How much is Jamie Foxx worth?
| Net Worth: | $165 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | December 13, 1967 (age 55) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.75 m) |
“Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out as Jamie Foxx.”
About Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx has a career so huge he’s gone beyond being a triple threat: he’s a successful stand-up, TV star, Academy Award-winning actor and platinum-selling R&B; singer. Between his breakout popularity on In Living Color, his movie star turn in 2004’s Ray, starring on his own sitcom and selling millions of albums, Foxx has conquered the entertainment industry in a way very few stars ever have.
Foxx has taken on various roles throughout his career including a comedian, songwriter, record producer, and singer, yet it is in acting that he really met with success. While movies like Collateral starring Tom Cruise in 2004, Miami Vice in 2006, and The Kingdom in 2007 helped build his name as an actor capable of playing diverse roles, it was his part in Ray that made him a big movie star. Foxx played blues musician Ray Charles and won him an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
He is also a Grammy Award singer. His song “Blame It” from the album Intuition won him the “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals” at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2009.
As the story goes, it was Jamie’s girlfriend at the time that convinced him to get started through stand-up comedy in the 1990s. Once Jamie got noticed he began to appear regularly on television in the comedy sketch show, In Living Color. At the time, Jamie had a recurring role in the sitcom, Roe. He eventually landed his own show – the eponymous The Jamie Foxx Show, which ran from 1996 to 2001. His acting career was kick-started in 1997 in a movie called Booty Call, which was a low-budget forgettable affair.
Foxx is known for being able to take on more serious roles and not just comedy parts. He showed this in 1991 when he acted in director Oliver Stones’s Any Given Sunday, giving a stellar performance. In 2005, Jamie made history by becoming the first African American actor in the same year to have two Academy Awards. He was nominated for “Best Supporting Actor” for the movie Collateral as well as won “Best Actor” for Ray in 2005.
Perhaps Jamie Foxx’s most iconic role was Django in the Quentin Tarantino movie Django Unchained (2012). The movie went on to receive critical acclaim and grossed $425.4 million at the global box office. In 2015, Foxx released his fifth studio album and took up the role of hosting the show Beat Shazam in 2017, and it has aired two seasons so far. More recently, Foxx appeared as Bud Jablonski in Day Shift in 2022.
Foxx’s Total Net Worth
Jamie Foxx has earned a tremendous amount in his film acting career. He was being paid $10 million dollars per movie part as far back as 2006, when he was paid that amount for his role as Ricardo Tubbs in Miami Vice. He has also earned from his endorsements, including with Apple, Bartenura, Canon, and Ciroc. In total, it is estimated that Foxx has earned career income of $245 million dollars.
Of that amount, $20-30 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $220 million, will have been taxed at around 49% as Foxx has been residing in the state of California. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $112.2 million dollars, having paid $107.8 million dollars in taxes.
While Jamie Foxx has never married he has two children, Corinne and Annalise Bishop. In his personal life, it is estimated that Foxx may have spent $7-8 million dollars of his career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $2-3 million, not including investment assets. In his investments, he may have earned investment returns of $55-65 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Jamie Foxx has a net worth of a rounded down $165 million dollars.
Jamie’s success isn’t only centered on acting. Apart from hosting and executive producing for the new Fox show Beat Shazam. As far back as 2005, Jamie Foxx has had breakthroughs in music too. Kanye West featured Foxx in “Gold Digger”. The song was a hit, setting a record for the most digital downloads in a week with 80,000.
If not challenged, Jamie tends to be bored easily, this has led him to become a classic over-achiever. Normally though, he’s known to be pretty chill and easy to get along with. People describe him as down to earth and he is known to be ready for a laugh with his friends and enjoy the situation. Jamie also revealed while guesting on an episode of Graham Norton that he helped Ed Sheeran by letting him crash on his couch in 2017 and scheduling for Sheeran to sing at an open mic event Foxx was hosting.
Summing-Up
From music to movies and back, Jamie is a multifaceted talent who proves it in films like Ray and songs like “Gold Digger”. The multi-talented Jamie Foxx has proven himself to be a jack of all trades, conquering the worlds of comedy, drama and even hip-hop throughout his life. He transformed a stint on the raunchy sketch comedy show In Living Color into a multifaceted career complete with an Oscar, Golden Globe and a Grammy adorning his mantle.
Apart from being involved in a brawl in 2003 and being placed on a two year probation, as well as fined $1,500, Foxx has kept a clean record. He has involved himself in numerous pursuits beyond his acting career yet it was the movies Ray and Django Unchained that made him a big star.
