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Jamie Foxx

A familiar face. A favorite credit.

Jamie Foxx

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Born December 13, 1967Age 58

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Jamie Foxx is an American actor, comedian, and singer who joined In Living Color in 1991. His sketch work included the recurring character Wanda, and he later co-created and starred in The Jamie Foxx Show, playing aspiring performer Jamie King.

Foxx won the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Ray Charles in Ray and received a supporting-actor nomination for Collateral in the same year. His other films include Django Unchained, and he voiced Joe Gardner in Pixar’s Soul. Alongside film acting and television comedy, he has released music, including the Grammy-winning collaboration Blame It with T-Pain.

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