The lead actor of *Soul* (2020) is **Jamie Foxx**, who provided the voice for the protagonist Joe Gardner. Foxx has had a prolific career spanning comedy, drama, and action.
Below is a comprehensive list of the feature films Jamie Foxx has appeared in, categorized by the stages of his career to help you identify where you might have seen him.
### **The Breakthrough Years (1990s)**
Foxx started in stand-up and TV (*In Living Color*) before moving into film roles, often in comedies.
* **Toys (1992)** – Role: Baker. His film debut alongside Robin Williams.
* **The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)** – Role: Ed. A supporting role in the Uma Thurman rom-com.
* **The Great White Hype (1996)** – Role: Hassan El Ruk'n. A boxing satire.
* **Booty Call (1997)** – Role: Bunz. A lead role in this cult classic 90s comedy.
* **The Players Club (1998)** – Role: Blue. Directed by Ice Cube.
* **Any Given Sunday (1999)** – Role: **Willie Beamen**. This was his breakout dramatic role as a cocky third-string quarterback, directed by Oliver Stone.
### **The Leading Man & Oscar Success (2000s)**
This decade solidified Foxx as an A-list dramatic actor.
* **Bait (2000)** – Role: Alvin Sanders. An action-comedy where he plays a petty thief used as "bait" by the police.
* **Held Up (2000)** – Role: Michael. Lead in a convenience store hostage comedy.
* **Ali (2001)** – Role: Drew "Bundini" Brown. Playing Muhammad Ali’s cornerman alongside Will Smith.
* **Shade (2003)** – Role: Larry Jennings. A poker thriller.
* **Collateral (2004)** – Role: **Max**. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a taxi driver trapped with a hitman (Tom Cruise).
* **Ray (2004)** – Role: **Ray Charles**. Foxx won the **Academy Award for Best Actor** for this transformative performance.
* **Breakin' All the Rules (2004)** – Role: Quincy Watson. A relationship comedy.
* **Stealth (2005)** – Role: Lt. Henry Purcell. An action-thriller about high-tech fighter jets.
* **Jarhead (2005)** – Role: Staff Sgt. Sykes. A Gulf War drama.
* **Miami Vice (2006)** – Role: **Ricardo Tubbs**. Starring alongside Colin Farrell in the film reboot of the TV series.
* **Dreamgirls (2006)** – Role: Curtis Taylor Jr. The manipulative record executive in the Motown-inspired musical.
* **The Kingdom (2007)** – Role: Ronald Fleury. Leading a team of FBI agents in Saudi Arabia.
* **The Soloist (2009)** – Role: Nathaniel Ayers. A homeless, schizophrenic cello prodigy.
* **Law Abiding Citizen (2009)** – Role: Nick Rice. A prosecutor engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with Gerard Butler.
### **Blockbusters & Action (2010s)**
* **Valentine's Day (2010)** – Role: Kelvin Moore. An ensemble romantic comedy.
* **Due Date (2010)** – Role: Darryl. Reunited with Robert Downey Jr.
* **Rio (2011) & Rio 2 (2014)** – Role: Nico (Voice). A yellow canary who loves samba.
* **Horrible Bosses (2011) & Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)** – Role: **Dean "Motherf***er" Jones**. He plays the "murder consultant" in these comedies.
* **Django Unchained (2012)** – Role: **Django**. The titular lead in Quentin Tarantino's Western epic.
* **White House Down (2013)** – Role: President James Sawyer. An action film where he defends the White House with Channing Tatum.
* **The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)** – Role: **Maxwell Dillon / Electro**. He plays the central villain.
* **Annie (2014)** – Role: William Stacks (the "Daddy Warbucks" equivalent).
* **Sleepless (2017)** – Role: Vincent Downs. An undercover cop thriller.
* **Baby Driver (2017)** – Role: **Bats**. A volatile, dangerous criminal in Edgar Wright's heist film.
* **Robin Hood (2018)** – Role: Little John.
* **Just Mercy (2019)** – Role: Walter McMillian. A critically acclaimed drama about a man wrongly convicted of murder.
### **Recent & Upcoming (2020s)**
* **Project Power (2020)** – Role: Art. A Netflix superhero thriller.
* **Soul (2020)** – Role: **Joe Gardner**.
* **Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)** – Role: **Electro**. Reprising his villainous role from the previous franchise.
* **Day Shift (2022)** – Role: Bud Jablonski. A vampire hunter in modern-day LA.
* **The Burial (2023)** – Role: Willie E. Gary. A flashy lawyer in this legal drama.
* **They Cloned Tyrone (2023)** – Role: Slick Charles. A pimp involved in a sci-fi conspiracy.
* **Strays (2023)** – Role: Bug (Voice). A Boston Terrier in a R-rated dog comedy.
* **Not Another Church Movie (2024)** – Role: God.
**Interesting Cameos:**
* **A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)** – He makes a brief, uncredited appearance as **Django**.
* **I'm Still Here (2010)** – Appears as himself in the Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary.
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