Jamie Foxx Biography

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film Ray. The same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral.

Other prominent acting roles include Staff Sergeant Sykes in Jarhead (2005), Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation of TV series Miami Vice, the title role in the film Django Unchained (2012), and the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). Foxx also starred in the 1990-1994 sketch comedy show In Living Color and his own television show from 1996 to 2001, the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, in which he played Jamie King, Jr. Foxx also starred in the 2014 film Annie, in which he played Will Stacks.

Foxx is also a Grammy Award-winning musician, producing four albums which have charted in the top ten of the US 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).

Early life

Eric Marlon Bishop was born in Terrell, Texas on December 13, 1967. He is the son of Darrell Bishop (renamed Shahid Abdula following his conversion to Islam), who sometimes worked as a stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley Dixon. Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents, Esther Marie (Nelson), a domestic worker and nursery operator, and Mark Talley, a yard worker. He has had little contact with his birth parents, who were not part of his upbringing. Foxx was raised in the black quarter of Terrell, which at the time was a racially segregated community. He has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence in his life as one of the greatest reasons for his success.

Foxx began playing the piano when he was five years old. He had a strict Baptist upbringing, and as a teenager he was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church. His natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader, when his teacher would use him as a reward: if the class behaved, Foxx would tell them jokes. Foxx attended Terrell High School, where he received top grades and played basketball and football (as quarterback). His ambition was to play for the Dallas Cowboys, and he was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards. He also sang in a band called Leather and Lace. After completing high school, Foxx received a scholarship to United States International University, where he studied classical music and composition.

Career

1989-2003: Beginnings and acting debut

Foxx first told jokes at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989, after accepting a girlfriend's dare. When he found that female comedians were often called first to perform, he changed his name to Jamie Foxx, feeling that it was a name ambiguous enough to disallow any biases. He chose his surname as a tribute to the black comedian Redd Foxx. Foxx joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991, where his recurrent character Wanda also shared a name with Redd's friend and co-worker, LaWanda Page. Following a recurring role in the comedy-drama sitcom Roc, Foxx went on to star in his own sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, from 1996 to 2001.

Foxx 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, partly because of his own football background. Five years later, Foxx played taxi driver Max Durocher in the film Collateral alongside Tom Cruise, for which he received outstanding reviews and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 1994, Foxx released an album (on the Fox record label) entitled Peep This, which was not successful due to low album sales. In 2003, Foxx made a cameo in Benzino's music video for "Would You", which features LisaRaye McCoy and Mario Winans.

2003-2006: Ray, Unpredictable, and Dreamgirls

In 2003, Foxx featured on the rapper Twista's song, "Slow Jamz", together with Kanye West, which reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #3 on the UK Singles chart. His second collaboration with Kanye West, "Gold Digger," in which Foxx sang the Ray Charles-influenced "I Got a Woman" hook, then went straight to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining there for 10 weeks. In 2005, Foxx featured on the single "Georgia" by Atlanta rappers Ludacris and Field Mob, which sampled Ray Charles' hit "Georgia on My Mind".

Foxx would also portray Ray Charles in the biographical film Ray (2004), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Foxx is the second male in history to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies, Collateral and Ray (the only other male actor to achieve this feat being Al Pacino). In 2005, Foxx was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Foxx released his second studio album, Unpredictable, in December 2005. It debuted at #2, selling 598,000 copies in its first week, rising to #1 the following week and selling an additional 200,000 copies. To date, the album has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States, and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA. The album also charted on the UK Albums Chart, where it peaked at #9. Foxx became the fourth artist to have both won an Academy Award for an acting role and to have achieved a #1 album in the U.S, joining Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Barbra Streisand. Foxx's first single from the album, the title track "Unpredictable" (featuring Ludacris), peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles and also made the UK Top 20 singles chart; the track samples "Wildflower" by New Birth. The second US single from the album was "DJ Play a Love Song," which reunited Foxx with Twista. In the UK, the second single was "Extravaganza", which saw Foxx once again collaborate with Kanye West, although Foxx did not feature in the song's music video.

