Jamie Foxx
Stand-up comedian · Thousand Oaks, CA

Jamie Foxx

Also known as Eric Marlon Bishop

Who Jamie Foxx is

Jamie Foxx is a stand-up comedian, actor and singer from Terrell, Texas, who broke through as a featured player on the sketch show In Living Color. He began doing stand-up at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989 under the stage name Jamie Foxx, then starred in and co-created The Jamie Foxx Show and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Ray Charles in Ray (2004). He is host and executive producer of the Fox game show Beat Shazam, and his Netflix stand-up special What Had Happened Was... premiered in December 2024.

At a glance

Born
1967
Based in
Thousand Oaks, CA
Came up through
Def Comedy Jam and In Living Color
Stand-up specials
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was..., Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked!, Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security and 1 more
Podcasts
Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me
On screen
In Living Color, Roc, The Jamie Foxx Show and 5 more

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

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Career timeline

  1. 1967Born
  2. 1991In Living Color (featured player, 1991–1994) On screen
  3. 1992Roc (Crazy George, 1992–1993) On screen
  4. 1993Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole (1993) Special
  5. 1996The Jamie Foxx Show (Jamie King, 1996–2001; co-creator and producer) On screen
  6. 2000Saturday Night Live (host, 2000, 2012) On screen
  7. 2002Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (2002) Special
  8. 2003Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked! (2003) Special
  9. 2004Ray (Ray Charles, 2004, film) On screen
  10. 2012Django Unchained (Django, 2012, film) On screen
  11. 2017Beat Shazam (host and executive producer, 2017–present) On screen
  12. 2021Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (Brian Dixon, 2021; co-creator) On screen
  13. 2021Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me (book, 2021) Book
  14. 2024Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... (2024, Netflix) Special

Questions about Jamie Foxx

Where is Jamie Foxx performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was..., Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked!, Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security and Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole.

What podcast do they host?

Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me.

What TV shows and films are they in?

In Living Color, Roc, The Jamie Foxx Show, Saturday Night Live, Beat Shazam and Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, among 8 credits.

Where did they get their start?

Def Comedy Jam (stand-up) and In Living Color (featured player).

Where are they based?

Thousand Oaks, CA, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1967.

Who are some comedians like them?

Damon Wayans (also came through In Living Color), Jim Carrey (also came through In Living Color), Keenen Ivory Wayans (also came through In Living Color), Larry Wilmore (also came through In Living Color) and Marlon Wayans (also came through In Living Color).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

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Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026