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Jamie Foxx was born in December 1967 in Terrell (a small city in the the south west of Texas). His real name is Eric Marlon Bishop. He became popular due to performing the role of Ray Charles in the biography movie “Ray”. After performing in it her became one of the black Americans who were honored with the Oscar award. He studied in the Gillard School and in the International American University in San Diego. His star was built in the Hollywood Valley of Fame in September 2007. His mother was Louise Annette Tally Dixon, and his father was Darrell Bishop who was working as a broker and changed his name into Shaved Abdullah after he entered the Islam religion. Soon after he was born he was adopted by the adoptive parents of his mother, by Espier Mary who was a nurse and housewife and by Mark Tally who was a worker on the factory. He was meeting from time to time with his real parents; by they never actually cared by him and were not educating him at all. Foxx grew up in the black sector of the Terrell and was raised as a protestant that he usually relied on his grandmother’s education. Due to grandmother’s insistence he was taking fortepiano classes since he was five. Jamie was participating in the church choir in Terrell and was studying the classic music in the school. Also he was really interested with the football professional carrier.

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Here you can learn about the movies Jamie Foxx acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Miami Vice - Ricardo Tubbs	$135M	2006	$25.7M	$63.4M
Ali - Drew 'Bundini' Brown	$107M	2001	$10.2M	$58.2M
Stealth - Lt. Henry Purcell	$100M	2005	$13.3M	$31.7M
The Kingdom - Ronald Fleury	$80M	2007	$17.1M	$47.5M
Jarhead - Staff Sgt. Sykes	$70M	2005	$27.7M	$62.6M
Dreamgirls - Curtis Taylor Jr., Soundtrack (performer: "Steppin' to the Bad Side", "Family", "It's All Over", "When I First Saw You", "When I First Saw You" (End Title Duet Version))	$70M	2006	$379K	$103M
Due Date - Darryl	$65M	2010	$32.7M	$100M
Collateral - Max	$65M	2004	$24.7M	$100M
The Soloist - Nathaniel Ayers	$60M	2009	$9.72M	$31.7M
Any Given Sunday - Willie Beamen, Soundtrack (writer: "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY", "MY NAME IS WILLIE") (performer: "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY", "MY NAME IS WILLIE", "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY OUTRO") (producer: "ANY GIVEN SUND	$55M	1999	$13.6M	$75.5M
Inside Man - Soundtrack (performer: "Gold Digger")	$45M	2006	$29M	$88.5M
Made of Honor - Soundtrack (performer: "Gold Digger")	$40M	2008	$14.8M	$46M
Law Abiding Citizen - Nick Rice	$40M	2009	$21M	$73.3M
Ray - Ray Charles, Soundtrack (performer: "Route 66", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "I Got a Woman", "Mary Ann", "Hit the Road Jack")	$40M	2004	$20M	$75.3M
Bait - Alvin Sanders	$35M	2000	$5.49M	$15.3M
Woo - Soundtrack (writer: "T-Shirt & Panties") (performer: "T-Shirt & Panties")	$13M	1998	$2.52M	$8.03M
Held Up - Michael	$8M	1999	$1.91M	$4.69M
Shade - Larry Jennings	$6.8M	2003	$10.7K	$10.7K
The Players Club - Blue	$4.5M	1998	$5.89M	$23M
Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie (documentary) - Much Love For	$400K	2005