Jamie Foxx Biography (1967-)

Original name, Eric Morlon Bishop; born December 13, 1967, in Terrell, TX; son of Shaheed Abdullah (a stockbroker) and Louise Annette Talley Dixon; adopted by maternal grandparents Mark (a yard worker) and Estelle (some sources cite Esther; a domestic worker and nursery operator) Talley; children: Corrine Bishop. Addresses: Office: Foxxhole, 15030 Ventura Blvd., Suite 19920,Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd.,Beverly Hills, CA 90212; The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Manager: Jamie Rucker King, King Management, 4477 Sherman OaksCircle, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.; Publicist: Matthew Labov, Baker/Wynokur/Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, West Tower, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, singer, composer
Birth Details: December 13, 1967; Terrell, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Baker, Toys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Ed, The Truth about Cats & Dogs, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Hassan El Ruk'n, The Great White Hype, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Bunz, Booty Call, Columbia/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
Blue, The Player's Club, New Line Cinema, 1998
Willie Beamen, Any Given Sunday (also known as Gridiron, The League, Monday Night, On Any Given Sunday, and Playing Hurt), Warner Bros., 1999
Alvin Sanders, Bait (also known as Piege), Warner Bros., 2000
Michael Dawson, Held Up, Trimark Pictures, 2000
All Jokes Aside (documentary), 2000
Drew "Bundini" Brown, Ali, Columbia, 2001
Date from Hell, 2001
Himself, Paper Chasers (music documentary), IFC Films, 2003
Larry Jennings, Shade, Dimension Films, 2004
Max, Collateral, DreamWorks SKG/Paramount, 2004
Quincy Watson, Breakin' All the Rules, Screen Gems, 2004
Ray Charles (title role), Ray (also known as Unchain My Heart), Universal, 2004
Lieutenant Henry Purcell, Stealth, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2005
Sergeant Siek, Jarhead, Universal, 2005
Detective Ricardo Tubbs, Miami Vice, Universal, 2006
Television Appearances
Series
Various characters, In Living Color, Fox, 1991-94
Crazy George Stevens, a recurring role, Roc, Fox, 1992-93
Voice, C Bear and Jamal (animated; also known as C-Bear and Jamal), ABC, 1996-98
Jamie King, The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996-2001
Host, Jamie Foxx Presents Laffapalooza, Showtime, beginning 2003
Movies
Stan "Tookie" Williams, Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story, FX Channel, 2004
Specials
Paul Rodriguez: Crossing Gang Lines, Fox, 1991
Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole, HBO, 1993
Host, Rock `n' Jock Super Bowl II (also known as MTV's "Rock `n' Jock Super Bowl II"), MTV, 1998
Full Contact: The Making of "Any Given Sunday," 1999
Host, The BET 20th Anniversary Celebration, Black Entertainment Television, 2000
It's Black Entertainment, Showtime, 2000
The Making of "Ali," 2001
MTV Icon: Janet Jackson, MTV, 2001
Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television, TV Land, 2002
Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security, HBO, 2002
Muhammad Ali's All-Star 60th Birthday Celebration!, CBS, 2002
Presenter, A Home for the Holidays, CBS, 2003
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Arts and Entertainment, 2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!, Comedy Central, 2003
The 2003 Essence Music Festival, UPN, 2003
Awards Presentations
Presenter, The Seventh Annual Soul Train Music Awards, 1993
Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, syndicated, 1996
Presenter, The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1997
The 1998 Essence Awards, Fox, 1998
Host, The 1999 Essence Awards, Fox, 1999
Presenter, The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2000
Presenter, The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 2000
Presenter, 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000
Nickelodeon's 13th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2000
The 31st Annual NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2000
The 2000 Teen Choice Awards, Fox, 2000
Host, MTV Video Music Awards 2001, MTV, 2001
The First Annual BET Awards, Black Entertainment Television, 2001
The Seventh Annual BET Walk of Fame, Black Entertainment Television, 2001
The 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, 2002
The 33rd NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2002
Host, Hollywood Celebrates Denzel Washington: An American CinemathequeTribute, American Movie Classics, 2003
Host, The 2003 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 2003

