul Album, Male” with “Unpredictable”, and one in 2009 for the “Record of the Year” (“Blame It”). Jamie already received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

For his acting roles Jamie won countless awards, the most important of which are the Academy Awards in 2004 as the “Best Actor” for the movie “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_(film)">Ray</a>”, the BAFTA Awards in 2005 for the “Best Performance” always in “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_(film)">Ray</a>”, a Golden Globe in 2005 for the “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy” always for his role in “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_(film)">Ray</a>”, and the MTV Movie Award “Generation Award” in 2013, but he also won 3 Image Awards, and 4 Black Reel Awards.

Jamie is not married, but he has two daughters: Corinne, that was born in 1994, and Annalise, born in 2009. Recently, Jamie has been rumored about having a relationship with the <a href="/biography/katie-holmes">actress</a> <a href="/biography/katie-holmes">Katie Holmes</a> (they’re been seen together at the last Pre-Grammy Awards Gala, and they looked like a happy couple).

Some curiosities regarding Jamie are that he’s been the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African-American</a> to be nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year, that he is only one of very few actors that have won the quadruple awards crown during motion picture award season: Jamie in fact won the Golden Globe Award, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award all in 2005/2006. 
And, regarding his professional name, Jamie decided to adopt it when, as a stand-up comedian, he picked the last name “Foxx” after one of his favorite comics, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redd_Foxx">Redd Foxx</a>, and he changed his first name to Jamie because it could be a girl name as well and, since in comedy clubs female comics often perform before the male ones, the club managers would have read his name on the list, and often would have moved him up on the list of the performers.

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