Poitier apparently told Foxx at that crucial meeting, “‘I want to give you responsibility … When I saw your performance, it made me grow two inches.’”Īt that moment, Foxx says, he broke down. He finally learned the gravitas of the situation after meeting Sidney Poitier, who is the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Who look like they just want to say, ‘Good look.’ They want to say, ‘Don’t blow it.’” “Black actors from the ’60s and the ’70s. “We go in the house and there are all these old actors,” Foxx said.
In an effort to get Foxx on a better path, Winfrey organized a meeting for him with several legendary black actors at Quincy Jones’ home. Make you understand the significance of what you’re doing.’” “‘All of this gallivanting and all this kind of s–t, that’s not what you want to do … I want to take you somewhere. “‘You’re blowing it, Jamie Foxx,’” the 49-year-old remembered Winfrey telling him. “I’m drinking … I’m doing every f–king thing you could possibly imagine.”īut his hard partying came to a screeching halt after Winfrey phoned the actor. “I’m having such a good time and I’m not knowing I’m f–king up,” Foxx shared on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show Tuesday. In addition his recurrent In Living Color character LaWanda shared names with Redd’s friend and co-worker, LaWanda Page.Sometimes it takes Oprah Winfrey’s touch to make magic work.ĭuring the 2004-2005 awards season, Jamie Foxx was having the time of his life as rave reviews of his Ray Charles biopic, “Ray,” and a Best Actor Oscar nomination catapulted his career. He chose his surname as a tribute to comedian Redd Foxx. When he found that female comedians were often called first to perform, he changed his name to Jamie Foxx, feeling that it was an ambiguous enough name to disallow any biases. He has often acknowledged his grandmother’s influence in his life as one of the greatest reasons for his success.Īfter accepting a girlfriend’s dare, Foxx told jokes and did impressions at a comedy club’s open mic night in 1989. After completing high school, Foxx received a scholarship to United States International University, where he studied classical music and composition.
He also sang in a band called Leather and Lace. He was the first player in the school’s history to pass for more than 1,000 yards. As a teenager, he was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell’s New Hope Baptist Church.įoxx attended Terrell High School, where he received top grades, played basketball and football as quarterback, and had an ambition to play for the Dallas Cowboys.
Foxx had a strict Baptist upbringing and began piano lessons at the age of five by his grandmother’s orders. Terrell was a racially segregated community at the time. Foxx was abandoned seven months after birth, and was subsequently adopted and raised in Terrell by his mother’s adoptive parents, Estelle and Mark Talley. He is the son of Louise Annette Talley Dixon and Darrell Bishop. He is also a Grammy Award winning musician, producing two albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200: Unpredictable, which topped the chart, and Intuition.įoxx was born as Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas.
As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical/comedy. Eric Marlon Bishop, professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and singer.
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