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Filmography
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Known For
Jerry Maguire Rod Tidwell (1996) -
Radio Radio (2003) -
Outbreak Major Salt (1995) -
Known For
Men of Honor Chief Carl Brashear (2000) -
Actor
Life in a Year Xavier (2020) -
For NYC (2020) -
Bayou Caviar Rodney Jones (2018) -
American Horror Story Dominic Banks (2016) -
American Crime Story O.J. Simpson (2016) -
Big Time in Hollywood, FL Cuba Gooding Jr. (2015) -
Forever Isaac Monroe (2015) -
The Book of Negroes Sam Fraunces (2015) -
Empire Puma (2015) -
Selma Fred Gray (2014) -
![Freedom]( "Freedom")
Freedom Samuel (2014) -
![Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit]( "Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit")
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit Shadoweyes (2013) -
Guilty William 'Billy' Remz (2013)
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![Machete Kills]( "Machete Kills")
Machete Kills El Camaleón 2 (2013) -
![Lee Daniels' The Butler]( "Lee Daniels' The Butler")
Lee Daniels' The Butler Carter Wilson (2013) -
![Absolute Deception]( "Absolute Deception")
Absolute Deception FBI Agent John Nelson (2013) -
![Summoned]( "Summoned")
Summoned Detective Callendar (2013) -
![Life of a King]( "Life of a King")
Life of a King Eugene (2013) -
![Don Jon]( "Don Jon")
Don Jon Hollywood Actor #2 (2013) -
![One in the Chamber]( "One in the Chamber")
One in the Chamber Ray Carver (2012) -
![Firelight]( "Firelight")
Firelight DJ (2012) -
![Red Tails]( "Red Tails")
Red Tails Major Emanuelle Stance (2012) -
![Sacrifice]( "Sacrifice")
Sacrifice John Hebron (2011) -
![The Hit List]( "The Hit List")
The Hit List Jonas Arbor (2011) -
![Ticking Clock]( "Ticking Clock")
Ticking Clock Lewis Hicks (2011) -
![Wrong Turn at Tahoe]( "Wrong Turn at Tahoe")
Wrong Turn at Tahoe Joshua (2009) -
![Hardwired]( "Hardwired")
Hardwired Luke Gibson (2009) -
![Lies & Illusions]( "Lies & Illusions")
Lies & Illusions Isaac Kahn (2009) -
![The Devil's Tomb]( "The Devil's Tomb")
The Devil's Tomb Mack (2009) -
![The Way of War]( "The Way of War")
The Way of War David Wolf (2009) -
![Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story]( "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story")
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson (2009) -
![Linewatch]( "Linewatch")
Linewatch Michael Dixon (2008) -
![Harold]( "Harold")
Harold Cromer (2008) -
![Hero Wanted]( "Hero Wanted")
Hero Wanted Liam Case (2008) -
![The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends]( "The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends")
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends Loofah (2007) -
![American Gangster]( "American Gangster")
American Gangster Nicky Barnes (2007) -
![Daddy Day Camp]( "Daddy Day Camp")
Daddy Day Camp Charlie Hinton (2007) -
![What Love Is]( "What Love Is")
What Love Is Tom (2007) -
![Norbit]( "Norbit")
Norbit Deion Hughes (2007) -
![End Game]( "End Game")
End Game Alex Thomas (2006) -
![Dirty]( "Dirty")
Dirty Salim Adel (2005) -
![Shadowboxer]( "Shadowboxer")
Shadowboxer Mikey (2005) -
![A Dairy Tale]( "A Dairy Tale")
A Dairy Tale Buck (2004) -
![Home on the Range]( "Home on the Range")
Home on the Range Buck (2004) -
![Radio]( "Radio")
Radio Radio (2003) -
![The Fighting Temptations]( "The Fighting Temptations")
The Fighting Temptations Darrin Hill (2003) -
![Boat Trip]( "Boat Trip")