At the 2006 Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards, Foxx won Best Duet/Collaboration with Kanye West for "Gold Digger" and tied with Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" for Video of the Year. On December 8, 2006, Foxx received four Grammy Award nominations, which included Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Love Changes featuring Mary J. Blige, Best R&B Album for Unpredictable, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Georgia by Ludacris & Field Mob featuring Jamie Foxx, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Unpredictable featuring Ludacris.

Following on from these successes, Foxx went on to appear in the box-office hits Jarhead, Miami Vice and Dreamgirls, which lifted his profile even higher as a bankable star in Hollywood.

2007-2009: Intuition

2007 brought him the lead role in the action thriller film The Kingdom opposite Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner and Ashraf Barhom. In September 2007, Foxx was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: "[it was] one of the most amazing days of my life," said Foxx. 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 alongside Gerard Butler in the thriller Law Abiding Citizen.

Foxx released his third album titled Intuition in 2008, featuring Kanye West, T.I., Ne-Yo, Lil' Kim and T-Pain. The album's first single, "Just Like Me" featuring T.I., was promoted by a video directed by Brett Ratner which featured an appearance by actress Taraji P. Henson. The second single "Blame It" featured T-Pain and became a top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and a number-one single on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The "Blame It" music video, directed by Hype Williams, features cameo appearances by Forest Whitaker, Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Howard, Quincy Jones and his Jarhead co-star Jake Gyllenhaal, amongst others.

Foxx's musical career has also included a number of collaborations. In 2007, he recorded the song "She Goes All the Way" with country superstars Rascal Flatts for their Still Feels Good album. Foxx performed backing vocals for artist/songwriter Tank. He featured alongside The-Dream on Plies' "Please Excuse My Hands." He also appeared alongside Fabolous on the remix of Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent". Foxx collaborated with rapper The Game on the track "Around the World". Foxx also featured on T.I.'s single "Live in the Sky" from the album King.

On January 22, 2007, Foxx launched The Foxxhole, a channel on Sirius Satellite Radio featuring talk-radio programs, stand-up comedy albums and music primarily by African-American performers, as well as much of Foxx's own material. Foxx's own talk-radio variety program The Jamie Foxx Show airs Friday evenings on The Foxxhole with guests including musicians, actors and fellow comedians; co-hosts have included Johnny Mack, Speedy, Claudia Jordan, The Poetess, Lewis Dix, Yvette Wilson, T.D.P and Tyrin Turner. On the April 17, 2009 episode of The Jamie Foxx Show, Foxx and his co-hosts made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding the teenage singer Miley Cyrus. Several days later Foxx issued a public apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in response to growing public outcry and televised criticism by Cyrus's father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

On April 6, 2009, Foxx, a longtime fan of country music, performed the George Strait song "You Look So Good in Love" at the George Strait Artist of the Decade All-Star Concert. Jamie Foxx hosted the 2009 BET Awards ceremony on June 28, 2009, which featured several tributes to pop star Michael Jackson, who had died three days prior to the show. As well as performing "Blame It" with T-Pain and "She Got Her Own" with Ne-Yo and Fabolous, Foxx opened the show with a rendition of Jackson's "Beat It" dance routine and closed the show with a cover of The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" with Ne-Yo. "We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else.", said Foxx during the ceremony.

2010-12: Best Night of My Life and Django Unchained

In April 2011, Foxx voiced Nico, a canary in the movie Rio. During the summer of 2011, Foxx was involved as a producer in In the Flow with Affion Crockett on Fox.

Foxx released his fourth album, Best Night of My Life, on December 21, 2010, featuring the singles "Winner" (featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I.), "Living Better Now" (featuring rapper Rick Ross) and "Fall for Your Type" (featuring rapper Drake). On October 7, the RCA Music Group announced that it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records, meaning that all artists (including Foxx) previously signed to the three labels will release their future material on the RCA Records brand. In 2011, Jamie Foxx also featured on the rapper Pitbull's album "Planet Pit", in the song "Where Do We Go".

