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
all 113
Movies 81
TV Shows 32
self 25
Voice 2
Narrator 1
Athena Saves Christmas (2024)
The Firing Squad (2024)
Skeletons in the Closet (2024)
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2023)
The Weapon (2023)
A Capitol Fourth (2022)
Life in a Year (2020)
For NYC (2020)
A Hotel for the Super Rich & Famous (2018)
Bayou Caviar (2018)
John Bishop: In Conversation With... (2016)
American Crime Story (2016)
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl (2015)
The Book of Negroes (2015)
Selma (2014)
Freedom (2014)
Don Jon (2013)
Machete Kills (2013)
The Butler (2013)
Life of a King (2013)
Absolute Deception (2013)
Summoned (2013)
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit (2013)
One in the Chamber (2012)
Firelight (2012)
Red Tails (2012)
Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War (2012)
Oprah's Next Chapter (2012)
American Horror Story (2011)
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' (2011)
Sacrifice (2011)
The Hit List (2011)
Ticking Clock (2011)
Conan (2010)
Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009)
Hardwired (2009)
Lies & Illusions (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
The Devil's Tomb (2009)
The Way of War (2009)
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Linewatch (2008)
Harold (2008)
Hero Wanted (2008)
Lily Allen and Friends (2008)
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007)
American Gangster (2007)
Daddy Day Camp (2007)
What Love Is (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Norbit (2007)
End Game (2006)
Shadowboxer (2005)
Dirty (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
A Dairy Tale (2004)
Home on the Range (2004)
Radio (2003)
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Boat Trip (2002)
V Graham Norton (2002)
Snow Dogs (2002)
Zoolander (2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
Rat Race (2001)
In the Shadows (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Men of Honor (2000)
Chill Factor (1999)
A Murder of Crows (1999)
Instinct (1999)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
The View (1997)
Trading Favors (1997)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
MADtv (1995)
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Outbreak (1995)
Blown Away (1994)
Lightning Jack (1994)
Judgment Night (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Daybreak (1993)
The Funniest Way in Earth's Atmosphere (1993)
The Untouchables (1993)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Judgement (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Gladiator (1992)
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (1992)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice (1990)
Mancuso, F.B.I. (1989)
Nasty Boys (1989)
Sing (1989)
Coming to America (1988)
The Bronx Zoo (1987)
Better Days (1986)
MacGyver (1985)
227 (1985)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Sesame Street (1969)
The Oscars (1953)
Break the Cycle
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1968-01-02 (56 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ChildrenSpencer Gooding, Mason Gooding
FatherCuba Gooding Sr.
SiblingsOmar Gooding
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known Asキューバ・グッディング・ジュニア
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Screen Actors Guild Award, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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