Cuba Gooding Jr.
Acting
Born: Jan 02, 1968
From: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Weapon | Blue | 2023 | 4.872 |
| For NYC | 2020 | — | |
| Hardwired | Luke Gibson | 2009 | 5.1 |
| Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Ben Carson | 2009 | 7.785 |
| Lies & Illusions | Isaac | 2009 | 4.0 |
| Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Joshua | 2009 | 5.7 |
| American Gangster | Nicky Barnes | 2007 | 7.6 |
| Norbit | Deion Hughes | 2007 | 5.666 |
| What Love Is | Tom | 2007 | 5.313 |
| End Game | Agent Alex Thomas | 2006 | 5.441 |
| Dirty | Salim Adel | 2005 | 5.402 |
| Shadowboxer | Mikey | 2005 | 5.133 |
| A Dairy Tale | Buck (voice) | 2004 | 5.1 |
| The Fighting Temptations | Darrin Hill | 2003 | 5.777 |
| Snow Dogs | Ted Brooks | 2002 | 5.624 |
| Boat Trip | Jerry Robinson | 2002 | 5.3 |
| Pearl Harbor | Doris Miller | 2001 | 6.937 |
| Zoolander | Cuba Gooding Jr. | 2001 | 6.219 |
| Men of Honor | Senior Chief Carl Brashear | 2000 | 7.484 |
| Chill Factor | Arlo | 1999 | 4.922 |
| Instinct | Dr. Theo Caulder | 1999 | 6.49 |
| What Dreams May Come | Albert Lewis | 1998 | 7.199 |
| As Good as It Gets | Frank Sachs | 1997 | 7.401 |
| Jerry Maguire | Rod Tidwell | 1996 | 6.983 |
| Outbreak | Major Salt | 1995 | 6.564 |
| The Tuskegee Airmen | Billy Roberts | 1995 | 7.077 |
| Lightning Jack | Ben Doyle | 1994 | 5.565 |
| Judgment Night | Mike Peterson | 1993 | 6.48 |
| A Few Good Men | Cpl. Carl Hammaker | 1992 | 7.544 |
| Boyz n the Hood | Tré Styles | 1991 | 7.619 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1968 |
| From | The Bronx, New … |