Line #75 Creator/JamieFoxx


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2	->''"I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true."''
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4	Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and stand-up comedian.
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6	As an actor, his work in the 2004 Ray Charles {{Biopic}} ''Film/{{Ray}}'' earned him the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical or comedy. The same year, he was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Film/{{Collateral}}''.
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8	He is also a Grammy Award-winning musician, producing three albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200: ''Unpredictable'' (2005), which topped the chart, ''Intuition'' (2008), and ''Best Night of My Life'' (2010).
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11	!!Notable credits:
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13	* ''Series/InLivingColor'' (1990-94) -- Various
14	* ''Film/{{Toys}}'' (1992) -- Baker
15	* ''Series/HanginWithMrCooper'' (1992-96) -- Coach Armstrong
16	* ''Series/{{Moesha}}'' (1996-2001) -- Woody
17	* ''Film/TheTruthAboutCatsAndDogs'' (1996) -- Ed
18	* ''Film/TheGreatWhiteHype'' (1996) -- Hassan El Ruk'n
19	* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' (1996-2001) -- Damon Whitaker
20	* ''Series/TheJamieFoxxShow'' (1996-2001) -- Jamie King
21	* ''Film/ThePlayersClub'' (1998) -- Blue
22	* ''Film/AnyGivenSunday'' (1999) -- Willie Beaman
23	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' -- AsHimself
24	* ''Film/{{Bait\|2000}}'' (2000) -- Alvin Sanders
25	* ''Film/{{Ali}}'' (2001) -- Drew Bundini Brown
26	* ''Series/ChappellesShow'' (2003-06) -- Black Tony Blair
27	* ''Film/{{Shade\|2003}}'' (2003) -- Larry Jennings
28	* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'' (2004) -- Max
29	* ''Film/{{Ray}}'' (2004) -- Ray Charles (Academy Award for Best Actor)
30	* ''Film/{{Stealth}}'' (2005) -- Lieutenant Henry Purcell
31	* ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' (2005) -- Staff Sergeant Sykes
32	* ''Film/MiamiVice'' (2006) -- Ricardo Tubbs
33	* ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}'' (2006) -- Curtis Taylor, Jr.
34	* ''Film/TheKingdom'' (2007) -- Ronald Fleury
35	* ''Film/ElmosChristmasCountdown'' (2007) -- AsHimself
36	* ''Film/TheSoloist'' (2009) -- Nathaniel Ayers
37	* ''Film/LawAbidingCitizen'' (2009) -- Nick Rice
38	* ''Film/ValentinesDay'' (2010) -- Kelvin Moore
39	* ''Film/DueDate'' (2010) -- Darryl
40	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' (2011) -- Nico
41	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio 2}}'' (2014)
42	* ''Film/HorribleBosses'' (2011) -- Dean "MF" Jones
43	* ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' (2012) -- Django Freeman
44	* ''Film/WhiteHouseDown'' (2013) -- President James Sawyer
45	* Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries and Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse -- Maxwell "Max" Dillon / Electro
46	** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' (2014)
47	** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' (2021)
48	* ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest'' (2014) -- Django Freeman
49	* ''Film/{{Annie\|2014}}'' (2014) -- William Stacks
50	* ''Film/{{Sleepless}}'' (2017) -- Vincent Downs
51	* ''Film/BabyDriver'' (2017) -- Leon "Bats" Jefferson III
52	* ''Series/BeatShazam'' (2017-present) -- AsHimself
53	* ''Film/{{Robin Hood\|2018}}'' (2018) -- Little John
54	* ''Film/JustMercy'' (2019) -- Walter [=McMillian=]
55	* ''Film/ProjectPower'' (2020) -- Art Reilly
56	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'' (2020) -- Joseph "Joe" Gardner
57	* ''Film/DayShift'' (2022) -- Bud Jablonski
58	* ''Film/TheyClonedTyrone'' (2023) -- Slick Charles
59	* ''Film/{{Strays\|2023}}'' (2023) -- Bug
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61	!!Tropes:
62	* BadassBystander: In 2016, a drunk driver crashed his car near Foxx's house, and was left trapped in his seat as the wreck caught fire. Jamie (and an off duty EMT) jumped to action to cut him out of his seat and pull him from the car, saving his life.
63	* CharacterTitle: He plays with these a lot. And by play, it means PlayingWithATrope. He also appeared in works where he's not the title character
64	** AntagonistTitle: ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' was usually subtitled ''Rise of Electro'' .
65	** ProtagonistTitle: ''Film/{{Ray}}'', ''Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story'' and ''Film/DjangoUnchained''. Played with in ''Series/TheJamieFoxxShow'' which bring us to...
66	** JustifiedTitle: ''Series/TheJamieFoxxShow'' is an TheEponymousShow than a straight out ProtagonistTitle. However, he plays the main lead and shares his character's first name anyway.
67	** SecondaryCharacterTitle: ''Film/TheSoloist'', where Creator/RobertDowneyJr is the lead.
68	* TheDanza: Jamie King in ''Series/TheJamieFoxxShow''.
69	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: His songs are often used in his films, especially around the TurnOfTheMillennium.
70	* DyeingForYourArt: To play Film/{{Ray}} Charles from 1949 to 1979, he dropped more than 30 pounds and wore prosthetics over his eyes so that he would actually be blind.
71	* GenreSavvy: The reason he changed his first name to Jamie is because it is a GenderBlenderName. In comedy clubs, female comics often perform before the male comics so when a club manager read his name on the list, he would often be moved up on the list of performers.
72	* HiddenDepths: He knows American Sign Language! Who knew?
73	* TheHost: Of the Creator/{{MTV}} Music Video Awards in 2001 and the game show ''Series/BeatShazam''.
74	* RoleReprise: Portrayed the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain Electro across two film continuities -- ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. [[spoiler: It's actually the same Electro, displaced across TheMultiverse.]]
75	* ShoutOut: His last name in his StageName comes from his favorite comedian Redd Foxx.
76	* StageName: His real name is Eric Marlon Bishop.
77	* StarMakingRole: The titular Film/{{Ray}} Charles.
78	* ThoseTwoActors: His constant co-stars are Creator/KerryWashington, Creator/GerardButler, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/JenniferGarner.
79	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
80	** Auditioned for the Creator/CubaGoodingJr. role in ''Film/JerryMaguire''.
81	** Had the role of Slim in ''Film/TheWood'', but had to drop out when he got the role of Willie Beamen in ''Film/AnyGivenSunday''.

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