Jamie Foxx, an American actor, comedian, and musician, was born in Terrell, Texas in 1967.

America's most famous comedian and Oscar winner grew up in a difficult family. Jamie Foxx was born Eric Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas, a town of fourteen thousand people. Shaheed Abdullah and Louise Annette Talley, his father and mother, were extremely young when they had their son and quickly felt overwhelmed by the strain of fatherhood. Jamie Foxx is an actor, singer, and comedian from the United States. For his role in the biographical picture Ray, he received an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
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