Jamie Foxx: podcast appearances and interviews

Eric Marlon Bishop, known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and film producer born on December 13, 1967. He gained his career breakthrough as a featured player on the sketch comedy show In Living Color from 1991 to 1994. Following this, he starred, co-created, and produced his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996 to 2001. Foxx is renowned for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray (2004), a role that earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. That year, he was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Collateral. His film career includes notable performances in movies such as Ali, Jarhead, Dreamgirls, Miami Vice, Horrible Bosses, Django Unchained, Annie, Baby Driver, and Soul. He also played Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man: No Way Home, and portrayed Walter McMillian in Just Mercy. In addition to his acting career, Foxx found success as an R&B singer in the 2000s, earning two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with features on Twista's Slow Jamz and Kanye West's Gold Digger. His single Blame It won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Foxx has released five studio albums, with four charting in the top ten of the Billboard 200. Since 2017, he has served as the host and executive producer of the game show Beat Shazam and authored an autobiography titled Act Like You Got Some Sense in 2021.