Jamie Foxx, born Eric Marlon Bishop, is an actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, and comedian. He is the son of Darrell Bishop who sometimes worked as a stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley Dixon. Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents, Esther Marie (Nelson), a domestic worker and nursery operator, and Mark Talley, a yard worker.