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Jamie Foxx

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13 dicembre 1967 · Terrell, Texas, USA

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Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and film producer. He achieved his career breakthrough as a featured player on the sketch comedy show In Living Colour 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Foxx, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Locandina di Django Unchained
Django Unchained
Film · 2012 · ★ 8,2
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
Film · 2021 · ★ 7,9
Locandina di Baby Driver - Il genio della fuga
Baby Driver - Il genio della fuga
Film · 2017 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Il potere di Electro
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Il potere di Electro
Film · 2014 · ★ 6,6
Locandina di Soul
Soul
Film · 2020 · ★ 8,1
Locandina di Rio
Rio
Film · 2011 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di Come ammazzare il capo... e vivere felici
Come ammazzare il capo... e vivere felici
Film · 2011 · ★ 6,6
Locandina di Collateral
Collateral
Film · 2004 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di Parto col folle
Parto col folle
Film · 2010 · ★ 6,4
Locandina di Giustizia privata
Giustizia privata
Film · 2009 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Sotto assedio - White House down
Sotto assedio - White House down
Film · 2013 · ★ 6,5
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Un milione di modi per morire nel West
Film · 2014 · ★ 6,1

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