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Jamie Foxx has an estimated net worth of $170 million. Born Eric Marlon Bishop, he is an American actor, comedian, singer, and producer who became one of Hollywood’s most versatile performers over a three-decade career. Foxx won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray (2004), the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for his single Blame It. His films have earned over $5 billion at the global box office, and he earns up to $12 million per major film role. Following a serious medical emergency in April 2023 — a brain bleed causing a stroke — Foxx made a full recovery and returned to performing in 2024.
Updated March 2026: According to Variety, Foxx returned to the stage for his Netflix comedy special What Had Happened Was… in December 2024, publicly revealing for the first time that his 2023 hospitalization involved a brain bleed causing a stroke, leaving him unable to walk for weeks. His net worth of $170 million reflects career earnings from acting, music, television hosting, real estate, and investments. Newsweek reported that Foxx earns up to $12 million per film and holds approximately $15 million in publicly traded stock positions including Comcast, FedEx, and Netflix.
Eric Marlon Bishop was born on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas. He was raised by his maternal grandparents, Estelle and Mark Talley, in Terrell. He showed early musical talent, playing piano by age five and performing in church choirs throughout his childhood. He graduated from Terrell High School and attended United States International University (now Alliant International University) in San Diego on a music scholarship, where he studied classical music before pivoting to comedy performance.
He adopted the stage name Jamie Foxx early in his career — choosing an androgynous first name partly because he observed that female comedians were called to stage more frequently at open-mic nights in Los Angeles. He began performing stand-up comedy in the late 1980s before his major television breakthrough arrived.
Foxx’s first major breakthrough came as a featured player on the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color from 1991 to 1994, which led to his own NBC sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show (1996–2001). He made his film debut in 1992’s Toys and his first dramatic role in Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday (1999).
His career-defining performance came in 2004, when he portrayed Ray Charles in the biographical film Ray, earning the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. In the same awards season, he received a separate Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Collateral (2004), making him one of the only performers ever nominated for two acting Oscars in different categories in the same year.
Subsequent major film roles include Ali (2001), Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Django Unchained (2012) for which he earned $10 million, Baby Driver (2017), and as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — his highest-grossing film with $1.9 billion worldwide. Foxx’s film work has earned over $5 billion globally. His music career produced five studio albums; Unpredictable (2005) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. He earned two No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Blame It. Since 2017, Foxx has hosted and executive produced Fox’s game show Beat Shazam alongside his daughter Corinne Foxx, earning approximately $3 million per year for the role, per Rolling Stone.
Foxx’s net worth is derived from film, music, television hosting, real estate, and investments:
Jamie Foxx has never married. He has two daughters: Corinne Marie Bishop (born 1994), whose mother is Connie Kline, and Anelise Bishop (born 2008), whose mother is Kristin Grannis. Corinne Foxx is an actress and model who co-hosts Beat Shazam with her father. Foxx’s primary residence is his 40-acre Hidden Valley, California estate purchased in 2007.
In April 2023, Foxx was hospitalized at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta after suffering a brain bleed that caused a stroke. He was unable to walk during his recovery and spent approximately 20 days with no memory of his condition. By January 2024, he had returned to work. In December 2024, he performed and released his Netflix comedy special What Had Happened Was…, filmed at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta — just blocks from the hospital where he was treated — publicly describing his medical crisis for the first time. He received the Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards in June 2025. In September 2024, Foxx walked his daughter Corinne down the aisle at her wedding, marking a significant milestone in his recovery.
Jamie Foxx’s net worth is estimated at $170 million as of 2026. His wealth stems from over three decades of film, music, and television work, including up to $12 million per major film role, approximately $3 million per year hosting Beat Shazam, a 40-acre Hidden Valley estate worth over $20 million, stock investments of approximately $15 million in companies including Comcast and Netflix, and earnings from five studio albums with over 3.5 million U.S. copies sold.
In April 2023, Foxx suffered a brain bleed that caused a stroke while in Atlanta. He was hospitalized at Piedmont Hospital and spent approximately 20 days without memory of events. He temporarily lost his ability to walk and underwent months of rehabilitation. In his December 2024 Netflix special What Had Happened Was…, Foxx publicly described his medical crisis for the first time, stating: “On April 11, I was experiencing a severe headache.” According to Black Enterprise, Foxx described himself as a five-percenter, referencing the slim survival odds he faced. He made a full recovery and was walking his daughter Corinne down the aisle at her wedding in September 2024.
Jamie Foxx has won one Academy Award — Best Actor for his portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray (2004). In the same awards season, he received a separate nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Collateral, making him one of the very few performers nominated for two acting Oscars in different categories in the same year. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, the SAG Award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role, and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for his single Blame It.
As of March 2026, Jamie Foxx is 58 years old. Jamie Foxx was born on December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas, U.S.
Jamie Foxx stands 5’9″ tall (175 cm).
Yes, Jamie Foxx has two daughters. Corinne Foxx (32) is an actress, model, and producer who served as the DJ on her father’s show Beat Shazam. His younger daughter, Anelise Bishop (17), was born to his former partner Kristin Grannis.
Jamie Foxx lives in Hidden Valley, California. His home is valued at approximately $10.5 million.
Jamie Foxx earns approximately $12 million per major film role. He also earned around $3 million per year as the host and executive producer of Beat Shazam on Fox.