Claim: Jamie Foxx is a comedian.

Eric Marlon Bishop -LRB- born December 13 , 1967 -RRB- , known professionally by his stage name Jamie Foxx , is an American actor , singer , songwriter , record producer and comedian . He won an Academy Award for Best Actor , BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy , for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film Ray . The same year , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral .   Other prominent acting roles include Staff Sergeant Sykes in Jarhead -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation of TV series Miami Vice , the title role in the film Django Unchained -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , and the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . Foxx also starred in the 1990-1994 sketch comedy show In Living Color and his own television show from 1996 to 2001 , the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show , in which he played Jamie King , Jr. . Foxx also starred in the 2014 film Annie , in which he played Will Stacks .   Foxx is also a Grammy Award-winning musician , producing four albums which have charted in the top ten of the US Billboard 200 : Unpredictable -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , which topped the chart , Intuition -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , Best Night of My Life -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , and Hollywood : A Story of a Dozen Roses -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .