Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as
Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian and musician. As an actor, his work in the film 2004
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 or comedy. The same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the action film
Collateral.
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. Foxx starred in his own television show,
The Jamie Foxx Show, as Jamie King. In 2012, Foxx starred in the film
Django Unchained, and in 2014, he played the villain Electro in
The Amazing Spider-Man 2.