- 2009: Portrayed Nathaniel Ayers, a musical prodigy who developed schizophrenia in Joe Wright's "The Soloist"
- 2008: Released third album titled Intuition, featuring such artists, Kanye West, T.I., Lil Wayne and T-Pain
- 2007: Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (September)
- 2007: Launched "Foxxhole," the comedy, entertainment and lifestyle channel on Sirius Satellite Radio
- 2007: Portrayed a government agent investigating the bombing of an American facility in Saudi Arabia in Peter Berg's "The Kingdom"
- 2006: Co-starred with Beyonce, playing Curtis Taylor Jr., the fictionalized Berry Gordy character in "Dreamgirls," an adaptation of the Broadway musical directed by Bill Condon
- 2006: Cast as Det. Ricardo Tubbs in Michael Mann's "Miami Vice," based on the popular '80s cop show
- 2005: Starred as Lt. Henry Purcell in the big budget "Stealth," with Josh Lucas and Jessica Biel
- 2005: Again collaborated with West for the successful, "Gold Digger"; also released the single "Creepin," which earned him a Grammy nomination
- 2005: Co-starred as Sgt. Siek in Sam Mendes' "Jarhead"; based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling novel about his pre-Desert Storm experiences
- 2005: Released second studio album, Unpredictable, featuring another collaboration with Kanye West; earned three Grammy nominations, including Best R&B Album
- 2004: Gave an Academy Award winning performance as musician Ray Charles in the Taylor Hackford-directed, "Ray"
- 2004: Starred in "Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story," about the founder of the Crips L.A. street gang; received Independent Spirit Award, SAG and Golden Globe nominations for Best Lead Actor
- 2004: Played taxi driver Max Durocher, opposite Tom Cruise, in Michael Mann's "Collateral"; earned SAG, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor
- 2004: Featured with Twista and Kanye West on the track "Slow Jamz" from the album Kamikaze; earned a Grammy nomination
- 2002: Starred in the HBO comedy special, "Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security"
- 2001: Cast alongside Will Smith as Drew 'Bundini' Brown in "Ali"; the Michael Mann-directed biopic of of boxer Muhammad Ali
- 2001: Hosted the MTV Video Music Awards
- 2000: Starred in "Bait"
- 1999: First dramatic role, Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday"
- 1996: Headlined his own sitcom "The Jamie Foxx Show" on The WB
- 1995: Released an album entitled, Peep This
- 1993: Starred in own HBO special
- 1992: Had a recurring role on the FOX sitcom, "Roc"
- 1992: Feature film debut in "Toys"
- 1991: Became a regular on the FOX variety series, "In Living Color"
- 1989: Arrived in Los Angeles; began performing at comedy clubs
- Studied music and sang in church choir in his Texas hometown



