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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

6.448

Judgment Night
1993-10-15

7.56

A Few Good Men
1992-12-11

Boyz n the Hood

7.645

Boyz n the Hood
1991-07-12

6.932

Pearl Harbor
2001-05-21

4.905

Chill Factor
1999-09-01

5.418

Dirty
2005-11-09

0

For NYC
2020-06-01

As Good as It Gets

7.4

As Good as It Gets
1997-12-19

4.989

The Weapon
2023-02-17

American Gangster

7.597

American Gangster
2007-11-02

The Fighting Temptations

5.822

The Fighting Temptations
2003-09-19

5.521

Lightning Jack
1994-03-11

5.064

Hardwired
2009-11-03

6.585

Outbreak
1995-03-10

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

7.819

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

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.094

The Tuskegee Airmen
1995-08-25

Lies & Illusions

4.021

Lies & Illusions
2009-08-26

7.496

Men of Honor
2000-09-13

4.875

A Dairy Tale
2004-09-14

5.607

Snow Dogs
2002-01-18

6.498

Instinct
1999-06-04

What Dreams May Come

7.249

What Dreams May Come
1998-10-02

Wrong Turn at Tahoe

5.702

Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009-11-16

5.419

End Game
2006-07-27

5.733

Norbit
2007-02-08

5.2

Boat Trip
2002-10-01

5.3

What Love Is
2007-03-23

7.002

Jerry Maguire
1996-12-13

6.233

Zoolander
2001-09-28

5.116

Shadowboxer
2005-09-09

5.553

Harold
2008-07-13

6.505

Losing Isaiah
1995-03-17

Home on the Range

6.1

Home on the Range
2004-04-02

7.362

Radio
2003-10-24

4.889

Daddy Day Camp
2007-08-08

4.636

Trading Favors
1997-06-04

3.857

Judgement
1992-08-05

5.333

Linewatch
2008-10-21

Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws

5

Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws
2025-11-13

3.6

The Way of War
2009-04-20

7.641

Gladiator
1992-03-06

5.375

Sing
1989-03-31

5.314

Hero Wanted
2008-03-28

The Devil's Tomb

4.64

The Devil's Tomb
2009-05-26

5.221

Daybreak
1993-05-08

A Murder of Crows

6.13

A Murder of Crows
1999-07-06

5.184

Ticking Clock
2011-01-04

6.672

Red Tails
2012-01-19

4.56

Sacrifice
2011-04-26

6.002

The Hit List
2011-04-02

6.1

Firelight
2012-04-22

5.621

Machete Kills
2013-09-12

One in the Chamber

5.533

One in the Chamber
2012-08-21

7.314

The Butler
2013-08-16

4.217

Summoned
2013-07-26

7.239

Life of a King
2013-06-22

Absolute Deception

5.088

Absolute Deception
2013-06-10

6.02

Don Jon
2013-09-12

The Firing Squad

5.75

The Firing Squad
2024-08-02

5.5

Freedom
2014-08-21

5.325

In the Shadows
2001-06-24

7.369

Selma
2014-12-25

Skeletons in the Closet

4.357

Skeletons in the Closet
2024-01-24

Break the Cycle

0

Break the Cycle

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

5.889

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

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

5.143

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

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

6.059

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

5.932

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace
2024-07-09

Quantum Supremacy

4

Quantum Supremacy
2026-02-16

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War

0

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

8.224

Life in a Year
2020-11-27

Welcome to Hollywood

4.2

Welcome to Hollywood
2000-10-27

Coming to America

6.884

Coming to America
1988-06-29

4.6

Bayou Caviar
2018-10-05

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

6.121

The Land Before Time XIII: 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

6

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

6.216

Blown Away
1994-07-01

America | A Tribute to Heroes

6.545

America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001-09-21

Making Rat Race

0

Making Rat Race
2002-01-29

5.776

A Line of Fire
2025-04-05

0

Giving Thanks

6.5

Atlas King
2026-08-21

Above the Break

0

Above the Break

The Madness of Judge Jeremiah Doherty

0

The Madness of Judge Jeremiah Doherty

6.294

Rat Race
2001-08-17

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

0

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007-05-06

0

Padilla

0

Lotus

7.132

Sesame Street
1969-11-10

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.316

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

6.399

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

6.852

227
1985-09-14

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.363

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Hill Street Blues

7.621

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

7.709

MacGyver
1985-09-29

Mancuso, F.B.I.

6.5

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

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.304

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

7.094

MADtv
1995-10-14

6.5

The Bronx Zoo
1987-03-19

The Untouchables

7.462

The Untouchables
1993-01-11

Lily Allen and Friends

0

Lily Allen and Friends
2008-02-12

V Graham Norton

5.3

V Graham Norton
2002-05-06

6.4

Nasty Boys
1990-02-22

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.833

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

Saturday Night Live

6.906

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

The Book of Negroes

6.6

The Book of Negroes
2015-01-07

American Crime Story

7.579

American Crime Story
2016-02-02

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl

7.05

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015-03-25

American Horror Story

8.1

American Horror Story
2011-10-05

The Graham Norton Show

7.247

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.915

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

4.296

Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15

7.709

MacGyver
1985-09-29

7.163

Conan
2010-11-08

5.7

The Last Leg
2013-01-25

7.137

Empire
2015-01-07