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Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967),[2] known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical/comedy. He is also a Grammy Award winning musician, producing three albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200: Unpredictable, which topped the chart, Best Night of My Life, and Intuition. Most recently, Foxx starred in the film Django Unchained, and he will star as the villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014.





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  • Jamie Foxx haunted by whipping scene in Django Unchained - 31 August 2012
    -Jamie Foxx struggled to watch his Django Unchained co-star Kerry Washington face a "whipping" in a brutal scene and is convinced audiences will be moved to tears by the chilling shoot.-The actor plays a freed slave out for revenge against an evil plantation owner p


  • Jamie Foxx's Django horse is his own - 18 July 2012
    -The horse Jamie Foxx's vengeful slave character rides in new western Django Unchained is the Oscar winner's own prize steed.-The actor/comedian has become a keen equestrian since finding fame in Hollywood and when he signed on for Quentin Tarantino's star-studded n


  • Fantastic Mr Foxx - 24 November 2009
    - -Is there anything Jamie Foxx can’t do? If he hasn’t directed yet, you can bet it’s only a matter of time because it seems everything he’s ever put his mind to, he’s been wildly successful. - -To state the obvious: he’s a

Jamie Foxx - what members say


  • Any Given Sunday
  • Any Given Sunday review by markjax from Poole, Dorset
    Rated - 5.0 stars A work of Genius 14 September 2004
    ...otion. Pacino is at his best, Quaid as usual broods, looks tired and bored and Jamie Foxx is impressive. Forget the American football, this could be any sport, the camer...   Read customer review
  • Collateral
  • Collateral review by from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Dazzling thriller from Michael Mann 19 September 2004
    ...s back doing what he does best here with this absorbing crime thriller. Max(Jamie Foxx) has been driving a cab for twelve years, while he makes plans for the limo com...   Read customer review
  • Ray
  • Ray review by from Bromsgrove UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars A must see film, absolutely brilliant. 24 January 2005
    ...There will be no justice if Jamie Foxx is not awarded an OSCAR for his brilliant portrayal of the late Ray Charles Robinson! He has every mannerism down to a fine art, t...   Read customer review

Jamie Foxx - filmography


  • Rio 2 (2014)
    Starring: Jamie Foxx,  Anne Hathaway,  Leslie Mann
    Director: Carlos Saldanha
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Blu, Jewel and their three kids living the perfect domesticated life in the magical city that is Rio de Janeiro. When Jewel decides the kids need to learn to live like real birds, she insists the family venture into the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in with his new neighbors, he worries he may lose ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3 members
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  • White House Down (2013)
    Starring: Channing Tatum,  Jamie Foxx,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
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  • Horrible Bosses - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Jamie Foxx,  Jason Sudeikis,  Charlie Day
    Director: Seth Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Seth Gordon directs this (star-studded) comedy about three long-suffering friends who hatch a plan to kill off the nasty bosses who are making their lives hell. Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis star as the trio, who conspire to murder the bosses (played by Jennifer Aniston, Colin ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 14,453 members
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  • A Man's Story on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Giorgio Armani,  Wolfgang Puck,  Laurence Fishburne
    Director: Varon Bonicos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Varon Bonicos directs this documentary about fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. The first black tailor to open a shop on London's Savile Row, as well as the youngest, Boateng soon became world famous for his trademark colourful suits. The film follows Boateng from the late 1990s, a low point in his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 78 members
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  • Due Date on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Zach Galifianakis,  Robert Downey Jr.,  Juliette Lewis
    Director: Todd Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Peter Highman is an expectant first-time father whose wife's due date is only days away. As he hurries to catch a flight home to Los Angeles from Atlanta to be at her side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when a chance encounter with aspiring actor and disaster-magnet Ethan ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 43,077 members
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  • Due Date - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Matt Walsh,  James Martin Kelly,  Michelle Monaghan
    Director: Todd Phillips
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Todd Phillips directs this road trip comedy starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Businessman Peter Highman (Downey Jr.) is an anxiously expectant first-time father whose wife's due date is only five days away. As Peter rushes to catch a flight home to Los Angeles from Atlanta to be ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 16,022 members
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  • Valentine's Day on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Geo,  Eric Dane
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Garry Marshall directs this romantic comedy following the experiences of various intertwining Los Angeles singletons and couples as they break up and make up on Valentine's Day. The star-studded ensemble cast includes Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 36,069 members
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  • Valentine's Day - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Geo,  Eric Dane
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Garry Marshall directs this romantic comedy following the experiences of various intertwining Los Angeles singletons and couples as they break up and make up on Valentine's Day. The star-studded ensemble cast includes Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,747 members
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  • The Soloist on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jamie Foxx,  Robert Downey Jr.,  Catherine Keener
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Columnist Steve Lopez is at a dead end. The newspaper business is in an uproar, his marriage to a fellow journalist has fallen apart and he can't entirely remember what he loved about his job in the first place. Then, one day, while walking through Los Angeles' Skid Row, he sees the mysterious ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,912 member
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  • Law Abiding Citizen - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Gerard Butler,  Jamie Foxx,  Gregory Itzin
    Director: F. Gary Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Thriller starring Gerard Butler as Clyde Shelton, an ordinary family man whose life is blown apart when his wife and daughter are brutally murdered during an attack on their home. When a plea bargain sets his family's killers free, Shelton sees no choice but to take the law into his own hands, and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 18,346 members
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  • The Kingdom - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Tom Bresnahan,  Jamie Foxx,  Jeremy Piven
    Director: Peter Berg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper. When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Foxx) quickly assembles an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,546 members
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  • Miami Vice - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Jamie Foxx,  Justin Theroux
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brooding big-screen adaptation of the classic 1980s television crime drama from director Michael Mann. Undercover Miami-Dade police detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are summoned to help out on an FBI undercover operation that has gone disastrously wrong. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,011 members
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  • Miami Vice on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Jamie Foxx,  Justin Theroux
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brooding big-screen adaptation of the classic 1980s television crime drama from director Michael Mann. Undercover Miami-Dade police detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are summoned to help out on an FBI undercover operation that has gone disastrously wrong. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 44,630 members
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  • Dreamgirls - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Danny Glover,  Jennifer Hudson,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Bill Condon
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Double Oscar-winning musical drama following the meteoric rise of a 1960s all-girl vocal group. Based on the 1981 Broadway hit musical, the film follows full-figured belter, Effie White (Jennifer Hudson), and her school friends, Deena Jones (Beyonce Knowles) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,442 member
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  • Jarhead on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Matthew Ather,  Jake Gyllenhaal,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Sam Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 62,561 members
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  • Stealth on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Joshua Lucas,  Jessica Biel,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Rob Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Action adventure starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx as U.S. Navy pilots who are part of a close-knit elite division of test pilots flying highly classified stealth fighter jets, referred to only as Talons. They're the best of the best and they know it. Then their commanding officer ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 40,603 members
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  • Ray on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Michael Arata,  Jamie Foxx,  Kerry Washington
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 48,975 members
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  • Collateral on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Peter Berg,  Irma P. Hall,  Barry
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Max has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for twelve years. The faces have come and gone from his rear-view mirror: people and places he's long since forgotten--until tonight. Vincent is a contract killer. When an offshore narco-trafficking cartel learns that they're about to be indicted by a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 105,708 members
