Cuba Gooding Jr.
Acting
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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 "E...
Known For
Filmography
Quantum Supremacy
2026
as Captain Marcus Monroe
Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws
2025
as Sheriff Jacobs
A Line of Fire
2025
as Javier Cardona
The Firing Squad
2024
as Samuel Wilson
Skeletons in the Closet
2024
as Andres
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace
2024
as Balthazar
The Weapon
2023
as Blue
For NYC
2020
Life in a Year
2020
as Xavier
Bayou Caviar
2018
as Rodney Jones
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
2016
as O.J. Simpson
American Crime Story
2016
as O. J. Simpson
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
The Book of Negroes
2015
as Sam Fraunces
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015
as Cuba Gooding Jr.
Freedom
2014
as Samuel
Selma
2014
as Fred Gray
Machete Kills
2013
as El Camaleón 2
The Butler
2013
as Carter Wilson
Summoned
2013
as Detective Callendar
Life of a King
2013
as Eugene Brown
Absolute Deception
2013
as John Nelson
Don Jon
2013
as Hollywood Actor #2
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit
2013
as Shadoweyes
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Red Tails
2012
as Major Emanuelle Stance
Firelight
2012
as DJ
One in the Chamber
2012
as Ray Carver
Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Ticking Clock
2011
as Lewis Hicks
Sacrifice
2011
as John Hebron
The Hit List
2011
as Jonas Arbor
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
as Self
American Horror Story
2011
as Dominic Banks
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
Conan
2010
as Self
Hardwired
2009
as Luke Gibson
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009
as Ben Carson
Lies & Illusions
2009
as Isaac
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
as Joshua
The Way of War
2009
as David Wolfe
The Devil's Tomb
2009
as Mack
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Harold
2008
as Cromer
Linewatch
2008
as Michael Dixon
Hero Wanted
2008
as Liam Case
Lily Allen and Friends
2008
as Self - Guest
American Gangster
2007
as Nicky Barnes
Norbit
2007
as Deion Hughes
What Love Is
2007
as Tom
Daddy Day Camp
2007
as Charlie Hinton
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
2007
as Loofah (voice)
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
End Game
2006
as Agent Alex Thomas
Dirty
2005
as Salim Adel
Shadowboxer
2005
as Mikey
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
A Dairy Tale
2004
as Buck (voice)
Home on the Range
2004
as Buck (voice)
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Darrin Hill
Radio
2003
as Radio
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Snow Dogs
2002
as Ted Brooks
Boat Trip
2002
as Jerry Robinson
Making Rat Race
2002
as Himself
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Pearl Harbor
2001
as Doris Miller
Zoolander
2001
as Cuba Gooding Jr.
In the Shadows
2001
as Draven
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
Rat Race
2001
as Owen Templeton
Men of Honor
2000
as Senior Chief Carl Brashear
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Cuba Gooding Jr.
Chill Factor
1999
as Arlo
Instinct
1999
as Dr. Theo Caulder
A Murder of Crows
1999
as Lawson Russell
What Dreams May Come
1998
as Albert Lewis
As Good as It Gets
1997
as Frank Sachs
Trading Favors
1997
as Liquor Store Clerk
The View
1997
as Self
Jerry Maguire
1996
as Rod Tidwell
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Outbreak
1995
as Major Salt
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as Billy Roberts
Losing Isaiah
1995
as Eddie Hughes
MADtv
1995
as Self
Lightning Jack
1994
as Ben Doyle
Blown Away
1994
as Bomb Squad Class Member
Judgment Night
1993
as Mike Peterson
Daybreak
1993
as Torch
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Untouchables
1993
A Few Good Men
1992
as Cpl. Carl Hammaker
Judgement
1992
as Officer Alvarez
Gladiator
1992
as Abraham Lincoln Haines
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992
as Tyree
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Boyz n the Hood
1991
as Tré Styles
Sing
1989
as Stanley
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Nasty Boys
1989
as Poptop
Coming to America
1988
as Boy Getting Haircut
The Bronx Zoo
1987
227
1985
MacGyver
1985
as Billy Colton
MacGyver
1985
as Ray Collins
Hill Street Blues
1981
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Sesame Street
1969
The Oscars
1953
as Self