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Born Eric Bishop in Terrell, Texas on December 13, 1967, Jamie Foxx spent most of childhood with his grandmother after his parents separated. He excelled in school, sports and music, later assuming the role of choir director at his local church.

At U.S. International University in San Diego, Foxx's college days were spent studying music formally while beginning a stand-up comedy career in front of college audiences. That experience eventually earned him a spot on the original TV lineup of In Living Color, where other now-famous actors got their start, including Jim Carrey and the Wayans brothers.

From his TV appearances, Foxx won his own television spot in 1996 on the WB network's The Jamie Foxx Show, followed by various comedic movie roles in such films as The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Booty Call, and The Players Club.

1999 marked his debut in a dramatic role as a star quarterback in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday.

With several other minor movie roles to his credit throughout the next several years, 2004 was a high point in his career with appearances in no less than four critically-acclaimed films.

They included starring roles in Shade and Redemption, (playing Crips youth gang member, Stan "Tookie" Williams). And Foxx later held his own against Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise in his role as a cab driver in the thriller, Collateral (movie trailer), and gave a powerhouse performance as the legendary Ray Charles in the biopic, Ray (movie trailer) for which he won a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar for Best Actor.

In typical show-business tradition, nude pictures of the actor have reportedly stolen from his home and are on the way to circulation in magazines and on the Internet. However, in a New York Daily News interview (in which Foxx admitted to the photo theft) it was reported that if the pictures were to be published they could only enhance the actor's reputation as "one of Hollywood's biggest stars."

In 2006, the comedian-turned-actor has also hit it big in the music arena with critical praise for his chart-topping new debut album Unpredictable.

Foxx's most recent major film projects include starring roles in in Miami Vice alongside Colin Farrell, and in Dreamgirls with Eddie Murphy and Beyonce Knowles.

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