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  • Collateral (2004)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jamie Foxx,  Jada Pinkett Smith
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A taxi driver is unexpectedly taken on the ride of his life in this stylish thriller from acclaimed director Michael Mann. Max (Jamie Foxx) is a cab driver who hopes to some day open his own limo company; one night behind the wheel begins promisingly when he picks up Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,619 member
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  • Ray - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Michael Arata,  Jamie Foxx,  Kerry Washington
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning biopic of the legendary blues, soul and jazz musician. Even though he had lost his sight as a young boy and grew up in a segregated, racist society, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) is determined to follow his love of music and begins a successful tour of the American south. With a career ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 73 members
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  • Redemption (2004)
    Starring: Jamie Foxx,  Lynn Whitfield,  Lee Thompson Young
    Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Stan "Tookie" Williams founder and member of Los Angeles' notorious gang The Crips, was once the most feared man on the cit streets. His reign of terror was finally brought to an end when he was convicted of multiple murder and sent to the infamous San Quentin prison where, even from his cell on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,340 members
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  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Lucy Liu,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Joseph McGinty
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu reprise their roles (as do several others) as the glamorous crimebusting trio. This time they are assigned by their reclusive boss Charlie (again voiced by John Forsythe) to find a pair of rings that have been coded to contain all the names on the FBI's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 19,716 members
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  • Alex Thomas - Straight Clownin' on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Dr. Dre,  Jamie Foxx,  Shaquille O'Neal
    Director: Ifeanyi Njoku
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Live stand-up routine from comedian Alex Thomas, with a difference. As the theatre starts to pack out for Alex's much-hyped live show, the outrageous comedian finds that he can't actually get to the venue in time. Taking his hustling skills to the streets, Alex does his best to deliver himself, and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 123 members
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  • Ali on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Mario Van Peebles,  Mykelti Williamson,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Will Smith plays boxing legend Muhammad Ali in this much-anticipated biopic from director Michael Mann. Beginning with Ali's 1964 World Heavyweight Championship victory over Sonny Liston, and moving through his subsequent involvement with the Nation of Islam and refusal to be drafted during the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 16,104 members
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  • Any Given Sunday on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jamie Foxx,  Matthew Modine
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Directed by Oliver Stone ('Wall Street', 'JFK'), this tense drama sets out to lift the lid on the world of American pro football. The story focuses on the Miami Sharks, currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak which has brought team president Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 8,761 members
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  • Any Given Sunday - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jamie Foxx,  Matthew Modine
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Directed by Oliver Stone ('Wall Street', 'JFK'), this tense drama sets out to lift the lid on the world of American pro football. The story focuses on the Miami Sharks, currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak which has brought team president Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,494 member
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  • Booty Call on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Vivica A. Fox,  Tommy Davidson,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Jeff Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Bunz (Jamie Foxx) and Rushon (Tommy Davidson) are two friends planning a night of passion when they go on a double date with the beautiful Nikki (Tamala Jones) and Lysterine (Vivica A. Fox). The girls have other ideas, however, and soon the two gents are becoming increasingly desperate in their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 828 members
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  • The Truth About Cats And Dogs on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Uma Thurman,  Jamie Foxx,  Bob Odenkirk
    Director: Michael Lehmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Abby (Janeane Garafalo) is a plucky radio vet who dispenses advice on pet care on her weekly phone-in show. When a caller (Ben Chaplin) falls for the sound of her voice, Abby is excited that there might be a chance for romance in her life, but she does not feel confident enough to follow it through...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,576 members
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  • Stealth - Blu-ray
    Starring: Joshua Lucas,  Jessica Biel,  Jamie Foxx
    Director: Rob Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Action adventure starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx as U.S. Navy pilots who are part of a close-knit elite division of test pilots flying highly classified stealth fighter jets, referred to only as Talons. They're the best of the best and they know it. Then their commanding officer ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,479 members
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  • Breakin' All The Rules
    Starring: Jamie Foxx,  Morris Chestnut,  Jennifer Esposito
    Director: Daniel Taplitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Romantic comedy of errors starring Jamie Foxx as Quincy Watson, who, after being unceremoniously dumped by his fiancĂ©e Helen (Bianca Lawson), quits his job and - in his depressed state - writes a 'how-to' book on breaking up - which quickly becomes a number one bestseller. Quincy is soon dispensing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 59 members
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  • Jamie Foxx - Straight From The Foxxhole on DVD
    Starring: Jamie Foxx
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Discover one of today's biggest stars in his first hour-long comedy special. In one of the pivotal performances of his career, Foxx displays tremendous comedic abilities with dead-on impersonations of Mike Tyson, Bill Cosby and Prince, among others. He also showcases the immense musical talents ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 161 members
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  • Jamie Foxx - Journeys In Black
    Starring: Jamie Foxx
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Explore the life of Jamie Foxx, one of the most popular and hard working entertainers of our time, from the early stages of his career, to superstardom and an Oscar win.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 86 members
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Jamie Foxx facts

5 most recent films

Rio 2 - 3.5 stars
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 3.5 stars
Django Unchained - 4.0 stars
White House Down - 3 stars
Django Unchained - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Django Unchained - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Django Unchained - 4.0 stars
Ray - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Law Abiding Citizen - 4.0 stars
Law Abiding Citizen - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

White House Down - 3 stars
Rio 2 - 3.5 stars
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 3.5 stars
Alex Thomas - Straight Clownin' - 2.0 stars
Jamie Foxx - Journeys In Black - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Eddie Murphy - 6 times - show films
Jennifer Hudson - 6 times - show films
Beyonce Knowles - 6 times - show films
Danny Glover - 6 times - show films
Chris Cooper - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Mann - 9 times - show films
Bill Condon - 7 times - show films
Taylor Hackford - 6 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 5 times - show films
Peter Berg - 3 times - show films