
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