Jamie Foxx

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Born 13 December 1967.

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Biography

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical or comedy. He is also a Grammy Award winning musician, producing three albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200: Unpredictable, which topped the chart, Best Night of My Life, and Intuition. In 2012 Foxx starred in the film Django Unchained, and he will star as the villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014.

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  1. Foxx to host Jackson concert

    Tue 13 Sep 2011 09:14

    The US singer and actor will front the Michael Forever tribute concert in Wales next...

BBC Reviews

  1. Intuition 2009

    Review of Intuition

    Reviewed by Talia Kraines

    Attitude and ego comes with the musical territory.

  2. Unpredictable 2006

    Review of Unpredictable

    Reviewed by Adam Webb

    ...a solid enough collection of slow jams, but one parading under a misnomer of a title.

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