In 2012, Foxx starred in the title role of the Quentin Tarantino written and directed Django Unchained. Foxx starred alongside his Ray co-star Kerry Washington, as well as Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson. In an interview about Django Unchained, Foxx told Vibe magazine: "As a black person it's always racial. ... when I get home my other homies are like how was your day? Well, I only had to be white for at least eight hours today, [or] I only had to be white for four hours." The filming was emotional as Foxx said, "It"?s tough shooting when you"?re in plantation row and that"?s where your ancestors were persecuted and killed."

On November 25, 2012 at BET"?s Soul Train Awards, Foxx joked: "It's like church in here. First of all, giving honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama." The joke led to condemnation from some Christians, to which Foxx responded: "I'm a comic [and] sometimes I think people get a little too tight." While hosting Saturday Night Live on December 8, 2012 to promote Django Unchained, Foxx joked about being excited "to kill all the white people in the movie". Appearing at the 2013 NAACP Image Awards, Foxx praised the achievements of black people, saying that "black people are the most talented people in the world".

2013-present: White House Down and Hollywood

In 2013, Foxx was cast as President James Sawyer in White House Down alongside Channing Tatum. The following year, Foxx appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as the villain Electro, and co-starred with Quvenzhan Wallis in Annie, Sony's Will Smith and Jay-Z produced update of the comic strip-turned-musical. Director Oliver Stone has also confirmed that Foxx will play Martin Luther King Jr. in his upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced biopic. His October 2014 Deja Vu duet with Dionne Warwick appears on the Feels So Good album released by Warwick.

Foxx released his fifth studio album, Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses, on May 18, 2015. It debuted atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. In 2015, Foxx's voice was featured in the chorus on Ariana Grande's new song, "Focus".

Legal incident

In April 2003, Foxx was involved in an incident with two police officers who were attempting to escort him and his sister out of Harrah's casino in New Orleans. Employees claimed the Foxx party had failed to show identification upon entry. Originally charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace, battery on police officers and resisting arrest, Foxx pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace in exchange for the other charges being dropped, and was sentenced to a six-month suspended jail term with two years probation and a $1,500 fine.

Personal life

Foxx has two daughters: Corinne Bishop (born 1994) and Annalise (born August 2009). Corinne made her formal debut at the Bal des dbutantes in November 2014 and was named Miss Golden Globe 2016 on November 18, 2015.

In 2008, Foxx filmed a public service announcement for Do Something to promote food drives in local communities.

Foxx has been involved in feuds with co-stars LL Cool J and Colin Farrell.

On January 18, 2016, Foxx rescued a young man from a burning vehicle that crashed outside his home. The driver, Brett Kyle, was driving his truck "at a high rate of speed" when the truck left the road, traveled into a drainage ditch, and rolled over multiple times. Kyle was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Discography

Studio albums

• Peep This (1994)
• Unpredictable (2005)
• Intuition (2008)
• Best Night of My Life (2010)
• Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (2015)

Tours

• The Unpredictable Tour (2006)
• The Blame It Tour (2009)

