From 1996 to 2001, Foxx starred in his own sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, and in 1992 he made his film debut. Foxx is the second male in history to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies, Collateral and Ray. He said, upon receiving the honor, ” one of the most amazing days of my life.” in April 2009, Foxx played the lead role in the dramatic film The Soloist. A few months later in October 2009, He played a starring role along side Gerard Butler in the thriller Law Abiding Citizen. It will be written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and he will star alongside Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson. His music career shifted into a higher gear when, in 2004, he was featured on rapper Twista’s song, “Slow Jamz”, which also featured Kanye West.

Foxx Confirms Tarantino’s Django Jamie Foxx has confirmed he’ll lead the cast in Quentin Tarantino’s much-anticipated re-imagined western Django Unchained. Foxx has been linked to the… [link]