Who would have thought in that distant 1967 that an African-American baby who was born on the unlucky day of 13 and was still a baby without a parental shoulder would become the idol of millions in the future?
As the Steel Was Tempered
To begin with, let's thank the impolite father and mother, Eric Marlon Bishop, who so called their first-born, who we proudly call today Jamie Foxx. If they had not transferred the seven-month-old baby to the care of his grandparents, who knows who he would have grown up with. Old men arranged a little stronger granddaughter in
as a parishioner in a local Baptist church. By the way, they lived in the small town of Terrel, in
Texas, USA. Already at the age of five, Eric began to learn the mastery of the piano, training his skills under the
singing of the church choir. Mild and obedient in the temple of the Lord, outside his walls the guy turned into a mischievous fidget. At school, both students and teachers respected him - all thanks to his sociability and non-standard, humorous presentation of speech. Being an excellent pupil, Eric managed everywhere: he was engaged in music, and studies, and sports. The school football team already found a real star in his face, because the guy became the first player in the history of the school to master a ninety-meter pass.
Easy choice
Despite his excellence in sports, the young football player in his early years clearly realized that his musical talent was a real path to world fame. Therefore, instead of going into professional sports and playing in the Dallas Cowboys team, Eric chose to seriously engage in classical music and entered the International American University of San Diego.
But the story of a young star named Jamie Foxx began not with music, but with comedy performances in the style of “stand-up”. The 22-year-old guy realized that his real name was not entirely suitable for his stage image, so he took the name of Red Fox, the American comedian famous in those days. Well, the name was just a matter of consonance.
The beginning of an acting career
Handsome Jamie Foxx, whose filmography consists of 32 films, began his career as an actor with a role in the series "In Live Color", which was released in 1991. Here he played several characters at once, the most remembered audience was the bad girl Wanda and a boxer named Tooth. Literally a year later, the beginner, but already so loved by the Americans actor, entered into an agreement with the 20th Century Fox studio and played in the comedy Toys along with Robin Williams. After that, Jamie decided to devote himself to music and in 1994 released his debut album called “Peep this”.
For 4 years, Jamie Foxx, who did not appear in the movie in 1994, returned to the screens with the film “The Truth About Cats and Dogs”. This was followed by several other supporting roles, and already in 1999 he got the main role in the comedy “Robbery”. At the same time, the famous Oliver Stone saw the talent of the rising star , inviting him to play in his “Every Sunday”. Having perfectly played the role of a football player, Fox showed the versatility and versatility of his acting skills and became a favorite not only of viewers, but also of Hollywood producers.
New century - a new level
The 21st century was the beginning of the most successful period of his career for Jamie. The year 2001 was marked for him by two events at once: receiving the MTV Video Music Awards and the publication of the legendary biographical film "Ali", in which Jamie Foxx, along with Will Smith and John Voight, played a major role. Already in 2004, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the thriller Accessory, where Tom Cruise became his companion on the set.
In the same year, the film "Ray" was released, the plot of which, in fact, is a biography of the blind genius of the music of Ray Charles. And here the actor’s skills as a musician came in handy - every scene of the piano was filmed with the participation of Jamie himself, without any understudies. Thanks to thorough preparation for filming and an impeccable game, Jamie Foxx became the first black Oscar winner in the world. In addition, for the role in this film he was awarded two more awards so coveted by all actors: BAFTA and Golden Globe. And already in September 2007, the Hollywood Walk of Fame replenished with another star, named after Jamie Foxx.
Peak music career
Films with Jamie Foxx is, of course, good. But let's not forget about his brilliant career as a musician. The beginning of his singing glory was the song “Slow Jamz”, performed in tandem with Kanye West and reached the peak of the American and
third position of the British Billboard charts. Further cooperation with this benchmark gave birth to the new song “Gold Digger”, which has been leading in the same chart for 2.5 months.
Soon, Jamie released the new album “Unpredictable”, which in the first 7 days was sold in circulation of 598 thousand copies, and immediately hit the second line in the hit parade. This project became one of the ten best-selling albums in the UK, and soon received platinum status. This work put him on a par with Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Barbara Streisand.
Actors saved the film
The next successful (as, in principle, almost all films with the participation of Jamie Foxx) project of an already held actor and singer was the dramatic thriller Law Abiding Citizen, in which Gerard Butler was also assigned the main role. One of the most anticipated premiere films of 2009 cost its creators $ 50 million, but the world box office in the amount of more than $ 110 million. fully justified such a budget.
Despite the majority of viewers who delightedly talk about this film, the reaction of the critics was rather mixed. It was rumored that it was a strong acting game that saved the film. If it were not for the skill of Butler and Fox, then in essence a cliche and mediocre plot shot by director F. Gary Gray would most likely be a failure.
According to Quentin's script
Jamie Foxx, whose filmography did not leave indifferent even Quentin Tarantino himself, seems to be aiming for the place of a cult actor. What is his game in "Django Unchained"! It is worth noting that Quentin’s script opens to the viewer not the most “approximate” pages of American history related to
human trafficking, that is, slaves. And, as it turned out, no one could fulfill this role better than Fox. He once again proved his universality. On the set, Jamie worked, so to speak, with veterans of show business: Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson.
In addition, Jamie Foxx performed one of the soundtracks for this film. The composition “100 Black Coffins”, although it was not included in the short list of the prestigious film award “Oscar”, but was put forward to receive it.
Fox's newest film work is The New Spider-Man. High voltage ”, where he surprised his fans with playing the role of a villain.
Jamie Foxx: personal life
Oddly enough, Jamie is considered one of the "hottest" Hollywood bachelors. And the paparazzi also call him "a mystery man", because you can only guess about the details of his personal life: they either hang an affair with a pretty partner on the set, or start rumors about getting married. But until now the actor himself has not confirmed anything of the sort. The last serious relationship attributed to Fox is an affair with
Katie Holmes. But Jamie himself does not comment on these rumors, because Tom Cruise, being Katie's ex-husband, is in strong friendly relations with Fox.
But on the other hand, it can be stated with confidence that Jamie Foxx (whose height, by the way, is only 175 cm), has never been bound by marriage, although he has two daughters. The eldest of them is already 20 years old. But the actor carefully conceals the person of mothers.
But be that as it may, officially handsome African-American remains one of Hollywood's most enviable suitors.