Jamie Foxx just turned 50 and when you look back at his career it’s pretty darned impressive. The way I see it, Foxx has had two careers so far and right now I think he’s on his third. I’m going to use a comparison here if I may: Eddie Murphy. I’m hoping that “act 3” of Foxx’s career is more successful than Murphy’s. Remember, Jamie Foxx got his start in stand up which then led to his spot on In Living Color. Similarly, Murphy began doing stand up, landed on SNL, started doing movies, and now he’s just not good anymore.
Once Jamie Foxx appeared in Any Given Sunday, Hollywood realized that Foxx was a talented actor and could carry the title of “leading man” for a while. Foxx had an incredible run in movies like Ray, Collateral, Django: Unchained, and plenty of others. We haven’t really seen Foxx too much on the big screen lately but it seems the actor is ready to reinvent himself on television.
He’s currently hosting Beat Shazam and he’s been going back to his comedic roots. I personally think it’s working and if he doesn’t do a single movie every again I doubt it’ll slow him down. Last night he was on Jimmy Kimmel live to show off his incredible Lebron James impersonation as well as give Cleveland fans a song to feel better about.
Check out the two clips below:
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