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Cuba Gooding Jr. – MovieActors.com
Gooding in 
JERRY MAGUIRE
(R)
Cuba Gooding Jr. won his Best Supporting Oscar portraying Rod Tidwell, a self-absorbed football star, who is the only one who stays with Jerry Maguire after Jerry has an epiphany, changing his way of doing business.
About Cuba Gooding Jr. ( 1968 – )
Gooding was born on January 2nd, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. He is the son of Cuba Gooding, lead singer of The Main Ingredient, who brought us the hit, EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL.
Cuba Gooding Jr. started his film career in COMING TO AMERICA; credited as boy getting a haircut in the barber shop. Gooding's first major role was his portrayal of Tre Styles, in the film BOYZ 'N THE HOOD, in 1991. This led to a co-star status in the film, GLADIATOR. Gooding then went on to star in a steady stream of films, most notably A FEW GOOD MEN, JERRY MACGUIRE, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, and PEARL HARBOR.
In the movie JERRY MAGUIRE (1996), Cuba Gooding Jr. played with Tom Cruise, portraying an arrogant football player, whose line, "Show Me The Money," became a popular saying. Gooding won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
In AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997), Gooding plays the sympathetic actor's agent to the down and out neighbor of Jack Nicholson, an obsessive/compulsive yet successful writer, who is falling in love with a beleaguered waitress at a local restaurant, played by Helen Hunt.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. played Albert, the guide through the afterlife to Robin William's character, searching for his lost wife in WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (1998).
In MEN OF HONOR (2000), Gooding co-starred, with Robert De Niro, as an aspiring Navy diver whose career takes many twists and turns.
Gooding has been happily married to his high-school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer, since 1994. The couple has two children.
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s notable movie credits include...
JUDGEMENT NIGHT (1993)
LIGHTNING JACK (1994)
BLOWN AWAY (1994)
OUTBREAK (1994)
LOSING ISAIAH (1995)
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME? (1998)
MEN OF HONOR (2000)
INSTINCT (1999)
CHILL FACTOR (1999)
PEARL HARBOR (2001)
RAT RACE (2001)
SNOW DOGS (2002)
BOAT TRIP (2002)
THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (2003)
RADIO (2003)
HOME ON THE RANGE (2004)
A DAIRY TALE (video Short) 2004)
SHADOWBOXER (2005)
DIRTY (2005)
LIGHTFIELDS HOME VIDEOS (2006)
END GAME (2006)
NORBIT (2007)
WHAT LOVE IS (2007)
DADDY DAY CAMP (2007)
AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007)
THE LAND BEFORE TIME XIII: THE WISDOM OF FRIENDS (2007)
HERO WANTED (2008)
HAROLD (2008)
LINEWATCH (2008)
THE WAY OF WAR (2009)
THE DEVIL'S TOMB (2009)
LIES AND ILLUSIONS (2009)
HARDWIRED (2009)
WRONG TURN AT TAHOE (2009)
SACRIFICE (2011)
THE BUTLER (2013)
SELMA (2014)
THE BOOK OF NEGROES (2015)
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s television credits include...
American Horror Story (2016)
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story(2016)
Forever (2015)
Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015)
HILL STREET BLUES (1981)
MACGYVER (1985)
MANCUSO, FBI (1989)
Cuba Gooding Jr. in SNOW DOGS (2002) .
Cuba Gooding Jr. in OUTBREAK (1995).
Cuba in A MURDER OF CROWS (1998).
Cuba Gooding Jr. in RADIO.
Cuba in LIES AND ILLUSIONS.
Cuba Gooding Jr. won his Best Supporting Oscar portraying Rod Tidwell, a self-absorbed football star, who is the only one who stays with Jerry Maguire after Jerry has an epiphany, changing his way of doing business.
About Cuba Gooding Jr. ( 1968 – )
Gooding was born on January 2nd, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. He is the son of Cuba Gooding, lead singer of The Main Ingredient, who brought us the hit, EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL.
Cuba Gooding Jr. started his film career in COMING TO AMERICA; credited as boy getting a haircut in the barber shop. Gooding's first major role was his portrayal of Tre Styles, in the film BOYZ 'N THE HOOD, in 1991. This led to a co-star status in the film, GLADIATOR. Gooding then went on to star in a steady stream of films, most notably A FEW GOOD MEN, JERRY MACGUIRE, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, and PEARL HARBOR.
In the movie JERRY MAGUIRE (1996), Cuba Gooding Jr. played with Tom Cruise, portraying an arrogant football player, whose line, "Show Me The Money," became a popular saying. Gooding won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
In AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997), Gooding plays the sympathetic actor's agent to the down and out neighbor of Jack Nicholson, an obsessive/compulsive yet successful writer, who is falling in love with a beleaguered waitress at a local restaurant, played by Helen Hunt.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. played Albert, the guide through the afterlife to Robin William's character, searching for his lost wife in WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (1998).
In MEN OF HONOR (2000), Gooding co-starred, with Robert De Niro, as an aspiring Navy diver whose career takes many twists and turns.
Gooding has been happily married to his high-school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer, since 1994. The couple has two children.
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s notable movie credits include...
JUDGEMENT NIGHT (1993)
LIGHTNING JACK (1994)
BLOWN AWAY (1994)
OUTBREAK (1994)
LOSING ISAIAH (1995)
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME? (1998)
MEN OF HONOR (2000)
INSTINCT (1999)
CHILL FACTOR (1999)
PEARL HARBOR (2001)
RAT RACE (2001)
SNOW DOGS (2002)
BOAT TRIP (2002)
THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (2003)
RADIO (2003)
HOME ON THE RANGE (2004)
A DAIRY TALE (video Short) 2004)
SHADOWBOXER (2005)
DIRTY (2005)
LIGHTFIELDS HOME VIDEOS (2006)
END GAME (2006)
NORBIT (2007)
WHAT LOVE IS (2007)
DADDY DAY CAMP (2007)
AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007)
THE LAND BEFORE TIME XIII: THE WISDOM OF FRIENDS (2007)
HERO WANTED (2008)
HAROLD (2008)
LINEWATCH (2008)
THE WAY OF WAR (2009)
THE DEVIL'S TOMB (2009)
LIES AND ILLUSIONS (2009)
HARDWIRED (2009)
WRONG TURN AT TAHOE (2009)
SACRIFICE (2011)
THE BUTLER (2013)
SELMA (2014)
THE BOOK OF NEGROES (2015)
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s television credits include...
American Horror Story (2016)
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story(2016)
Forever (2015)
Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015)
HILL STREET BLUES (1981)
MACGYVER (1985)
MANCUSO, FBI (1989)
Cuba Gooding Jr. in SNOW DOGS (2002) .
Cuba Gooding Jr. in OUTBREAK (1995).
Cuba in A MURDER OF CROWS (1998).
Cuba Gooding Jr. in RADIO.
Cuba in LIES AND ILLUSIONS.