Jamie Foxx

After his latest nominations for the best actor and supporting actor, Jamie Foxx's career, accomplishments and talents have constantly been rising, seeing as though his performance in the film "Ray" was remarkably astonishing. Surprising critics his entertainment skills have improved so much, but those skills Jamie says "Were there all along". It doesn't seem like he has been in the business for 15 years, it seems shorter than that. But how did this entertainment star come about?

Born Eric Morlon Bishop, nationally known actor, comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx has some of the most rewarding achievements in his career. Achievements that some would say adopted children could not be able to achieve and battles that could not be overcome. Terrell, Texas is where it all started for Jamie after being adopted by his grandparents, Mark and Esther Talley at the age of 7 months. His mother, Louise left him with her adopted parents because of marriage problems with his father, which caused her to be extremely stressful, and depressant. Since being raised by his grandparents Jamie Foxx had a very enjoyable upbringing causing him to join Boy Scouts and be active in sports, and in his church's choir. Everything he did he excelled in, from music to academics to football because of his determined personality.

As a teenager Jamie stepped into his own limelight by directing his church choir, and music program, and also started his own R&B music band. Always participating in church musical shows and him as the director of his choir, he received great credit and glory for their success. At that point he had his very first taste of the entertainment business and realized that was the field for him. After that Jamie Foxx began studying music and was awarded a scholarship for classical piano at United States International University from 1986 to 1988 but decided not to finish. From there he attended Julliard for more classical piano training. While growing up Foxx had three role models: Richard Pryor for his idol in comedy, Denzel Washington for his idol in acting and Steve Hardin for his idol in music.

Bursting on the scene in 1990 Jamie Foxx got his debut as a character on Fox Network's show "In Living Color". The show was known for its ridiculing humor which gave Jamie's natural comical abilities time to shine. Now recognized for his humor, plenty of networks called him for stand comedy shows for late nights. That's all the time Jamie needed to get his message across that he was a performer. In 1992, he won his first feature role as a supporting character in Robin Williams movie "Toys". From that point Foxx would go onto 2 more supporting roles in movies such as, "The Truth About Cats & Dogs", and "The Great White Hype", along with performing a voice in the cartoon "C-Bear and Jamal". At that moment the business knew this actor was a star, by giving him his own sitcom on the Warner Brother's network Jamie felt accomplished but he knew his career was just blooming. While "The Jamie Foxx Show" was still