Jamie Foxx Biography

One of the most popular African-American comedians of the late 1990s, TV star turned screen actor Born Eric Bishop in the small town of Terrell, Texas, on December 13, 1967, Foxx was raised by his grandparents after his parents separated. He enjoyed a happy upbringing, going to church every day with his grandparents and excelling at everything from academics to music to football. During his teen years he had his first taste of the entertainment business as his church's choir director and music director, and also started his own R&B band. Foxx studied music while a student at the U.S. International University in San Diego; it was during his college days that he got his start as a stand-up comedian. Attending a comedy club one night with some friends, he was encouraged to take the stage and perform some impersonations, which proved incredibly popular with the audience. Foxx's enthusiastic reception led to his decision to move to L.A. and pursue a comedy career. At the age of 22 he was hired for In Living Color, and he subsequently landed a recurring role on Charles Dutton's sitcom Roc. Foxx eventually broke through onto the big screen with small apperances in movies like The Truth About Cats and Dogs, The Great White Hype, and Booty Call. Foxx's big break in film came in 1999 with Any Given Sunday, and would henceforth find himself on a shortlist of bankable dramatic actors in Hollywood. He would go on to star in Michael Mann's Ali and Collateral, before playing legendary musician Ray Charles for the biopic Ray, which found Foxx taking home a Golden Globe and an Oscar for his performance. Foxx would henceforth remain a top-tier actor, starring in mrjor films like Stealth, Jarhead, Miami Vice, Dreamgirls, The Soloist, Law Abiding Citizen, and Django Unchained. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

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• 1. Della Charles: My whole family is in Texas.
  2. Ray Charles: That's why we're moving to L.A.
  From Ray. Submitted by Frances H (3 days ago)

• 1. Django: You got yourself a deal mate!
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Vinay V (14 days ago)

• 1. Django: Now, all you black folks, I suggest you get away from all these white folks! Not you, Stephen. You're right where you belong.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by John D (24 days ago)

• 1. Billy Crash: D-jango! You black son of a bitch!
  2. Django: The D is silent, hillbilly.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by John D (24 days ago)

• 1. Django: I like the way you die, boy.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Hunter F (2 months ago)

• 1. Django: Let's get out of here.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Hunter F (2 months ago)

• 1. Django: I'm curious what makes you so curious.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Hunter F (2 months ago)

• 1. Django: You gonna have to keep up, ya know?
  2. Broomhilda: You won't wait for me.
  3. Django: Better not.
  4. Broomhilda: You won't.
  5. Django: Better not.
  6. Broomhilda: You won't.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Hunter F (2 months ago)

• 1. Django: Cora, say goodbye to Miss Laura
  2. Cora: Goodbye, Miss Laura.
  3. Django: Goodbye, Miss Laura!
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ah-lick L (2 months ago)

• 1. Django: D'Artagnan motherfuckers!
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ah-lick L (2 months ago)

• 1. Betina: So you're really free?
  2. Django: Yes.
  3. Betina: You mean, you wanna dress like that ?
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Jillian L (2 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: What's your name?
  2. Django: Django.
  3. Dr. King Schultz: Then you're the one I'm looking for.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Baurushan J (3 months ago)

• 1. Django: Django. D-J-A-N-G-O. The D's silent.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Baurushan J (3 months ago)

• 1. Stephen: I count 6 bullets nigger!
  2. Django: I count two guns nigger!
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Stephanie T (3 months ago)

• 1. Betina: Is that who you was lookin' for?
  2. Django: Yep.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Bryan P (3 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: [in disbelief] Let me get this straight: Your slave wife speaks German and her name is Broomhilda von Shaft?
  2. Django: Yep.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Adam O (4 months ago)

• 1. Calvin Candie: I'm curious, what makes you such a mandingo expert?
  2. Django: I'm curious what makes you so curious.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Adam O (4 months ago)

