Jamie Foxx plays the piano - it is actually him playing in the titular role of Ray.
Jamie started to learn the piano at the age of five, eventually playing piano at their local church services.
While Jamie Foxx is a talented pianist, his abilities do not extend to bow instruments. He did train with Los Angeles Philharmonic cellist Ben Hong on proper technique, but it is actually the assistant principal cellist Hong that you hear in the movie The Soloist.
Born Eric Morlon Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas, Jamie Foxx has emerged as one of the most diversely talented entertainers of his generation.
Foxx started out landing a spot on the TV's In Living Color in the early 1990s. He then proved himself as a dramatic actor, appearing in Ray in 2004, a role that earned him an Academy Award.
Two years later, Foxx impressed music fans with his hit collabration with Kanye West for the song "Gold Digger." More recently, he starred in Quentin Tarantino's western Django Unchained (2012).
Know more about the life and career of Jamie Foxx at Biography.com.
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