Stand-up specials

• Jamie Foxx: Straight from the Foxxhole (1993)
• Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (2002)
• Jamie Foxx Unleashed: Lost, Stolen and Leaked! (2003)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Toys	Baker
1996	'	Ed
	'	Hassan El Ruk'n
1997	Booty Call	Bunz
1998	'	Blue
1999	Held Up	Michael
	Any Given Sunday	Willie Beamen	Nominated "? Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated "? New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
2000	Bait	Alvin Sanders
2001	Ali	Drew Bundini Brown
2003	Shade	Larry Jennings
2004	Breakin' All the Rules	Quincy Watson
	Collateral	Max	Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated "? Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated "? BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated "? Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated "? Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated "? Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated "? NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated "? Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated "? Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
	Ray	Ray Charles	Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Black Reel Award for Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Nominated "? Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated "? Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor - Drama
2005	Stealth	Lt. Henry Purcell
	Jarhead	Staff Sgt. Sykes
2006	Miami Vice	Ricardo Tubbs
	Dreamgirls	Curtis Taylor, Jr.
2007	'	Ronald Fleury
2009	'	Nathaniel Ayers
	Law Abiding Citizen	Nick Rice
2010	Valentine's Day	Kelvin Moore
	Due Date	Darryl
	I'm Still Here	Himself
2011	Rio	Nico	Voice role
	Horrible Bosses	Dean "Motherfucker" Jones
2012	Django Unchained	Django Freeman	MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment Nominated "? Black Reel Award for Best Actor Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Performance
2013	White House Down	President James Sawyer
2014	Rio 2	Nico	Voice role
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Max Dillon / Electro	Nominated "? Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain Nominated "? Kids Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor Nominated "? Kids Choice Award for Favorite Villain
	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Django Freeman	Cameo appearance
	Horrible Bosses 2	Dean "Motherfucker" Jones
	Annie	William Stacks
2017	Sleepless	Vincent Downs
	Baby Driver	Bats
2018	Robin Hood	Little John	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991-94	In Living Color	Various	Main cast; Seasons 3-5; 95 episodes
1992-93	Roc	Crazy George	Seasons 2-3; 7 episodes
1996	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Coach Armstrong	"Rivals" (Season 4, Episode 17)
1996-97	3rd Rock from the Sun	Damon	2 episodes
1996-2001	'	Jamie King	Main role; 100 episodes; Also creator, director and executive producer
2000, 2012	Saturday Night Live	Himself/Host	Episodes: "Jamie Foxx/Blink-182" and "Jamie Foxx/Ne-Yo"
2001	2001 MTV Video Music Awards	Himself/Host	TV special
2004	Chappelle's Show	Black Tony Blair	Season 2, Episode 13
	Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story	Tookie	Television film
2011	When I Was 17	Himself	Season 3, Episode 50
2013	David Blaine: Real or Magic	Himself	TV special
2016	Jackie Robinson	Jackie Robinson (voice)	Ken Burns documentary for PBS

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Watch Dogs	James Warrick	Mission: A Risky Business