• 1. Vincent: Tell him he's an asshole.
  2. Max: You're an asshole.
  From Collateral. Submitted by Brendan C (4 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: Positive?
  2. Django: I don't Know.
  3. Dr. King Schultz: You don't know if you're positive?
  4. Django: I don't know what positive mean.
  5. Dr. King Schultz: It means you're sure.
  6. Django: Yes.
  7. Dr. King Schultz: Yes, what?
  8. Django: Yes I'm sure it is Ellis Brittle... I'm positive he dead.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Chadd D (4 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: We should wait inside.
  2. Django: Can't we just leave?
  3. Dr. King Schultz: After you.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Siddharth K (4 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: Positive?
  2. Django: I dunno.
  3. Dr. King Schultz: You don't know if you're positive?
  4. Django: I don't know what positive means.
  5. Dr. King Schultz: It means you're sure.
  6. Django: Yes.
  7. Dr. King Schultz: Yes, what?
  8. Django: Yes I'm sure it is Ellis Brittle... I'm positive he dead.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ken C (4 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: My name is Dr. King Schultz, and like yourself, Marshall, I am a servant of the court. The man lying dead in the dirt, who the good people of Daughtrey saw fit to elect as their sheriff, who went by the name of Bill Sharp, is actually a wanted outlaw by the name of Willard Peck, with a price on his head of 200 dollars. Now, that's 200 dollars, dead or alive.
  2. Marshall Gill Tatum: The hell you say!
  3. Dr. King Schultz: I'm aware this is probably disconcerting news. But I'm willing to wager this man was elected sheriff sometime in the last 2 years. I know this because 3 years ago, he was rustling cattle from the B.C. Corrigan Cattle Company of Lubbock, Texas. Now this is a warrant, made out by circuit court Judge Henry Allen Laudermilk of Austin Texas. You're encouraged to wire him. He'll back up who I am, and who your dear departed sheriff was. In other words Marshall, you owe me 200 dollars.
  4. Django: I'll be damned.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ken C (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: I'll be damned.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ken C (4 months ago)

• 1. Betina: So you're really free?
  2. Django: Yes.
  3. Betina: You mean, you wanna dress like that ?
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ken C (4 months ago)

• 1. LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee: Oh I'mma go walkin in the moonlight wit you...
  2. Django: U wanna hold my hand?
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Christopher R (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: Hey Lil trouble maker.
  2. Dr. King Schultz: You silver tongued Devil you.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Bata Ray B (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: You said to get dirty, I'm getting dirty.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ronaldo R (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: Hey, little troublemaker.
  2. Stephen: Hey, big troublemaker.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Sharon H (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: It's me, baby.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Anita H (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: Not you, Stephen.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Chris S (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: You too, moonlight.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Crockett W (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: Cora, say goodbye to Ms. Laura...
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by PW S (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: Hello, little troublemaker.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ivy M (4 months ago)

• 1. Django: I'm curious as to what makes you so curious.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Moe J (5 months ago)

• 1. Calvin Candie: Your boss is a little green around the gills.
  2. Django: I'm just a little more use to Americans than he is.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Sam C (5 months ago)

• 1. Django: Hey there, trouble-maker.
  2. Broomhilda: *Faints*
  3. Dr. King Schultz: You silver-tongued devil you.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Dennis A (5 months ago)

• 1. Django: I like the way you die boy.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Angad S (7 months ago)

• 1. Bunz: I'll get a Jack and Coke and a Bottle of Don.
  From Booty Call. Submitted by Katie O (7 months ago)

• 1. Staff Sergeant Sykes: I love my job.
  From Jarhead. Submitted by Moe J (7 months ago)

• 1. Django: Django. The 'D' is silent.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Zev C (8 months ago)

• 1. Django: I like the way you die boy.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Noel Joseph B (10 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: How do you like the bounty huntin' business?
  2. Django: Kill white folks and they pay you for it? What's NOT to like?
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Eric T (10 months ago)

• 1. Pedro: Hey! Get back here! Ain't nobody messin' with a friend of Pedro! That ain't happenin'! It's on!
  2. Nico: It's on? Did you see the talons on that guy?!
  3. Pedro: Talons? Maybe it's on... next time. Mommy!
  4. Nico: Help! Help!
  From Rio. Submitted by Ezekiel S (10 months ago)

• 1. Dean 'MF' Jones: They call me Motherf***er Jones my mother was a drunk when I was a kid. So one night she passed out on her bed naked. I walked into her room, slipped my fingers in her purse....and stole all her money from her wallet; whole week's pay. I really f***ed that mother over.
  From Horrible Bosses. Submitted by Jamison E (11 months ago)

• 1. Dr. King Schultz: Do you know what a bounty hunter is?
  2. Django: You kill people and then they give you a reward?
  3. Dr. King Schultz: Badder they are, bigger the reward.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Sam C (11 months ago)

• 1. Django: I like the way you die, Boy.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Manny L (11 months ago)

• 1. Django: Django, the 'D' is silent.
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Conner W (11 months ago)

• 1. Django: I like the way you die, boy!
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Ken C (11 months ago)

• 1. Kurt Buckman: We've been taking murder advice from someone whos biggest crime is... taping an Ethan Hawke movie!
  2. Dean 'MF' Jones: So you do know the movie?
  From Horrible Bosses. Submitted by Hunter E (11 months ago)

• 1. Django: I like the way you die boy!
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Mikkel Illum L (11 months ago)

• 1. Django: Kill white folks and they pay you for it? What's not to like?
  From Django Unchained. Submitted by Simon R (11 months ago)

