Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop, known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer-songwriter, and record producer, who is best known for portraying in the 2004 biographical drama film , which earned him an , , , , and for Best Actor. He also played the titular role of Quentin Tarantino's 2012 revisionist Western film , Max Dillon/Electro in , Will Stacks in the 2014 film remake of , and voiced Nico the canary in the Blue Sky's and Bug in the 2023 R-rated Universal Pictures comedy film .
For Disney, he voiced Joe Gardner in the 2020 Disney/Pixar film Soul. He also reprised his role as Max Dillon/Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in the 2021 Marvel film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Born in Terrell, Texas, Foxx is the son of Darrell Bishop (renamed Shahid Abdula following his conversion to Islam), who sometimes worked as a stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley Dixon. Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents, Esther Marie (Nelson), a domestic worker and nursery operator, and Mark Talley, a yard worker. He has had little contact with his birth parents, who were not part of his upbringing. He was raised in the black quarter of Terrell, which, at the time, was a racially segregated community. He has oftentimes acknowledged his grandmother's influence as one of the greatest reasons for his success.
Foxx began playing the piano when he was five years old. He had a strict Baptist upbringing and, as a teenager, was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church. His natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader, when his teacher used him as a reward: if the class behaved well, Foxx would tell them jokes. He attended Terrell High School, where he received top grades and played basketball and football (as quarterback). His ambition was to play for the , and he was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards. He also sang in a band called Leather and Lace. After high school, Foxx received a scholarship to United States International University, where he studied musical and performing arts composition.
==Roles==
Profile - Joe Gardner.png|Joe Gardner(Soul)
Electro No Way Home.png|Max Dillon/Electro(Spider-Man: No Way Home)
==Gallery==
Jamie Foxx SDCC13.jpg|Jamie Foxx speaks at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con.
Jamie Foxx 19th HFA.jpg|Jamie Foxx speaks onstage at the 19th annual Hollywood Film Awards in November 2015.
Jamie Foxx 73rd Golden Globes.jpg|Jamie Foxx arrives at the 73rd annual Golden Globes in January 2016.
Jamie Foxx D23 Expo19.jpg|Jamie Foxx attending the 2019 D23 Expo.
Jamie Foxx TIFF19.jpg|Jamie Foxx attending the 2019 Toronto International Film Fest.
Jamie Foxx behind the scenes Soul.jpg|Jamie Foxx behind the scenes of Soul.
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