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Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-01-02,The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy nomination. He was born in Bronx, New York to Shirley, a singer with the Sweethearts, and Cuba Gooding, Sr., a lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient. He has two brothers, musician Tommy Gooding and fellow actor Omar Gooding, and sister, April Gooding. His family moved to Los Angeles after Gooding Sr.'s music group had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972 but abandoned his family two years later. Gooding Jr. was raised by his mother and attended four different high schools: North Hollywood High School, Tustin High School, Apple Valley High School, and John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills in Los Angeles. He served as class president in three of them. His first job as a professional entertainer was as a break-dancer performing with singer Lionel Richie at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After high school, Gooding studied Japanese martial arts for three years, before turning his focus toward acting. Early on, he landed guest starring roles on shows like Hill Street Blues (1981) and MacGyver (1985). His first major role was in the John Singleton's box office surprise and critical hit Boyz n the Hood (1991). He followed this success with roles in major films like A Few Good Men (1992), Lightning Jack (1994), Outbreak (1995), Men of Honor (2000), Rat Race (2001), and The Fighting Temptations (2003) in which he co-starred alongside Beyoncé Knowles. In 1996, he was cast as an arrogant football player on the brink of a career-ending injury in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996). The film was a success and earned him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. His "Show Me The Money" line in the film became a nationwide catchphrase. In 1997, he had a notable supporting role in As Good As It Gets (1997). The next several years, his films were inconsistently successful; Boat Trip (2002), Norbit (2007), and Daddy Day Camp (2007), all of which had received extremely negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. Gooding also starred in a film titled A Murder of Crows, which he co-produced with his long time friend and business partner Derek Broes. The film was Gooding's first attempt at producing. Since then, he has had series of starring roles in grittier films released direct-to-DVD such as the revenge dramas Hero Wanted and Wrong Turn at Tahoe, as well as the sci-fi action pic Hardwired and the action comedy Lies & Illusions. A well-received performance as Ben Carson in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) and a small supporting role in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007) both proved to be exceptions to this trend. An appearance in the World War II film, Red Tails, produced by George Lucas and with other prominent actors such as Terrence Howard, will mark his only return to the big screen since American Gangster.

Filmography

6.5

Judgment Night
1993-10-15

7.543

A Few Good Men
1992-12-11

Boyz n the Hood

7.629

Boyz n the Hood
1991-07-12

6.936

Pearl Harbor
2001-05-21

4.9

Chill Factor
1999-09-01

5.2

Dirty
2006-01-20

0

For NYC
2020-06-01

As Good as It Gets

7.393

As Good as It Gets
1997-12-19

4.913

The Weapon
2023-02-17

American Gangster

7.591

American Gangster
2007-11-02

The Fighting Temptations

5.78

The Fighting Temptations
2003-09-19

5.531

Lightning Jack
1994-03-11

5.011

Hardwired
2009-11-03

6.566

Outbreak
1995-03-10

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

7.791

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009-02-07

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.056

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

Lies & Illusions

3.96

Lies & Illusions
2009-08-26

7.488

Men of Honor
2000-09-13

5.143

A Dairy Tale
2004-09-14

5.606

Snow Dogs
2002-01-18

6.5

Instinct
1999-06-04

What Dreams May Come

7.2

What Dreams May Come
1998-10-02

Wrong Turn at Tahoe

5.7

Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009-11-16

5.4

End Game
2006-07-27

5.665

Norbit
2007-02-08

5.292

Boat Trip
2002-10-01

5.143

What Love Is
2007-03-23

6.965

Jerry Maguire
1996-12-13

6.206

Zoolander
2001-09-28

6.27

Rat Race
2001-08-17

5.062

Shadowboxer
2005-09-09

5.452

Harold
2008-07-13

6.415

Losing Isaiah
1995-03-17

Home on the Range

6.1

Home on the Range
2004-04-02

7.266

Radio
2003-10-24

4.763

Daddy Day Camp
2007-08-08

4.444

Trading Favors
1997-06-04

3.2

Judgement
1992-08-05

5.3

Linewatch
2008-10-21

0

Dog Patrol
2025-09-20

3.645

The Way of War
2009-04-20

7.583

Gladiator
1992-03-06

4.813

Sing
1989-03-31

5.327

Hero Wanted
2008-03-28

The Devil's Tomb

4.661

The Devil's Tomb
2009-05-26

5.097

Daybreak
1993-05-08

A Murder of Crows

6.079

A Murder of Crows
1999-07-06

5.113

Ticking Clock
2011-01-04

6.6

Red Tails
2012-01-19

4.402

Sacrifice
2011-04-26

5.977

The Hit List
2011-04-02

6.143

Firelight
2012-04-22

5.613

Machete Kills
2013-09-12

One in the Chamber

5.558

One in the Chamber
2012-08-21

7.333

The Butler
2013-08-16

4.348

Summoned
2013-06-01

7.265

Life of a King
2013-06-22

Absolute Deception

4.73

Absolute Deception
2013-06-10

6.012

Don Jon
2013-09-12

The Firing Squad

5.55

The Firing Squad
2024-08-02

5.519

Freedom
2014-08-21

5.094

In the Shadows
2001-06-24

7.397

Selma
2014-12-25

Skeletons in the Closet

4.7

Skeletons in the Closet
2024-01-24

Break the Cycle

0

Break the Cycle

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

5.6

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992-01-06

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

5.421

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024-04-28

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

6.375

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010-08-03

Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit

6.3

Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit
2013-01-01

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace

4.423

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace
2024-07-09

Quantum Supremacy

0

Quantum Supremacy
2024-12-02

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War

0

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War
2012-01-13

8.238

Life in a Year
2020-11-27

Welcome to Hollywood

3.636

Welcome to Hollywood
1998-10-01

Coming to America

6.9

Coming to America
1988-06-29

4.487

Bayou Caviar
2018-10-05

The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends

6.1

The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends
2007-11-27

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011-07-19

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

4.5

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003-09-02

6.215

Blown Away
1994-07-01

America | A Tribute to Heroes

6.2

America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001-09-21

Making Rat Race

0

Making Rat Race
2002-01-29

0

A Line of Fire
2025-04-05

0

Giving Thanks

7.072

Sesame Street
1969-11-10

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.521

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

6.8

227
1985-09-14

4.465

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.411

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Hill Street Blues

7.6

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

7.719

MacGyver
1985-09-29

Mancuso, F.B.I.

6

Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989-10-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.158

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

6.9

MADtv
1995-10-14

5

The Bronx Zoo
1987-03-19

The Untouchables

7.273

The Untouchables
1993-01-11

Lily Allen and Friends

0

Lily Allen and Friends
2008-02-12

V Graham Norton

5

V Graham Norton
2002-05-06

5.5

Nasty Boys
1989-09-21

7.014

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.832

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005-01-03

Saturday Night Live

6.944

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

The Book of Negroes

6.3

The Book of Negroes
2015-01-07

American Crime Story

7.559

American Crime Story
2016-02-02

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.7

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl

7.059

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015-03-25

American Horror Story

8.113

American Horror Story
2011-10-05

The Graham Norton Show

7.175

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.092

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

7

John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016-09-01

Entertainment Tonight

4

Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15

7.719

MacGyver
1985-09-29

7.056

Conan
2010-11-08

5.417

The Last Leg
2013-01-25

4.465

The View
1997-08-11