Life in Film: Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx knows how to switch it up!

Jamie Foxx Keeps It Smooth No Matter What!  - We've been watching Eric Marlon Bishop, known professionally as Jamie Foxx, keep it cool throughout his career, from singing alongside Kanye to starring in blockbuster hits. We're here for all that Jamie Foxx has to offer us. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

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Jamie Foxx Keeps It Smooth No Matter What!  - We've been watching Eric Marlon Bishop, known professionally as Jamie Foxx, keep it cool throughout his career, from singing alongside Kanye to starring in blockbuster hits. We're here for all that Jamie Foxx has to offer us. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

He Took the Dare - Mr. Foxx is a comedian, actor and singer — talk about a modern day renaissance man. Foxx first told jokes at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989 after accepting a girlfriend's dare. And the rest is history. He got his first role on Living Color in 1991.(Photo: 20th Century Fox Television)

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He Took the Dare - Mr. Foxx is a comedian, actor and singer — talk about a modern day renaissance man. Foxx first told jokes at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989 after accepting a girlfriend's dare. And the rest is history. He got his first role on Living Color in 1991.(Photo: 20th Century Fox Television)

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He Makes Blockbuster Hits - Our man made his film debut in the 1992 comedy Toys. His first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday, where he was cast as a hard-partying American football player(Photo: Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures)

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He Makes Blockbuster Hits - Our man made his film debut in the 1992 comedy Toys. His first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday, where he was cast as a hard-partying American football player(Photo: Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures)

Jamie Foxx Took It to the West - Mr. Foxx starred in the controversial Quentin Tarantino film DJango Unchained back in 2012.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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Jamie Foxx Took It to the West - Mr. Foxx starred in the controversial Quentin Tarantino film DJango Unchained back in 2012.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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Jamie Foxx Gets a Star! - Back in 2010, a lot happened in Jamie Foxx's career. His name was included in the famed Hollywood walk of Stars. Not to mention, that same year he won a Grammy for his collaboration on "Blame It." (Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images)

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Dreamgirls

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Remember Jamie Foxx in Dreamgirls? - Remember that time when Jamie Foxx was in Dreamgirls right alongside Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Hudson!?(Photo: Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures)

Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable Career - Unpredictable is the second studio album by Mr. Foxx. It was released on December 27, 2005, by J Records in the United States. The album serves as the follow-up to his debut album ,Peep This (1994), and was his first release in 11 years.(Photo: J Records)

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Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable Career - Unpredictable is the second studio album by Mr. Foxx. It was released on December 27, 2005, by J Records in the United States. The album serves as the follow-up to his debut album ,Peep This (1994), and was his first release in 11 years.(Photo: J Records)

Jamie Foxx Plays Dr. King - Mr. Foxx interpreted MLK's dream while playing him in the biopic directed by Oliver Stone.(Photos from Left: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images)

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Jamie Foxx Plays Dr. King - Mr. Foxx interpreted MLK's dream while playing him in the biopic directed by Oliver Stone.(Photos from Left: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images)

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Mr. Foxx Never Seems to Stop - Jamie Foxx's story of making it from the comedy club to the game-changers club is an inspiration to us all and we can't wait to watch him during A Celebration of Hollywood.(Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

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Mr. Foxx Never Seems to Stop - Jamie Foxx's story of making it from the comedy club to the game-changers club is an inspiration to us all and we can't wait to watch him during A Celebration of Hollywood.(Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

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