Happy birthday, Electro! Jamie Foxx is celebrating his 49th birthday today. In 1989, the Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy Award-winning musician began his entertainment career by performing stand-up. He made his professional acting debut in 1991 when he joined the Season 3 cast of Fox's sketch comedy series In Living Color. In high school, played basketball and broke school records playing quaterback on the school's football team, becoming the first player in the history of Terrell High School to throw for more than 1,000 yards.