Jamie Foxx

 Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer , and comedian from the United States. He has won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in the Leading Role as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the genre of Musical or Comedy, for his role in the biographical film Ray (2004). He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2004 for his role in the action movie Collateral. Other prominent acting roles include the title role in the movie Django Unchained (2012), the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), and William Stacks in the modern version of Annie (2014).Jamie Foxx was born Eric Marlon Bishop in Terrell, Texas, to Louise Annette Talley and Darrell Bishop, who worked as a stockbroker. He later changed his name to Shahid Abdula. His mother was an adopted child. When her marriage to his father fell apart, his maternal grandparents, Mark and Estelle Talley came in and, at the age of seven months old, adopted Jamie too. He's said that he had a very rigid upbringing that placed him within the Boy Scouts and the church choir. While in high school, he played the position of quarterback for his high school team and was good enough to ensure that he got press in Dallas newspapers. He majored in music at college. He has released a music album.