Awards and nominations

Television Awards
Award	Notes
Image Awards	1998, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show (winner) 1999, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show (nominated) 2000, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show (nominated) 2001, Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: The Jamie Foxx Show (nominated)
Music Awards
Award	Notes
American Music Awards	2006, Favorite R&B/Soul Male Artist (winner) 2006, Favorite R&B/Soul Album: Unpredictable (nominated) 2009, Favorite R&B/Soul Male Artist (nominated)
BET Awards	2006, Best Male R&B Artist (nominated) 2006, Best Collaboration ("Unpredictable") with Ludacris (nominated) 2009, Best Collaboration ("Blame It") with T-Pain (winner) 2009, Video of the Year: ("Blame It") (nominated) 2009, Best Male R&B Artist (nominated)
Grammy Awards	2010, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group ("Blame It") with T-Pain (winner) 2010, Best Contemporary R&B Album (Intuition) (nominated) 2010, Best R&B Song ("Blame It") (nominated) 2007, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Unpredictable") with Ludacris (nominated) 2007, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Georgia") with Ludacris & Field Mob (nominated) 2007, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group ("Love Changes") with Mary J. Blige (nominated) 2007, Best R&B Album (Unpredictable) (nominated) 2006, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Slow Jamz") with Twista & Kanye West (nominated) 2006, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("Creepin") (nominated) 2006, Best Rap Solo Performance ("Gold Digger") with Kanye West (winner)
Image Awards	2009, Outstanding Male Artist (winner) 2006, Outstanding Male Artist (winner)
MOBO Awards	2006, Best R&B Act (nominated)
MTV Video Music Awards	2006, Best Hip-Hop Video: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated) 2006, Best Ringtone: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated) 2006, Best R&B Video: "Unpredictable" featuring Ludacris (nominated) 2004, MTV2 Award: "Slow Jamz" with Twista & Kanye West (nominated)
Soul Train Awards	2009, Record of the Year: "Blame It" (winner) 2009, Album of the Year: Intuition (nominated) 2007, Best R&B/Soul Album, Male: Unpredictable (winner) 2006, Best Music Video: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (winner) 2006, Best R&B/Soul Dance Cut: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated)
Vibe Awards	2005, Best Collabo: "Gold Digger" with Kanye West (nominated) 2004, Best Collabo: "Slow Jamz" with Twista & Kanye West (nominated)
Movie/TV Awards
Award	Notes
Academy Awards	2004, Nominated Best Supporting Actor - Collateral 2004, Won Best Actor - Ray
BAFTA Awards	2005, Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Ray 2004, Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Collateral
BET Awards	2006, Nominated Best Actor 2005, Won Best Actor
Black Movie Awards	2006, Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Jarhead
Black Reel Awards	2007, Nominated - Best Actor - Dreamgirls 2005, Won Best Actor, Drama - Ray 2004, Won Best Actor - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV) 2004, Won Best Supporting Actor - Collateral 2004, Nominated - Best Actor, Musical or Comedy - Breakin' All the Rules 2002, Won Theatrical - Best Supporting Actor - Ali 2000, Nominated - Best Supporting Actor - Any Given Sunday
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000, Nominated - Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama - Any Given Sunday
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	2004, Won Best Actor - Ray
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2005, Won Critics Choice Award Best Actor - Ray 2004, Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actor - Collateral
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	2004, Won FFCC Award Best Actor - Ray
Golden Globes	2005, Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Ray 2004, Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV) 2004, Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Collateral
Hollywood Film Festival	2004, Won Hollywood Breakthrough Award Breakthrough Actor
Image Awards	2007, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture - Dreamgirls 2005, Won Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture - Ray 2004, Won Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV) 2004, Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Collateral 2002, Won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Ali 2001, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series - "The Jamie Foxx Show" 2000, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series - "The Jamie Foxx Show" 1999, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series - "The Jamie Foxx Show" 1998, Nominated Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series - "The Jamie Foxx Show"
Independent Spirit Awards	2005, Nominated Best Male Lead - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
Kids' Choice Awards	2001, Nominated Favorite Television Actor - "The Jamie Foxx Show" 2000, Nominated Favorite Television Actor - "The Jamie Foxx Show"
London Critics Circle Film Awards	2005, Won ALFS Award Actor of the Year - Ray
MTV Movie Awards	2013, Won Generation Award 2005, Nominated Best Male Performance - Ray 2000, Nominated Breakthrough Male Performance - Any Given Sunday
National Board of Review	2004, Won Best Actor - Ray
National Society of Film Critics Awards	2005, Won Best Actor - Ray
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2005, Nominated Best Actor - Ray 2004, Won Best Supporting Actor - Collateral
People's Choice Awards	2008, Nominated Favorite Leading Man 2006, Nominated Favorite Leading Man
Satellite Awards	2005, Won Golden Satellite Award Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV) 2004, Won Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical - Ray 2004, Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama - Collateral
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2007, Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Dreamgirls 2005, Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Ray 2004, Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Ray 2004, Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Collateral 2004, Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV)
TV Land Awards	2007, Nominated Little Screen/Big Screen Star 2006, Nominated Little Screen/Big Screen Star
Teen Choice Awards	2014, Nominated Choice Movie Villain - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2007, Nominated Choice Movie: Liplock - Dreamgirls 2005, Nominated Choice Movie Actor: Drama - Ray
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	2005, Won Best Actor - Ray
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards	2004, Won Best Actor - Ray 2004, Won Best Supporting Actor - Collateral
[[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Award]]	2005, co-recipient, [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE CRYSTAL AWARD|Crystal Award]]

See also

• List of black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees