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Jamie Foxx
Age: 41
Height: 175 cm
Birth Place: Terrell, Texas, USA
Born: Dec. 13th, 1967
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BIOGRAPHY: Jamie's mother, Louise, was an adopted child. When her marriage to his father failed, his grandparents, Mark and Estelle Talley, stepped in and, at age 7 months, adopted him too. He says he had a very rigid upbringing that placed him in the Boy Scouts and the church choir. During high school, he played quarterback for his high school team and was good enough that he got press in Dallas newspapers. He studied music in college. He released a music album in 1994, "Peep This" and sings the theme song for his 1999 movie, Any Given Sunday (1999). However, in 1989, his life changed when a girl friend challenged him to get up onstage at the Comedy Club. In fact, he says he took his androgynous stage name because he learned that women got preference for mike time on open stage nights. That led to his being cast in "Roc" (1991) and "In Living Color" (1990) and ultimately to his own WB network TV series. He has a daughter, Corrine, born in 1995, who lives with her mother.
TRIVIA:
- Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.
- On January 25th, 2005, he became one of the elite eleven thespians to have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year for their achievements in two different movies. The other nine are 'Fay Bainter' (qv), 'Teresa Wright (I)' (qv), 'Cate Blanchett' (qv), 'Barry Fitzgerald (I)' (qv) (he has been nominated in both categories for the same role in the same movie), 'Jessica Lange' (qv), 'Sigourney Weaver' (qv), 'Al Pacino' (qv), 'Emma Thompson (I)' (qv), 'Holly Hunter' (qv) and 'Julianne Moore (I)' (qv).
- His 10-year-old daughter accompanied him to the Oscars in 2005.
- Attended United States International University (now known as Alliant International University) from 1986 to 1988 on a music scholarship.
- Started out as a stand-up comedian, often doing imitations of former president 'Ronald Reagan (I)' (qv).
- 1/8/00: First man of the decade to host _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv).
- His Oscar win for _Ray (2004/I)_ (qv) along with 'Morgan Freeman (I)' (qv)'s win for _Million Dollar Baby (2004)_ (qv), was the second time two African-Americans won Oscars in the same year. The first was in 2002 when 'Denzel Washington' (qv) won Best Actor for _Training Day (2001)_ (qv) and 'Halle Berry' (qv) won Best Actress for _Monster's Ball (2001)_ (qv).
- _Ray (2004/I)_ (qv), which he played the titled role in, is ranked #99 on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time (2006).
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