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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1968-01-02

Birth Place

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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227

1985

6.7

TV
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

6.6

Movie
A Dairy Tale

A Dairy Tale

2004

5.1

Movie
A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men

1992

7.5

Movie
A Line of Fire

A Line of Fire

0.0

Movie
A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows

1999

6.1

Movie
Absolute Deception

Absolute Deception

2013

4.8

Movie
America | A Tribute to Heroes

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001

6.1

Movie
poster

American Crime Story

2016

7.5

TV
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007

7.6

Movie
poster

American Horror Story

2011

8.1

TV
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace

2024

4.7

Movie
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

1997

7.4

Movie
Athena Saves Christmas

Athena Saves Christmas

0.0

Movie
Bayou Caviar

Bayou Caviar

2018

4.5

Movie
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Big Time in Hollywood, Fl

2015

7.2

TV
Blown Away

Blown Away

1994

6.2

Movie
Boat Trip

Boat Trip

2002

5.3

Movie
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991

7.6

Movie
Break the Cycle

Break the Cycle

0.0

Movie
Chill Factor

Chill Factor

1999

4.9

Movie
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

5.7

TV
Coming to America

Coming to America

1988

6.9

Movie
poster

Conan

2010

7.0

TV
Daddy Day Camp

Daddy Day Camp

2007

4.7

Movie
Daybreak

Daybreak

1993

5.3

Movie
Dirty

Dirty

2006

5.2

Movie
Don Jon

Don Jon

2013

6.0

Movie
Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War

2012

0.0

Movie
End Game

End Game

2006

5.4

Movie
poster

Entertainment Tonight

1981

3.7

TV
Firelight

Firelight

2012

6.2

Movie
For NYC

For NYC

2020

0.0

Movie
Freedom

Freedom

2014

5.8

Movie
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2003

4.5

Movie
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

2009

7.8

Movie
Gladiator

Gladiator

1992

7.6

Movie
Guilty

Guilty

0.0

Movie
Hardwired

Hardwired

2009

5.0

Movie
Harold

Harold

2008

5.5

Movie
Hero Wanted

Hero Wanted

2008

5.4

Movie
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Hill Street Blues

1981

7.6

TV
Home on the Range

Home on the Range

2004

6.1

Movie
In the Shadows

In the Shadows

2001

5.4

Movie
Instinct

Instinct

1999

6.5

Movie
Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire

1996

7.0

Movie
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
poster

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016

7.0

TV
Judgement

Judgement

1992

3.8

Movie
Judgment Night

Judgment Night

1993

6.5

Movie
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
Lies & Illusions

Lies & Illusions

2009

4.0

Movie
Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020

8.3

Movie
Life of a King

Life of a King

2013

7.2

Movie
Lightning Jack

Lightning Jack

1994

5.6

Movie
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Lily Allen and Friends

2008

0.0

TV
Linewatch

Linewatch

2008

5.2

Movie
Losing Isaiah

Losing Isaiah

1995

6.4

Movie
poster

MacGyver

1985

7.7

TV
Machete Kills

Machete Kills

2013

5.6

Movie
poster

MADtv

1995

6.9

TV
Making Rat Race

Making Rat Race

2002

0.0

Movie
poster

Mancuso, F.B.I.

1989

6.0

TV
Men of Honor

Men of Honor

2000

7.5

Movie
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

1992

5.6

Movie
poster

Nasty Boys

1989

4.7

TV
Norbit

Norbit

2007

5.7

Movie
One in the Chamber

One in the Chamber

2012

5.6

Movie
Outbreak

Outbreak

1995

6.6

Movie
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

2001

6.9

Movie
Quantum Supremacy

Quantum Supremacy

2024

0.0

Movie
Radio

Radio

2003

7.2

Movie
Rat Race

Rat Race

2001

6.3

Movie
Red Tails

Red Tails

2012

6.6

Movie
Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2011

4.4

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Selma

Selma

2014

7.4

Movie
poster

Sesame Street

1969

7.1

TV
Shadowboxer

Shadowboxer

2005

5.1

Movie
Sing

Sing

1989

5.4

Movie
Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet

2024

4.7

Movie
Snow Dogs

Snow Dogs

2002

5.6

Movie
Summoned

Summoned

2013

4.6

Movie
poster

The Book of Negroes

2015

6.4

TV
poster

The Bronx Zoo

1987

5.0

TV
The Butler

The Butler

2013

7.3

Movie
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Devil's Tomb

The Devil's Tomb

2009

4.7

Movie
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2011

2.0

Movie
The Fighting Temptations

The Fighting Temptations

2003

5.8

Movie
The Firing Squad

The Firing Squad

2024

5.7

Movie
poster

The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
The Hit List

The Hit List

2011

6.0

Movie
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

2007

6.1

Movie
poster

The Last Leg

2013

5.3

TV
poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

6.8

TV
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

TV
The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

7.0

Movie
poster

The Untouchables

1993

7.3

TV
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The Way of War

The Way of War

2009

3.7

Movie
The Weapon

The Weapon

2023

5.5

Movie
Ticking Clock

Ticking Clock

2011

5.2

Movie
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit

Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit

2013

6.3

Movie
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

2024

5.2

Movie
Trading Favors

Trading Favors

1997

4.4

Movie
poster

V Graham Norton

2002

5.0

TV
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
Welcome to Hollywood

Welcome to Hollywood

1998

3.8

Movie
What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

1998

7.2

Movie
What Love Is

What Love Is

2007

5.3

Movie
Wrong Turn at Tahoe

Wrong Turn at Tahoe

2009

5.7

Movie
Zoolander

Zoolander

2001

6.2

Movie