Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx reached the height of his popularity playing ray charles in the Academy Award winning film ray. But even before jamie foxx became a movie star, he was known for his comedy work on television with In Living Color and the jamie foxx show, as well as for his jamie foxx music. Jamie Foxx is a very well-rounded actor, becoming one of only four actors in history to have both an Academy Award (for ray) and a number one record. While jamie foxx reached huge Hollywood success with ray, other jamie foxx movies like Collaterol, Jarhead, Miami Vice, and Dreamgirls have proved that Jamie Foxx could have a lasting Hollywood career. His jamie foxx music also continues to be popular, as Jamie Foxx often performs as a vocalist on albums by hip hop artists like Kanye West. Jamie Foxx seemed to come out of nowhere when he crossed over from sitcom star to Oscar winning actor with his portrayal of ray charles but ever since jamie foxx has been proving himself over and over again to Hollywood.

 

Jamie Foxx was a star on the sketch comedy show In Living Color. Jamie Foxx was known for his impressions and unique original characters, including a boxer and an ugly girl. At the time, jamie foxx was also known for his stand-up comedy routine. Though jamie foxx is generally seen in dramatic films, it was comedy that first brought Jamie Foxx fame. It is actually kind of funny to watch jamie foxx comedy now because you know that the man doing silly impressions on screen would won day win an Academy Award for his impression of ray charles. Perhaps it was the comedic skill jamie foxx displayed in his early years that helped Jamie Foxx do such an accurate ray charles impression.

 

More than just an impression, however, jamie foxx actually made audiences believe he was ray charles and feel for ray like he was the real man. After In Living Color was cancelled, jamie foxx came back to television with the jamie foxx show. The jamie foxx show aired between 1996- 2001. The jamie foxx show was one of many sitcoms on the WB. The jamie foxx show had a devoted fanbase but did not really reach broader audiences until it was cancelled and brought into syndication. Now the jamie foxx show is shown in syndication on networks such as BET and local cable stations. In the jamie foxx show, Jamie Foxx was able to show off both his acting and singing talents. Like in real life, the jamie foxx show is based on Jamie Foxx playing an actor and musician from Texas who moves to Hollywood to start his career. The character jamie foxx played in the jamie foxx show was pretty much himself in an odd situation. In the jamie foxx show, Jamie Foxx has to manage a family hotel business while juggling an entertainment career.

 

The first season of the jamie foxx show was released on DVD but did not sell well. In terms of jamie foxx music, Jamie Foxx has been playing piano and singing since he was a child. Though jamie foxx music did not become popular with broader audiences until after the announcement and release of ray, jamie foxx music has existed since the mid 1990s. In 1994, the first album of jamie foxx music, Peep This, was released. It was two Kanye West songs in 2004 featuring jamie foxx music that brought Jamie Foxx into popular mainstream hip hop. A second album of jamie foxx music, Unpredictable, was released after ray and topped the charts. The popularity of jamie foxx music skyrocketed as Jamie Foxx appeared in ray. The jamie foxx music that appears on the ray soundtrack was especially popular with fans of ray. Some jamie foxx music in the style of the ray charles song “Georgia On My Mind” even appeared in a Ludacris song. While Jamie Foxx has received most of his acclaim for his acting, the jamie foxx music played a huge role in his acting success with ray. The film ray tells the story of the life of ray charles. When ray was first announced, ray charles was still alive. Though by the time ray was released ray charles had died, he was still able to select Jamie Foxx as the lead role. In ray, jamie foxx plays the blind musician in a very careful imitation of ray charles and the way he moved and spoke. Particular detail to the way ray charles swayed back and forth added authenticity to Jamie Foxx’s performance.

 

The film ray was a success mainly due to this jamie foxx performance. While the movie ray was pretty good, it was the Jamie Foxx portrayal of ray charles that was great. Jamie Foxx was considered a shoe-in at the 2006 Academy Awards for Best Actor for his portrayal of ray charles. The great performance given by jamie foxx, combined with the death of ray charles that same year, ensured that the Academy did not disappoint. Since ray, jamie foxx has starred in a number of Hollywood films, most with mixed reviews. Some of the more recent films starring Jamie Foxx include Collaterol, Jarhead, and Dreamgirls. The best role for jamie foxx as a follow-up to ray is probably found in Dreamgirls. It seems that Jamie Foxx is at his best when he is able to combine his sense of humour and his musical talents in a dramatic film. But there are not enough musical bio-pic roles to build a career for Jamie Foxx.

 

The other roles most often selected by jamie foxx are those where he plays some sort of tough guy – a football player, a soldier, a cop, etc. In these roles, jamie foxx has done well but besides ray, the only other film where Jamie Foxx truly excelled was Collaterol, as the taxi driver who is having a really bad night. But still the career of Jamie Foxx is on the rise and films like ray and Dreamgirls continue to bring jamie foxx success.