![]() During high school, he played quarterback for his high school team and was good enough that he got press in Dallas newspapers. He has said that he had a very rigid upbringing that placed him in the Boy Scouts and the church choir. ![]() When her marriage to his father failed, his maternal grandparents, Mark and Estelle Talley, stepped in and, at age seven months, adopted Jamie too. ![]() Jamie Foxx was born Eric Marlon Bishop in Terrell, Texas, to Louise Annette Talley and Darrell Bishop, who worked as a stockbroker and had later changed his name to Shahid Abdula. Other prominent acting roles include the title role in the film Django Unchained (2012), the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and William Stacks in the modern version of Annie (2014). The same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the action film Collateral (2004). He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical film Ray (2004). Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian.
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