Happy Birthday: Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Born: December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas, USA

[on wearing prosthetic eyelids which made him blind in Ray (2004)] After six hours of being blind, you lose the sense of how a person is physically. It was amazing to hear the little buzzing voices all around you.

[2005 Academy Awards acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Ray (2004)] I guess we got to do it again. “Oh, ah!” Yeah, you’re ready. That’s for Ray Charles. Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.

I got so many people to thank tonight. First I want to start it out with Taylor Hackford. Taylor, you took a chance, man. I mean that love for Ray Charles was deep, down in the earth. It’s cracked open. And it’s spilling. And everybody’s drowning in this love. I thank you for taking a chance on this film. And thank you for waiting 15 years to get me to do it. I want to thank you.

Any Given Sunday 1999 dir. Oliver Stone starring Foxx Al Pacino

RIO dir. Carlos Saldanha Stars: Jesse Eisenberg Anne Hathaway

Ali 2001 dir. Mann Starring Will Smith Foxx Jon Voight

DUE DATE dir. Todd Phillips Stars: Robert Downey Jr. Zach Galifianakis

Collateral 2004 dir. Mann starring Tom Cruise Foxx

Miami Vice 2006 dir. Mann starring Colin Farrell Foxx

The Kingdom 2007 Directed by Berg Starring Foxx Jennifer Garner

Law Abiding Citizen dir. F. Gary Gray Stars: Gerard Butler Foxx Leslie Bibb

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 2014 dir. Marc Webb Stars: Andrew Garfield Emma Stone

DREAMGIRLS 2006 dir. Bill Condon Stars: Beyonce Jamie Foxx

HORRIBLE BOSSES dir. Seth Gordon Stars: Jason Bateman Charlie Day

The Soloist 2009 dir. Joe Wright Starring Robert Downey Jr. Foxx

Valentine’s Day dir. Garry Marshall Starring Julia Roberts Jamie Foxx

DJANGO UNCHAINED dir. Quentin Tarantino Stars: Jamie Foxx Don Johnson

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 2014 dir. Marc Webb Stars: Andrew Garfield Emma Stone

RIO 2 2014 dir. Carlos Saldanha Stars: Anne Hathaway Rodrigo Santoro

WHITE HOUSE DOWN 2013 dir. Roland Emmerich Stars: Channing Tatum Jamie Foxx

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