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| Jamie Foxx |
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“I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta go do my thing, and my jokes have got to be funny. Whatever I do has got to be great."
- Jamie Foxx |
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Jamie Foxx has certainly come a long way since his days as a bit player on In Living Color. Though his early career is littered with questionable choices and flat-out disasters (remember Booty Call?), Jamie’s small but pivotal role in the 1999 Oliver Stone drama Any Given Sunday (in which he stole scenes from no less than Al Pacino) firmly established the actor as more than just a moderately amusing comedic presence. Follow-up appearances in such critically acclaimed films as 2001’s Ali, 2004’s Ray (for which he won an Oscar) and 2006’s Miami Vice have cemented Jamie’s status as a bona fide A-list figure.
The accolades don’t stop there, though. Foxx is also a Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum-selling recording artist who has had a handful of singles hit the top of the Billboard charts.
Foxx’s accomplishments also made some history, as he became the sixth artist to win an Academy Award for acting and achieve a No. 1 album in the U.S., joining industry heavyweights Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Eminem, Cher, and Barbra Streisand in this feat. |
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| Long before he became an Academy Award-winning performer, Jamie Foxx was struggling diligently to forge a successful career as a musician (he released his first album in 1994). As such, Jamie campaigned heavily for the part of Ray Charles in 2004’s Ray, knowing that the role was a perfect opportunity for him to blend his passion for acting with his musical abilities. The success of Ray -- both financially and critically -- gave Jamie the confidence to move forward and record his first album in over a decade. The result: 2005’s Unpredictable was an instant smash and gave Jamie the musical cred he’s been fighting for his entire life. |
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Jamie continues to explore his song-and-dance side with a starring role in the highly anticipated adaptation of Dreamgirls, which is based on the hit Broadway musical and revolves around the trials and tribulations of three black soul singers in the ‘60s.
In continuing his streak of critically acclaimed action flicks, Jamie is set to appear in The Kingdom alongside Jennifer Garner, Jeremy Piven and Chris Cooper. The film, which is being directed by Peter Berg (The Rundown, Friday Night Lights), revolves around a team of government agents and their exploits in the Middle East.
“When the Golden Globe nominations were announced, I literally had about 70 missed calls on my two phones at home. You feel like everybody is rooting for you, so this a really good time. The next couple of years will be the testing time, but this is the Cinderella time.”
- Jamie Foxx |
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