Skip to content
Vinony
English
EnglishBahasa IndonesiaDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsSvenskaTiếng ViệtTürkçeРусскийالعربيةفارسیไทย한국어中文日本語
Cuba Gooding Jr.

File:Cuba_Gooding_Jr_2022_(cropped).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ136209· pop 67· linked from 683 articles

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Sign in to save

Also known as Cuba Gooding, Jr., Cuba M. Gooding Jr.

American actor

AI overview

Cuba Gooding Jr. is an American actor known for his film and television work. He is notable for winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1996 film "Jerry Maguire."

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Film & TV

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,…

Known for

  • Quantum Supremacy — Captain Marcus Monroe2026
  • Atlas King2026
  • Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws — Sheriff Jacobs2025
  • A Line of Fire — Javier Cardona2025
  • The Firing Squad — Samuel Wilson2024
  • Skeletons in the Closet — Andres2024
  • TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace — Balthazar2024
  • The Weapon — Blue2023
  • For NYC2020

via TMDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Child
Mason Gooding
Father
Cuba Gooding Sr.
Sibling
Omar Gooding
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Image
Cuba Gooding Jr 2022 (cropped).jpg
Residence
Los Angeles
Show 6 more facts
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Commons category
Cuba Gooding Jr.
date of birth
1968-01-02
ethnic group
African Americans
Commons gallery
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
start of work period
1986-00-00
Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

~10 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a football star in Jerry Maguire (1996). His other notable films include A Few Good Men (1992), Judgment Night (1993), Lightning Jack (1994), As Good as It Gets (1997), Men of Honor (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), Snow Dogs (2002), Radio (2003), Norbit (2007), Linewatch (2008), and he played Dr. Ben Carson in the film Gifted Hands (2009). He played in Red Tails (2012), and The Butler (2013). He has done voice acting in Home on the Range (2004) and The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007).

For his portrayal of O. J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He also co-starred that year in the FX series American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cuba Gooding Jr.” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (4)

Available in 64 languages

Show 45 more

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0