Cuba Gooding Jr.
Actor
Born January 2, 1968 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Break the Cycle
Giving Thanks
Calvin
Above the Break
Frank Kitner
Padilla
Quantum Supremacy
Captain Marcus Monroe
Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws
Sheriff Jacobs
A Line of Fire
Javier Cardona
The Firing Squad
Samuel Wilson
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace
Balthazar
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Self (archive footage)
Skeletons in the Closet
Andres
The Weapon
Blue
Life in a Year
Xavier
For NYC
Bayou Caviar
Rodney Jones
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self
American Crime Story
O. J. Simpson
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Cuba Gooding Jr.
The Book of Negroes
Sam Fraunces
Empire
Puma
Selma
Fred Gray
Freedom
Samuel
Machete Kills
El Camaleón 2
Don Jon
Hollywood Actor #2
The Butler
Carter Wilson
Summoned
Detective Callendar
Life of a King
Eugene Brown
Absolute Deception
John Nelson
The Last Leg
Self
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit
Shadoweyes
One in the Chamber
Ray Carver
Firelight
DJ
Red Tails
Major Emanuelle Stance
Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War
Narrator (voice)
American Horror Story
Dominic Banks
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
Sacrifice
John Hebron
The Hit List
Jonas Arbor
Ticking Clock
Lewis Hicks
Conan
Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Joshua
Hardwired
Luke Gibson
Lies & Illusions
Isaac
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Devil's Tomb
Mack
The Way of War
David Wolfe
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Ben Carson
Linewatch
Michael Dixon
Harold
Cromer
Hero Wanted
Liam Case
Lily Allen and Friends
Self - Guest
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
Loofah (voice)
American Gangster
Nicky Barnes
Daddy Day Camp
Charlie Hinton
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
What Love Is
Tom
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Norbit
Deion Hughes
End Game
Agent Alex Thomas
Dirty
Salim Adel
Shadowboxer
Mikey
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
A Dairy Tale
Buck (voice)
Home on the Range
Buck (voice)
Radio
Radio
The Fighting Temptations
Darrin Hill
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Boat Trip
Jerry Robinson
V Graham Norton
Self
Making Rat Race
Himself
Snow Dogs
Ted Brooks
Zoolander
Cuba Gooding Jr.
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
Rat Race
Owen Templeton
In the Shadows
Draven
Pearl Harbor
Dorie Miller
Welcome to Hollywood
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Men of Honor
Senior Chief Carl Brashear
Chill Factor
Arlo
A Murder of Crows
Lawson Russell
Instinct
Dr. Theo Caulder
What Dreams May Come
Albert Lewis
As Good as It Gets
Frank Sachs
The View
Self
Trading Favors
Liquor Store Clerk
Jerry Maguire
Rod Tidwell
The Daily Show
Self
MADtv
Self
The Tuskegee Airmen
Billy Roberts
Losing Isaiah
Eddie Hughes
Outbreak
Major Salt
Blown Away
Bomb Squad Class Member
Lightning Jack
Ben Doyle
Judgment Night
Mike Peterson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Daybreak
Torch
The Untouchables
A Few Good Men
Cpl. Carl Hammaker
Judgement
Officer Alvarez
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Gladiator
Abraham Lincoln Haines
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Tyree
Boyz n the Hood
Tré Styles
Nasty Boys
Poptop
Mancuso, F.B.I.
Sing
Stanley
Coming to America
Boy Getting Haircut
The Bronx Zoo
MacGyver
Billy Colton
227
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Hill Street Blues
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Sesame Street
The Oscars
Self