Foxx's film debut was inside Toys (1992), but his number 1 large spectacular role was that of the star quarterback in the 1999 Oliver Stone film Any Given Sunday. around the as punishment years he worked in many more moving-picture show, & in 2004 he received critical acclaim for his function paired Tom Cruise in the action movie Collateral. Likewise that season Foxx starred inside the biographic pic of Ray Charles, titled simply Ray.

Inside recognition of his function within 2004, Foxx received an unprecedented trio Golden Globe Award nominations in acting categories. He was nominated for his lead role within Ray, his supporting role within Collateral & for his portrayal of demise row inmate & Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley Williams in the television movie Redemption.

Recognition of Foxx's function continued to the Academy Awards where his performance in Ray earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. This mass produced him sole a third African U.s. male actor to run soh. He besides received the nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Collateral, making him only a tenth individual to develop been nominated for each acting categories in the equivalent month.

Foxx is as well the singer & accomplished musician. Inside 2004 he was featured on rapper Twista's song, "Slow Jamz", also featuring Kanye West. A song reached first on the United states of america Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, when well as dull trio on the UK singles chart. Foxx got antecedently freed an album within 1994 on the Fox record label entitled Peep This, and experienced hosted a 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.

Within April of 2003 Foxx was involved inside an incident by having 2 officer world health organization were attempting to escort him & his sister away from the casino. Employees claimed it got failed to show identification upon entry. Originally charged by using trespassing, disturbing a peace, battery inside policeman & resisting arrest, Foxx plead there is no contest to disturbing a peace in exchange for the more charges existence dropped, & was sentenced to community service.

In a period of the 2005 Grammy Awards, Foxx performed live with Alicia Keys and Quincy Jones singing "Georgia on My Mind" in tribute to the late Ray Charles.

Jamie Foxx has contributed vocals to 50 Cent's The Carnage album & is scheduled to record an album in Clive Davis' J Records. He is likewise featured on the Kanye West's Gold Digger single which topped a Billboard Hot 100.

Foxx has been seen at numerous Miami Heat playoff games in the 2005 campaign.

Filmography
The Godfagger (1991) (documentary) Toys (1992) The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) The Great White Hype (1996) Booty Call (1997) The Players Club (1998) Held Up (1999) Any Given Sunday (1999) All Jokes Aside (2000) (documentary) Bait (movie) (2000) Date from Hell (2001) (short subject) Ali (2001) Shade (2003) Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) ''Breakin' All the Rules (2004) Collateral (2004) Ray (2004) Stealth (2005) Foxx's Best In Bed Series (2005) Jarhead (2005) (currently within post-production) Dreamgirls (2006) (currently around pre-production) Miami Vice (2006) Damage Control (2007) (currently announced begin of production) (likewise producer)

Discography

Albums
1994 Peep This #78 US 2005 Unpredictable'' (due Dec 13)

Singles

|rowspan="2"| Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="1"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

| US R&B/Hip-Hop |- | 2005 | "Extravaganza" (deed. Kanye West) | #52 | ?? [Presumably Unpredictable] |- | 2005 | "Gold Digger" (exploit. Kanye West) | #1 | #1 |- | 2005 | "Unpredictable" (exploit. Ludacris) | #80 | ?? [presumably Unpredictable] |}