Date of birth 13 December 1967 Birth place Texas, USA . Birth name Eric Marlon Bishop Nickname Jamie Foxx Height 5' 9 " (175cm) Jamie Foxx is an Academy Award Winning actor, Grammy Nominated singer, Pianist and Comedian..

Jamie Foxx also known as Eric Marlon Bishop, is a four time Grammy nominated singer, an American actor and a popular stand up comedian. Jamie Foxx is a unisex stage name that he chose for his stand up career. Jamie is known to have won many awards for his comedy.

His acting career started getting recognized after playing a foot ball player in the 1999 feature film ‘Any given Sunday’. Next he worked with Tom Cruise on Collateral, in which he plays the role of a cabbie who is driving around an assassin. Foxx won an Academy award for this role in 2005. Later he was chosen to do movies like ‘Stealth’, “Jarhead’, ‘Miami Vice’ and ‘Dream girls’.

Jamie Foxx has released a couple of R ’n’ B records as well.