Host, The 2004 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 2004
Presenter, BET Comedy Awards, Black Entertainment Television, 2004
Presenter, The Fourth Annual BET Awards (also known as 2004 BETAwards), Black Entertainment Television, 2004
Presenter, 2004 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2004
Episodic
Coach Armstrong, "Rivals," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1996
Tyrone Koppel, "A Thanksgiving to Remember," The Jamie Foxx Show,The WB, 1996
Woody, "Driving Miss Moesha," Moesha, UPN, 1996
Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996
Host, Soul Train, syndicated, 1996
Reverend Alize, The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996
Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004
Tyrone Koppel, "Passenger 187," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1998
Guest, The Roseanne Show, syndicated, 1998
Guest, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1999, 2004
Himself, "Redd Foxx: Say It Like It Is," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "SaturdayNight," Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 2000
Headliners & Legends: Will Smith, MSNBC, 2001
Guest, The Howard Stern Show, E! Entertainment Television, c. 2001
Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2004
Guest, The View, ABC, 2001, 2004
Guest, Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, 2002
Guest, Listen Up! Charles Barkley with Ernie Johnson, 2002
Guest, Tinseltown TV, 2003
Himself, "Collateral," Movie House (also known as MTV's "MovieHouse"), MTV, 2004
Black Tony Blair, Chappelle's Show, Comedy Central, 2004
Guest, Coming Attractions, E! Entertainment Television, 2004
Guest, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (also known as Ellenand The Ellen DeGeneres Show), syndicated, 2004
Guest, Good Morning America (also known as GMA), ABC, 2004
Guest, Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 2004
Guest, Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2004
Guest, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, 2004
Guest, 106 and Park (also known as 106 & Park: BET's Top 10Live), Black Entertainment Television, 2004
Guest, The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2004
Guest, Primetime Live, ABC, 2004
Guest, Tavis Smiley, PBS, 2004
Guest, Total Request Live (also known as Total Request andTRL), MTV, 2004
Himself, Tom Cruise, E! Entertainment Television, 2004
(In archive footage) Max, "Collateral/Code 46/Strander/Little Black Book/Festival Express," Ebert & Roeper, syndicated, 2004
(In archive footage) Max, "Summer Reloaded," Ebert & Roeper, syndicated, 2004
Appeared in Driven, VH1; as Enrique and as T-Dub Johnson in episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB; and as Willie in an episode of Roc, Fox; also appeared in The Chris Rock Show, HBO; Journeys inBlack, Black Entertainment Television; Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, HBO; and Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, HBO.
Pilots
Host, The Jamie Foxx Variety Show, The WB, 2001
Television Work
Series
Creator, producer, and theme song performer, The Jamie Foxx Show,The WB, 1996-98
Executive producer and theme song performer, The Jamie Foxx Show,The WB, 1999-2001
Executive producer, Jamie Foxx Presents Laffapalooza, Showtime, beginning 2003
Television Executive Producer
Movies
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story, FX Channel, 2004
Specials
Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole, HBO, 1993
Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security, HBO, 2002
Television Director
Episodic
"Bachelor Party," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 2000
"If the Shoe Fits ... ," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 2000
Television Executive Producer
Pilots
The Jamie Foxx Variety Show, The WB, 2001
Small Talk, The WB, 2003
Out-Foxxed, TBS, 2004
Radio Appearances
Episodic
Guest, The Howard Stern Radio Show, c. 2001
RECORDINGS
Videos
Straight Clownin', Okimo Entertainment, 2002
Albums
Jamie Foxx Experiment, Fox Records, 1994
Peep This, Fox Records, 1995
Singles
(With Twista) "Slow Jamz," 2004
Music Videos
"Miss You," by Aaliyah, 2002
"Pass the Courvoisier," by Busta Rhymes, 2002
"Slow Jamz," with Twista, 2004
WRITINGS
Teleplays
Series
Special material, In Living Color, Fox, beginning 1992
Specials
Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole, HBO, 1993
Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security, HBO, 2002
The 2004 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 2004
Television Music
Theme song composer, The Jamie Foxx Show (series), The WB, 1996-2001
Composer, Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (special), HBO, 2002
Albums
Jamie Foxx Experiment, Fox Records, 1994
Peep This, Jamie Foxx Fox Records, 1995
Singles
(With Twista) "Slow Jamz," 2004
Songs featured in films.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 15, Gale, 1997
Newsmakers, Issue 1, Gale, 2001

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, May 26, 2000, p. 48; September 22, 2000, p.48
InStyle, January, 2000, p. 96
Jet, March 24, 1997, p. 32; September 18, 2000, p. 59
Newsweek, January 10, 2000, p. 60
People Weekly, January 13, 1997, p. 81; August 16, 2004, p. 73
Playboy, March, 2002, pp. 117-18
Sport, February, 2000, p. 22
Sports Illustrated for Women, March, 2000, p. 23
Texas Monthly, November, 1998, p. 88; March, 2002, p. 56
Time, February 14, 2000, p. 88
TV Guide, December 18, 1999, p. 5; January 29, 2000, pp. 44-46; April 11, 2004, pp. 36-37
US Weekly, October 2, 2000, pp. 78-80
Washington Post, August 6, 2004, pp. C1, C4

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