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Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. is an American actor, writer, producer, and director. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), he appeared in A Few Good Men (1992), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), Outbreak (1995), and Jerry Maguire (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and What Dreams May Come (1998). He gained later attention for his roles in Men of Honor (2000) as Carl Brashear, and in Michael Bay's World War II epic Pearl Harbor (2001) as Doris Miller. His other notable films include As Good as It Gets (1997), the ensemble farce Rat Race (2001), Radio (2003), American Gangster (2007), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013), and Selma (2014), playing civil rights attorney Fred Gray. In 2016, he portrayed O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Roanoke.
Birth Name
Cuba M. Gooding Junior
Born
Tuesday, 02 January 1968
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Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Skeletons in the Closet | Andres | 2024 |
Paper Empire | C.I.A Director Zackery Becker | 2024 |
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace | Balthazar | 2023 |
The Weapon | Blue | 2023 |
Life in a Year | Xavier | 2020 |
They've Gotta Have Us | Self - Actor | 2018 |
Bayou Caviar | Rodney Jones | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
The Oscars | Self | 2017 |
The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Skeletons in the Closet | Andres | 2024 |
Paper Empire | C.I.A Director Zackery Becker | 2024 |
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace | Balthazar | 2023 |
The Weapon | Blue | 2023 |
Life in a Year | Xavier | 2020 |
They've Gotta Have Us | Self - Actor | 2018 |
Bayou Caviar | Rodney Jones | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
The Oscars | Self | 2017 |
The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
Harry | Self | 2016 |
American Crime Story | O.J. Simpson / O. J. Simpson | 2016 |
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story | Self | 2016 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
Big Time in Hollywood, FL | Cuba Gooding Jr. | 2015 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015 |
The Book of Negroes | Sam Fraunces | 2015 |
Empire | Puma | 2015 |
Selma | Fred Gray | 2014 |
Forever | Isaac Monroe | 2014 |
The Meredith Vieira Show | Self | 2014 |
Freedom | Samuel | 2014 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
Machete Kills | El Camaleón 2 / El Camaleon | 2013 |
Don Jon | Hollywood Actor #2 | 2013 |
The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
The Butler | Carter Wilson | 2013 |
Life of a King | Eugene / Eugene Brown | 2013 |
Absolute Deception | FBI Agent John Nelson / John Nelson | 2013 |
The 67th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2013 |
Summoned | Detective Callendar | 2013 |
The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
Katie | Self | 2012 |
Steve Harvey | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The Last Leg | Self - Guest | 2012 |
One in the Chamber | Ray Carver | 2012 |
Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Firelight | DJ | 2012 |
Red Tails | Major Emanuelle Stance | 2012 |
Oprah Prime | Self | 2012 |
Beyond the Marquee | Self - Guest | 2011 |
American Horror Story | Dominic Banks / Matt Miller | 2011 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
Sacrifice | John Hebron | 2011 |
The Hit List | Jonas Arbor | 2011 |
These Amazing Shadows | Tre Styles | 2011 |
Ticking Clock | Lewis Hicks | 2011 |
Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Joshua | 2009 |
Hardwired | Luke Gibson | 2009 |
The Dr. Oz Show | Self | 2009 |
Lies & Illusions | Isaac Kahn / Isaac | 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
The Devil's Tomb | Mack | 2009 |
Chris Moyles Quiz Night | Self | 2009 |
The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2009 |
The Way of War | David Wolf / David Wolfe | 2009 |
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Ben Carson | 2009 |
Super Bowl XLIII | Self - Audience Member | 2009 |
Linewatch | Michael Dixon | 2008 |
Harold | Cromer | 2008 |
Hero Wanted | Liam Case | 2008 |
The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 2008 |
Lily Allen and Friends | Self | 2008 |
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards | Self | 2008 |
