Jamie Foxx earns his sixth NAACP Image Award for his role in Soul… after making history as the first African-American lead in a Disney Pixar movie
Jamie Foxx took home his sixth NAACP Image Award for his performance in animated comedy-drama Soul during Wednesday’s virtual ceremony.
The Oscar winner, 53, who won for best character voice-over performance, made history with the role for being the first African-American lead in a Disney Pixar film last year.
‘Huge!!!! Thanks to the @naacpimageawards for the award for best character voice in an animated film!!!’ the actor wrote of his big victory on Instagram.
Winner: Jamie Foxx took home his sixth NAACP Image Award for his performance in animated comedy-drama Soul during Wednesday’s virtual ceremony; seen in 2018
He continued: ‘@powerkeni @petedocter thank u for the beautiful ride!!! 1st African American lead’ with the hashtag: ‘black excellence.’
Within just two hours, the star received more than 15, 800 likes and hundreds of comments congratulating him on the exciting news.
‘You deserve it dear! So so proud of you!’ his pal, Chelsea Heath, commented.
‘Huge!!!! Thanks to the @naacpimageawards for the award for best character voice in an animated film!!!’ the actor wrote of his big victory on Instagram
Actress Elise Neal also wrote: ‘Congratulations Jamie!!!! Changing the narrative.’
In December, Foxx told The Project it felt ‘amazing’ to be part of such a historical moment in movie-making, saying the world needed this ‘good, good news’ following the challenging year that has been 2021.
‘I don’t think that it’s just good enough to be first African-American, we had to turn it into something fantastic… and I believe that we did it. I’m so happy to be a part of it,’ the 53-year-old said of the new movie, Soul.
Making history: On Thursday, Foxx said it feels ‘amazing’ to be part of such a historical moment in movie-making, saying the world needed this ‘good, good news’ following the challenging year that has been 2021
As host Lisa Wilkinson asked Jamie if the timing of the movie felt ‘just right’ because of the Black Lives Matter movement this year, he responded: ‘Oh my goodness, yes.’
He continued: ‘We’ve gone through so many challenges, and we give so much to the culture, so much to society, so when we are going through these terrible things, it is beautiful to have a light.’
In the movie, Jamie voices middle school music teacher Joe Gardner, who suffers a mysterious ‘soul-separating’ accident.
Coming soon: In the movie, Jamie voices middle school music teacher Joe Gardner, who suffers a mysterious ‘soul-separating’ accident
In the existential fantasy, Joe passes away – but instead of going to heaven, he ends up meeting a group of souls-in-training that help him find his way back to Earth to play a jazz gig at the Half Note Club.
The film already has a whopping 98 per cent score on movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, and airs exclusively on Disney Plus from Christmas Day.
Tina Fey stars as 22, a soul trapped in the ‘Great Before’ with a dim view of life.