Claim: Jamie Foxx was in a film.

Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie . It stars Tom Cruise cast against type as a contract killer and Jamie Foxx as a taxi driver who finds himself his hostage during an evening of the hitman 's work . The film also features Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo .   Foxx and Cruise 's performances were widely praised , with Foxx being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . The film 's editors , Jim Miller and Paul Rubell , were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing .