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Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Actor and producer, also writer · Born December 13, 1967 (58) · Terrell, Texas, USA

Oscar winner · Golden Globe winner · BAFTA Award winner · 4 other major award bodies

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and film producer. He achieved his career breakthrough as a featured player on the sketch comedy show In Living Colour from 1991 to 1994. Following this success, he was given his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, in which he starred, co-created and produced from 1996 to 2001. Foxx received acclaim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray (2004), winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral. He gained further prominence for his film roles in Ali (2001), Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Horrible Bosses (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Annie (2014), Baby Driver (2017), and Soul (2020). He also played Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Walter McMillian in Just Mercy (2019). Foxx also embarked on a successful career as an R&B singer in the 2000s. He earned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with his features on the singles "Slow Jamz" by Twista, alongside Kanye West, and "Gold Digger" by the latter. His single "Blame It" won him the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Four of his five studio albums have charted in the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200: Unpredictable (2005), which topped the chart, Intuition (2008), Best Night of My Life (2010), and Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (2015). Since 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive producer of the Fox game show Beat Shazam. In 2021, he wrote his autobiography, Act Like You Got Some Sense. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Foxx, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
December 13, 1967 (58)
From
Terrell, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also writer
Titles
77 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 10% in 30 days

What are Jamie Foxx's films like?

Across their 76 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 65 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 37 · Serious 9 · Dark 19

A split, not a type: Grounded 35 · Stylized 20 · Heightened 10

Gentle 16 · Charged 25 · Intense 24

Steady 25 · Shifting 30 · Whiplash 10

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 21 · Funny 22

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 34 · Relentless 17

Casual 38 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 5

A split, not a type: Easy watch 33 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 17

Resolved 57 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

44 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 23 of 44 analyzed roles.

Hero
23 of 44
Mentor
8 of 44
Shadow
4 of 44
Trickster
3 of 44
Ally
3 of 44
Shapeshifter
1 of 44
Threshold guardian
1 of 44
Herald
1 of 44
Show the 44 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Joyful
27
Warm
26
Thrilling
19
Hopeful
19
Other
84

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy38
  • Bittersweet29
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical2
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jamie Foxx's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 57 of their 77 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Jamie Foxx's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 77 with a MovieCove page; 88 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Girl Dad(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Happy Birthday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • Tin Soldier(2025)

    Executive Producer · as The Bokushi

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Number One on the Call Sheet(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
  • Back in Action(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Matt

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...(2024)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Luther: Never Too Much(2024)

    Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • The Barnes Bunch(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Burial(2023)

    Producer · as Willie E. Gary

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Story Ave(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Strays(2023)

    as Bug (voice)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • God Is a Bullet(2023)

    Producer · as The Ferryman

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • They Cloned Tyrone(2023)

    Producer · as Slick Charles

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Alert(2023)

    Show 29 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
  • Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Day Shift(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Bud Jablonski

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Million Dollar Wheels(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)

    as Max Dillon / Electro

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer · as Brian Dixon

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
  • Soul(2020)

    as Joe Gardner (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Project Power(2020)

    as Art

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Just Mercy(2019)

    as Walter McMillian

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Rodman(2020)

    Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Robin Hood(2018)

    as Yahya / John

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • White Famous(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer · as Jamie Foxx

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
  • Baby Driver(2017)

    as Bats

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Beat Shazam(2017)

    Show 76 episodes · Producer · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
  • Sleepless(2017)

    as Vincent Downs

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Jackie Robinson(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jackie Robinson (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Annie(2014)

    as William "Will" Stacks

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Horrible Bosses 2(2014)

    as Motherfucker Jones

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • A Million Ways to Die in the West(2014)

    as Django (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014)

    as Electro / Max Dillon

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Rio 2(2014)

    as Nico (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • White House Down(2013)

    as President Sawyer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Circus Halligalli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Django Unchained(2012)

    as Django Freeman

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • In the Flow with Affion Crockett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

  • Horrible Bosses(2011)

    as Motherfucker Jones

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Night Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Rio(2011)

    as Nico (voice)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Due Date(2010)

    as Darryl

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • I'm Still Here(2010)

    as Jamie Foxx

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Thunder Soul(2010)

    Executive Producer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Valentine's Day(2010)

    as Kelvin Moore

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Plies: Goon In the Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Law Abiding Citizen(2009)

    as Nick Rice

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Soloist(2009)

    as Nathaniel Ayers

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • From G's to Gents(2008)

    Show 20 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
  • The Kingdom(2007)

    as Ronald Fleury

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Life Support(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Dreamgirls(2006)

    as Curtis Taylor Jr.

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Miami Vice(2006)

    as Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Jarhead(2005)

    as Staff Sgt. Sykes

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Stealth(2005)

    as Henry Purcell

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Ray(2004)

    as Ray Charles

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Collateral(2004)

    as Max Durocher

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Breakin' All the Rules(2004)

    as Quincy Watson

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story(2004)

    as Stan 'Tookie' Williams

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Shade(2003)

    as Larry Jennings

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked!(2003)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security(2002)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Driven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Ali(2001)

    as Drew 'Bundini' Brown

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Hard Knocks: Training Camp(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Bait(2000)

    as Alvin Sanders

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • 106 & Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Any Given Sunday(1999)

    as Willie Beamen

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Held Up(1999)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • The Roseanne Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • TRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Players Club(1998)

    as Blue

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Booty Call(1997)

    as Bunz

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • The Chris Rock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Jamie Foxx Show(1996)

    Show 100 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · as Jamie King

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
  • The Great White Hype(1996)

    as Hassan El Ruk'n

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Moesha(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Woody

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
  • Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole(1993)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Toys(1992)

    as Baker

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Later... with Jools Holland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hangin' with Mr. Cooper(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Coach Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
  • Roc(1991)

    Show 8 episodes · as Crazy George

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
  • All-Star Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Malik / Xavier / Cleveland A. Smith

  • Deadlocked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Actor

  • Fight for '84 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Actor

  • King Spawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Al Simmons / Spawn

  • Nico and Pedro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Nico (voice)

  • Untitled Mike Tyson Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mike Tyson

  • When We Pray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 93 titles, 86 of them dated from 1991 to 2026; peak year 2005.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19912026

Peak 2005 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 40 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 1 more milestone
  • 2019Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Just Mercy

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 93: 64 only acting, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdDirecting4 of 93: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting7 of 93: 3 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thProducing24 of 93: 9 only producing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thOther crew4 of 93: 0 only other crew, 4 with another role

93 titles, 16 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1990s16 · 15 acting · 2 crew2000s21 · 18 acting · 3 crew2010s26 · 23 acting · 4 crew2020s23 · 13 acting · 16 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 32% of 47 roles
920207121722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 2 other major awards from 28 major nominations, 2005–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Comedy Album
  2. 2025
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
  3. 2023
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
  4. 2020
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  5. 2010
    • Grammy Award, won · Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Contemporary R&B Album
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Song
  6. 2007
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +2 other major bodies · 4 nominations
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Album
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
  7. 2006
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  8. 2005
    • Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
    • +3 other major bodies · 1 win and 3 nominations
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jamie Foxx's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 63; across their 65 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 65

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 65

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 65

Midcredits score across 77 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th21
  • 25th to 49th18
  • Below 25th17

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 77 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Divisive7
  • Cult Classic6
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed28

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 53 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jamie Foxx's work okay for kids?

Across up to 40 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore36 titles17–88 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity40 titles12–67 · median 26 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity38 titles31–93 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs35 titles21–68 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense35 titles14–80 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jamie Foxx work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jamie Foxx's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Datari Turner shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles