Cuba Gooding Jr.

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Jan 2 (age 58) The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 1969–2026 (57 year career)

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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

Film

American Horror Story

Dominic Banks

Film

American Gangster

Nicky Barnes

Film

A Few Good Men

Cpl. Carl Hammaker

Film

Life in a Year

Xavier

Film

As Good as It Gets

Frank Sachs

Film

Pearl Harbor

Doris Miller

Film

The Butler

Carter Wilson

Film

Boyz n the Hood

Tré Styles

Filmography

Acting (121)

Movies (90)

Quantum Supremacy

2026

as Captain Marcus Monroe

4.5

The Woody and Friends Movie

2026 Upcoming

as Stefano Stallion (voice)

Nov 6

A Line of Fire

2025

as Javier Cardona

6.0

Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws

2025

as Sheriff Jacobs

5.0

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace

2024

as Balthazar

6.2

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

2024

as Self (archive footage)

5.3

Skeletons in the Closet

as Andres

The Firing Squad

as Samuel Wilson

The Weapon

as Blue

Life in a Year

as Xavier

For NYC

Bayou Caviar

as Rodney Jones

The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

as O.J. Simpson

Selma

as Fred Gray

Freedom

as Samuel

Don Jon

as Hollywood Actor #2

The Butler

as Carter Wilson

Machete Kills

as El Camaleón 2

Life of a King

as Eugene Brown

Absolute Deception

as John Nelson

Summoned

as Detective Callendar

4.3

Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit

2013

as Shadoweyes

6.3

Red Tails

2012

as Major Emanuelle Stance

6.6

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War

2012

as Narrator (voice)

Firelight

as DJ

One in the Chamber

as Ray Carver

Ticking Clock

as Lewis Hicks

Sacrifice

as John Hebron

The Hit List

as Jonas Arbor

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2011

as Self

2.0

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.1

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

as Ben Carson

Hardwired

as Luke Gibson

The Devil's Tomb

as Mack

Lies & Illusions

as Isaac

Wrong Turn at Tahoe

as Joshua

The Way of War

as David Wolfe

Hero Wanted

as Liam Case

Harold

as Cromer

Linewatch

as Michael Dixon

American Gangster

as Nicky Barnes

Norbit

as Deion Hughes

Daddy Day Camp

as Charlie Hinton

What Love Is

as Tom

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

2007

as Loofah (voice)

6.1

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

as Self

End Game

as Agent Alex Thomas

Dirty

as Salim Adel

Shadowboxer

as Mikey

Home on the Range

as Buck (voice)

A Dairy Tale

as Buck (voice)

Radio

as Radio

The Fighting Temptations

2003

as Darrin Hill

5.7

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

as Self

Snow Dogs

as Ted Brooks

Boat Trip

as Jerry Robinson

Making Rat Race

as Himself

Pearl Harbor

as Doris Miller

Zoolander

as Cuba Gooding Jr.

Rat Race

as Owen Templeton

America | A Tribute to Heroes

as Self

In the Shadows

as Draven

Men of Honor

as Senior Chief Carl Brashear

Welcome to Hollywood

as Cuba Gooding Jr.

Instinct

as Dr. Theo Caulder

Chill Factor

as Arlo

A Murder of Crows

as Lawson Russell

What Dreams May Come

as Albert Lewis

As Good as It Gets

as Frank Sachs

Trading Favors

as Liquor Store Clerk

Jerry Maguire

as Rod Tidwell

Outbreak

as Major Salt

The Tuskegee Airmen

as Billy Roberts

Losing Isaiah

as Eddie Hughes

Lightning Jack

as Ben Doyle

Blown Away

as Bomb Squad Class Member

Judgment Night

as Mike Peterson

Daybreak

as Torch

A Few Good Men

as Cpl. Carl Hammaker

7.5

Gladiator

1992

as Abraham Lincoln Haines

7.6

Judgement

1992

as Officer Alvarez

3.4

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

as Tyree

Boyz n the Hood

as Tré Styles

Sing

as Stanley

Coming to America

as Boy Getting Haircut

6.9

Break the Cycle

Giving Thanks

as Calvin

Atlas King

The Madness of Judge Jeremiah Doherty

Above the Break

as Frank Kitner

Television (31)

American Crime Story

2016

as O. J. Simpson

7.6

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016

as Self

7.0

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Empire

as Puma

The Book of Negroes

as Sam Fraunces

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl

as Cuba Gooding Jr.

The Last Leg

as Self

American Horror Story

as Dominic Banks

Conan

as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

Lily Allen and Friends

2008

as Self - Guest

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

V Graham Norton

as Self

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

MADtv

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

The Untouchables

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Nasty Boys

as Poptop

The Bronx Zoo

MacGyver

as Ray Collins

227

Hill Street Blues

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Sesame Street

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Bayou Caviar

Director

Bayou Caviar

Writer

A Murder of Crows

Producer