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends | Loofah / Loofah (voice) | 2007 |
American Gangster | Nicky Barnes | 2007 |
TMZ on TV | Himself | 2007 |
Daddy Day Camp | Charlie Hinton | 2007 |
Britain's Got More Talent | Self - Guest | 2007 |
What Love Is | Tom | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2007 |
Norbit | Deion Hughes | 2007 |
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | Self | 2006 |
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Tré Styles | 2006 |
Celebrity Debut | Self | 2006 |
End Game | Alex Thomas | 2006 |
Dirty | Salim Adel | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
In the Cutz | Self - Guest | 2005 |
B InTune TV | Guest star / Self | 2005 |
Shadowboxer | Mikey | 2005 |
The Contender | Self | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self / Self - Guest | 2005 |
A Dairy Tale | Buck / Buck(voice) | 2004 |
The Insider | Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
Home on the Range | Buck (voice) / Buck | 2004 |
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2004 |
Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize | Self | 2003 |
Radio | Radio | 2003 |
Shootout | Self | 2003 |
The Fighting Temptations | Darrin Hill | 2003 |
A Century of Black Cinema | Self | 2003 |
Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003 |
The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Past Winner | 2003 |
Boat Trip | Jerry Robinson | 2002 |
The Wayne Brady Show | Self | 2002 |
SlamBall | Self | 2002 |
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self - Guest Announcer | 2002 |
V Graham Norton | Self | 2002 |
Snow Dogs | Ted Brooks | 2002 |
Zoolander | Cuba Gooding Jr. | 2001 |
America: A Tribute to Heroes | Himself / Self | 2001 |
Rat Race | Owen Templeton | 2001 |
In the Shadows | Draven | 2001 |
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor | Self | 2001 |
Pearl Harbor | Doris 'Dorie' Miller / Doris Miller | 2001 |
Men of Honor | Chief Carl Brashear / Senior Chief Carl Brashear | 2000 |
The Kid | Wedding Guest | 2000 |
Chill Factor | Arlo | 1999 |
Instinct | Theo Caulder / Dr. Theo Caulder | 1999 |
A Murder of Crows | Lawson Russell | 1998 |
What Dreams May Come | Albert Lewis / Albert | 1998 |
Welcome to Hollywood | Cuba Gooding Jr. | 1998 |
The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter & Past Winner | 1998 |
As Good as It Gets | Frank Sachs | 1997 |
The View | Himself | 1997 |
Trading Favors | Liquor Store Clerk | 1997 |
The 69th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1997 |
Jerry Maguire | Rod Tidwell | 1996 |
Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996 |
Mundo VIP | Self | 1996 |
Mad TV | Self | 1995 |
The Tuskegee Airmen | Billy Roberts / Billy Roberts (Train) | 1995 |
Losing Isaiah | Eddie Hughes | 1995 |
Outbreak | Major Salt | 1995 |
Extra | Self | 1994 |
Blown Away | Bomb Squad Class Member | 1994 |
Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994 |
Lightning Jack | Ben Doyle | 1994 |
Judgment Night | Mike Peterson | 1993 |
This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Self | 1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest / Himself | 1993 |
Late Show with David Letterman | Self | 1993 |
Daybreak | Torch | 1993 |
A Few Good Men | Cpl. Carl Hammaker | 1992 |
Hitz | Officer Alvarez | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Gladiator | Abraham Lincoln Haines | 1992 |
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story | Tyree | 1992 |
Boyz n the Hood | Tre Styles / Tré Styles | 1991 |
Nasty Boys | Poptop | 1990 |
Sing | Stanley | 1989 |
Live-In | Player #1 | 1989 |
Coming to America | Boy Getting Haircut | 1988 |
The Bronx Zoo | Bobby Devlin | 1987 |
Better Days | Bully | 1986 |
Amen | Kenny Mitchell | 1986 |
MacGyver | Billy Colton / Ray Collins | 1985 |
227 | Skater | 1985 |
Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
Hill Street Blues | 2nd Gang Member / Ethan Dillon | 1981 |
CBS Schoolbreak Special | Paul | 1980 |
Saturday Night Live | Paul the Disciple / Self - Host | 1975 |
Sesame Street | Self | 1969 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Bayou Caviar | 2018 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Freedom | 2014 |
Harold | 2008 |
A Murder of Crows | 1998 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie | Nominated |
1997 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
1997 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |