Cuba Gooding Jr. was born into a musical family on Jan. 2, 1968. His dad, Gooding Sr., was a singer in the group the Main Ingredient (whose big hit was "Everybody Plays the Fool").Gooding Jr. started as a professional dancer, performing at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He went on to do TV work in the '80s before making his film debut in a bit part in Coming to America. It was his intense yet sensitive performance as Tre Styles in 1991's Boyz N the Hood that made a strong impression on critics.
Just as critical interest was waning a few years later, Gooding rebounded as quarterback Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire (with his soon-ubiquitous catchphrase, "Show me the money!"); he spiked that ball with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. His other films include Men of Honor, The Fighting Temptations, Radio and Pearl Harbor (as World War II hero Dorie Miller).
The Hit ListScreenwriter brothers Chad and Evan Law penned this gripping action-thriller about a man (Cole Hauser) who bends a stranger's (Cuba Gooding Jr.) ear during a night of drinking -- and accidentally sentences the people he complains about to die. The moral implications are bad enough. But when the... Read More
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson StoryOscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson (portrayed as a child by Jaishon Fisher and as a teen by Gus Hoffman), who overcomes enormous obstacles to study medicine and save lives at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Kimberly Elise plays Carson's hardworking single mother, Sonya,... Read More
SacrificeIn this action-driven drama, the broken lives of three men intersect when a remorseful criminal (Devon Bostick) leaves his 5-year-old sister (Arcadia Kendal) in the care of an soldier-turned-priest (Christian Slater) and a grieving cop (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who is still reeling from his wife and... Read More
Ticking ClockCuba Gooding Jr. stars as Lewis Hicks, a crime reporter who's investigating a spate of gory serial killings -- a task that hits close to home when his new girlfriend is brutally murdered in this fast-paced thriller. Read More
Red Tails (2012) | PG-13 | |
Sacrifice (2011) | R | |
Ticking Clock (2011) | R | |
The Hit List (2010) | R | |
R | ||
The Way of War (2009) | R | |
Hardwired (2009) | R | |
NR | ||
R | ||
Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) | R | |
Hollywood on Fire (2009) | NR | |
Hero Wanted (2008) | R | |
Linewatch (2008) | R | |
Harold (2008) | PG-13 | |
G | ||
UR | ||
Norbit (2007) | PG-13 | |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) | PG | |
What Love Is (2007) | R | |
End Game (2005) | R | |
Shadowboxer (2005) | R | |
Dirty (2005) | R | |
Movies 101 (2005) | NR | |
Home on the Range (2004) | PG | |
Radio (2003) | PG | |
The Fighting Temptations (2003) | PG-13 | |
Boat Trip (2003) | UR | |
NR | ||
Snow Dogs (2002) | PG | |
Pearl Harbor (2001) | PG-13 | |
Rat Race (2001) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
In the Shadows (2001) | R | |
Men of Honor (2000) | R | |
Welcome to Hollywood (2000) | PG-13 | |
A Murder of Crows (1999) | R | |
Instinct (1999) | R | |
Chill Factor (1999) | R | |
What Dreams May Come (1998) | PG-13 | |
As Good as It Gets (1997) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
Outbreak (1995) | R | |
Losing Isaiah (1995) | R | |
Lightning Jack (1994) | PG-13 | |
Judgment Night (1993) | R | |
Daybreak (1993) | R | |
A Few Good Men (1992) | R | |
Gladiator (1992) | R | |
Murder Without Motive (1992) | NR | |
R | ||
Coming to America (1988) | R | |
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