He took his first steps on the screen 33 years ago, today everyone knows him. Have you recognized this famous actor?

Oscar winner for its stunning performance in the Ray biopic by Taylor Hackford, Jamie Foxx is one of the most prolific actors in recent years. From his presence in Spider-Man films, to his role as Petit-Jean in Robin des Bois via his performances for Michael Mann, Edgar Wright or Quentin Tarantino, the great variety of his career is no longer to be demonstrated, but did you know that he had started on the screen in the film Toys with Robin Williams?

Barry Levinson realizes and co-written with Valerie Curtin this feature film carried by Robin Williams. He tells how Zevo, the manager of a toy business, decides to bequeath her to his brother, an army general, but the latter transforms the factory into an arms factory. Zevo's son, considered a little immature, has been dismissed from the equation, but intends not to let his uncle do anything with family inheritance.

Did you recognize her?

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You may have recognized a very young Jamie Foxx, 25 years old, in his very first role in the cinema. He embodies the character of Baker, a soldier responsible for monitoring the program and falling at a time when Gwen Tyler (Robin Wright) seduces Leslie (Williams). In this scene of pure voyeurism, he replied to another soldier, interpreted by Julio Oscar Mechoso.

This short scene in Toys will not allow Foxx to break down immediately on the big screen, but it will be known thanks to the comic show in Living Color, in which it will appear during 83 episodes spread over 3 seasons.

The rest of his career

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After several small roles, Jamie Foxx embarks on his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, the story of a musician seeking to unravel and working in the hotel of his aunt. The success will make the series last from 1996 to 2001. In parallel, we find the actor for the first time at the cinema at the head of the poster for the comedy trash booty Call by Jeff Pollack (1996), then Held Up (1999) and Pangé (2000), the second feature film staged by Antoine Fuqua.

It is thanks to Michael Mann That he made himself known internationally, with Ali Ali (2002) and then Collateral (2004), who oppose him to Will Smith and Tom Cruise respectively, proving that he can compete with the most popular actors of the moment. His career will then be definitively launched, and continues successfully today.

He recently shot the Tin Soldier action thriller (2025) and has just filmed his first film feature film as a director, the Comedy All-Star Weekend with Gerard Butler, Benicio Del Toro and Robert Downey Jr.