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Trivia
Birth name: Eric Morlon Bishop
Date of birth: 13 December 1967
Place of birth: Terrell, Texas, USA
Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
First man of the millennium to host
"Saturday Night Live" (1975). [January 8, 2000]
Was a football quarterback in high school
He started as a stand up comedian.
Auditioned for the Cuba Gooding Jr. role in
Jerry Maguire (1996).
Had the role of Slim in The Wood (1999), but
had to drop out when he got the role of Willie Beamen in Any Given
Sunday (1999).
February 2004 - Pled guilty to one
misdemeanor count of disturbing the peace in a plea deal involving
previous charges of battery against a New Orleans policeman in a casino
last April. He received two years probation and a $1500 fine.
Attended Juilliard where he studied
classical piano
His piano lessons started at the age of
three at his grandmother's insistence.
His top five favorite songs are "Do Me,
Baby" by Prince,
"Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye, "Always and
Forever" by Heatwave, "It's All About the Benjamins" by
Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and "Lady" by Lionel Richie.
Attended United States International
University (currently known as Alliant International University) from
1986 to 1988.
As a second grader, he was so talented in
telling jokes that his teacher used him as a reward. If the class
behaved, Foxx would tell them jokes.
In Ray (2004/I), he wore prosthetic eyelids
which made him virtually blind.
Went to the United States International
University in San Diego after graduation on a music scholarship.
Is the first person to have been nominated
for three acting awards at the Golden Globes in the same year.
He said that Richard Pryor is his idol in
comedy, Denzel
Washington is his idol in acting, and that Steve Hardin is his idol
in music.
His three Golden Globe nominations were
announced on his 37th birthday.
Started out as a stand up comedian, often
doing imitations of former president Ronald Reagan
On January 25th, 2005, he became one of the
elite ten thespians to have been nominated for both a Supporting and
Lead Acting Academy Award in the same year for their achievements in two
different movies. The other nine are Fay Bainter, Teresa Wright, Barry
Fitzgerald (he has been nominated in both categories for the same role
in the same movie), Jessica Lange, Sigourney Weaver, Al
Pacino, Emma Thompson, Holly Hunter and Julianne
Moore.
Is only the second male in history to
receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different
movies. The first male to do so was Al
Pacino.
First African American to be nominated for
two Oscars in the same year.
At the 2005 Grammy Awards, he performed
"Georgia on my Mind" with Alicia Keyes as a tribute to Ray
Charles, whom he portrayed in Ray (2004/I) the previous year and became
good friends with him before he passed away.
As of January 25th, 2005, he became the
sixth actor nominated for playing a pianist. The first to be nominated
(and win) was F. Murray Abraham, who beat out co-star Tom Hulce for the
Best Actor Oscar in _Amadeus (1984)_ . The second to be nominated was
Holly Hunter who won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a
mute pianist in _Piano, The (1993)_ . Geoffrey Rush won the Best Actor
Oscar for his work in Shine (1996). And in 2002, Adrien Brody won the
Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Pianist (2002). And now,
Jamie Foxx is nominated for his performance as the legendary musician
Ray Charles in the hit biopic Ray (2004/I).
His Oscar win for Ray (2004/I) along with Morgan
Freeman's win for Million Dollar Baby (2004), was the second time
two African-Americans won Oscars in the same year. The first was in 2002
when Denzel
Washington won Best Actor for Training Day and Halle Berry won Best
Actress for Monster's Ball.
He and Holly Hunter have both won Oscars for
playing pianists - and for playing the piano themselves in their
respective roles. In 1993, the same year that Hunter won Best Actress,
she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm, in which she
appeared opposite Tom
Cruise. In 2004, Foxx was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor
for Collateral, also opposite Tom Cruise.
Cousin Michael Bishop starred at quarterback
for Kansas State University in the mid-1990s and currently plays for the
Arena Football League's Grand Rapids Rampage.
Only one of a few actors to win the
quadruple award crown during motion picture award season. Foxx won a
Golden Globe, the SAG Award, the BAFTA Award and topped it off with the
Oscar.
Was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful
People" by People Magazine in 2005
Is a Miami Heat fan
Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.
His 10-year-old daughter accompanied him to
the Oscars in 2005.
First person to win an Academy Award for
"Best Actor" and to have had a #1 chart hit ("Gold
digger" by 'Kanye
West feat. Jamie Foxx)
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