• 1. Nick Rice: I had to call his wife and tell her that her husband had been buried alive.
  2. Clyde Shelton: Well, justice should be harsh Nick... especially for those who denied it to others.
  From Law Abiding Citizen. Submitted by Taylor A (12 months ago)

• 1. Vincent: Red light max... Slow down.
  2. Max: Hey Vincent you know what go Fuck yourself! [car crashes]
  From Collateral. Submitted by Caomh M (14 months ago)

• 1. Ray Charles: I like to hear a person just say 'It needed to be done' as opposed to a person saying 'It ain't my job'.
  From Ray. Submitted by Tomas K (14 months ago)

• 1. Blue: We got a two drink minimum, and water don't count.
  From The Players Club. Submitted by Nunn B (15 months ago)

• 1. Blue: Now if you lookin for some fine asses... you need to keep on lookin. But if you lookin for the hoes wit bullet holes, cigarette burns and stab wounds, you in the right damn spot, and it all goes down here at: The Player's Club.
  From The Players Club. Submitted by Nunn B (15 months ago)

• 1. Nick Rice: How bout fuck no.
  From Law Abiding Citizen. Submitted by Stephen S (17 months ago)

• 1. Jonas Cantrell: Did we bring this all on ourselves?
  2. Nick Rice: Absolutely not!
  3. Jonas Cantrell: You don't actually believe that do you!
  From Law Abiding Citizen. Submitted by PJ M (18 months ago)

• 1. Kurt: Your first name is Mother Fucker?
  From Horrible Bosses. Submitted by Baurushan J (19 months ago)

• 1. Dean 'MF' Jones: I can't walk around this f**king neighborhood with that Disney-ass name.
  From Horrible Bosses. Submitted by Pato G (19 months ago)

• 1. Nick Rice: What principle was at work when you tortured and killed those people?
  2. Clyde Shelton: That everyone must be held accountable for their actions.
  From Law Abiding Citizen. Submitted by Akheel K (20 months ago)

• 1. Staff Sergeant Sykes: [to the dead marine] I told you to keep your fucking head down! If you'd listened to me, you'd still be fucking alive right now, stupid fuck!
  From Jarhead. Submitted by stu c (20 months ago)

• 1. Dean 'MF' Jones: My name is Dean Mother Fu**er Jones.
  From Horrible Bosses. Submitted by Zaid S (21 months ago)

• 1. Ethan Tremblay: You and his wife exchange emails?
  2. Darryl: Yeah.
  3. Ethan Tremblay: What else do you exchange? Body fluids?
  From Due Date. Submitted by Rory R (22 months ago)

• 1. Dean 'MF' Jones: I can't walk around this f**kin neighborhood with that Disney-ass name.
  From Horrible Bosses. Submitted by Kathleen S (22 months ago)

• 1. Dean 'MF' Jones: I'm going to be your murder consultant.
  From Horrible Bosses. Submitted by Ze P (22 months ago)

• 1. Nick Rice: Fuck you and your pommes frites.
  From Law Abiding Citizen. Submitted by Thom J (23 months ago)

• 1. Max: You killed him?
  2. Vincent: No, I shot him. Bullets and the fall killed him.
  From Collateral. Submitted by Kailas N (23 months ago)

• 1. Blu: And you know what, I hate samba!
  2. Nico: [cries]
  3. Pedro: Hey, that's a little too far.
  4. Nico: Make the mean bird take it back!
  From Rio. Submitted by Diego T (2 years ago)

• 1. Nico: He was like, you coming with me!?
  2. Pedro: And she was like, I'm not your princess. Leave me alone. 'Pow'.
  From Rio. Submitted by zak l (2 years ago)

• 1. Ricardo Tubbs: Do you wanna fuck with my partner or do you wanna do business with us? 'Cause I don't give a shit how you think he looks.
  From Miami Vice. Submitted by Alex A (2 years ago)

• 1. Pedro: I saw this big cockatoo!
  2. Nico: With huge ninja talons! And he was like "You're coming with me, little princess!"
  3. Pedro: And Jewel was all "Woosh, Woosh, I a'int yo' princess leave me alone!"
  From Rio. Submitted by Brendan S (2 years ago)

• 1. Nick Rice: It's not what you know. It's what you can prove in court.
  From Law Abiding Citizen. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

• 1. Nico: Yeah Yeah! With big ninja talons**! And he was like, "You coming with me you little princess"
  From Rio. Submitted by Nathan P (2 years ago)

• 1. Pedro: Then I saw this huge cockatoo
  2. Nico: Yeah Yeah! With big ninja talent! And he was like, "You coming with me you little princess"
  3. Pedro: And Jewels was like whaacha, "I'm not your little princess, so leave me alone"
  4. Nigel: whahahahahaha
  5. Jewel: Let go of me! (To Nigel)
  From Rio. Submitted by Facebook U (2 years ago)