Boat Trip Jerry Robinson (2002) -
![Snow Dogs]( "Snow Dogs")
Snow Dogs Ted Brooks (2002) -
![Zoolander]( "Zoolander")
Zoolander Cuba Gooding Jr. (2001) -
![In the Shadows]( "In the Shadows")
In the Shadows Draven (2001) -
![Rat Race]( "Rat Race")
Rat Race Owen Templeton (2001) -
![Pearl Harbor]( "Pearl Harbor")
Pearl Harbor Doris 'Dorie' Miller (2001) -
![Men of Honor]( "Men of Honor")
Men of Honor Chief Carl Brashear (2000) -
![The Kid]( "The Kid")
The Kid Wedding Guest (2000) -
![Chill Factor]( "Chill Factor")
Chill Factor Arlo (1999) -
![Instinct]( "Instinct")
Instinct Theo Caulder (1999) -
![A Murder of Crows]( "A Murder of Crows")
A Murder of Crows Lawson Russell (1998) -
![Welcome to Hollywood]( "Welcome to Hollywood")
Welcome to Hollywood Cuba Gooding Jr. (1998) -
![What Dreams May Come]( "What Dreams May Come")
What Dreams May Come Albert (1998) -
![As Good as It Gets]( "As Good as It Gets")
As Good as It Gets Frank Sachs (1997) -
![Trading Favors]( "Trading Favors")
Trading Favors Liquor Store Clerk (1997) -
![Jerry Maguire]( "Jerry Maguire")
Jerry Maguire Rod Tidwell (1996) -
![The Tuskegee Airmen]( "The Tuskegee Airmen")
The Tuskegee Airmen Billy Roberts (1995) -
![Losing Isaiah]( "Losing Isaiah")
Losing Isaiah Eddie Hughes (1995) -
![Outbreak]( "Outbreak")
Outbreak Major Salt (1995) -
![Blown Away]( "Blown Away")
Blown Away Bomb Squad Class Member (1994) -
![Lightning Jack]( "Lightning Jack")
Lightning Jack Ben Doyle (1994) -
![Judgment Night]( "Judgment Night")
Judgment Night Mike Peterson (1993) -
![Daybreak]( "Daybreak")
Daybreak Torch (1993) -
![A Few Good Men]( "A Few Good Men")
A Few Good Men Cpl. Carl Hammaker (1992) -
![Hitz]( "Hitz")
Hitz Officer Alvarez (1992) -
![Gladiator]( "Gladiator")
Gladiator Abraham Lincoln Haines (1992) -
![Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story]( "Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story")
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story Tyree (1992) -
![MacGyver]( "MacGyver")
MacGyver Billy Colton (1989-1991) -
![Boyz n the Hood]( "Boyz n the Hood")
Boyz n the Hood Tre Styles (1991) -
![Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice]( "Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice")
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice Pop Top (1990) -
![Nasty Boys]( "Nasty Boys")
Nasty Boys Poptop (1990) -
![Mancuso, FBI]( "Mancuso, FBI")
Mancuso, FBI (1990) -
![Live-In]( "Live-In")
Live-In Player #1 (1989) -
![Sing]( "Sing")
Sing Stanley (1989) -
![227]( "227")
227 Skater (1989) -
![Amen]( "Amen")
Amen Kenny Mitchell (1988) -
![CBS Schoolbreak Special]( "CBS Schoolbreak Special")
CBS Schoolbreak Special Paul (1988) -
![Coming to America]( "Coming to America")
Coming to America Boy Getting Haircut (1988) -
![The Bronx Zoo]( "The Bronx Zoo")
The Bronx Zoo Bobby Devlin (1987) -
![Hill Street Blues]( "Hill Street Blues")
Hill Street Blues 2nd Gang Member (1986-1987) -
Actor
![Better Days]( "Better Days")
Better Days Bully (1986) -
Soundtrack
![Freedom]( "Freedom")
Freedom (2014) -
![The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends]( "The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends")
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![As Good as It Gets]( "As Good as It Gets")
As Good as It Gets (1997) -
Soundtrack
![Jerry Maguire]( "Jerry Maguire")
Jerry Maguire (1996) -
Producer
![Freedom]( "Freedom")
Freedom (2014) -
![Harold]( "Harold")
Harold (2008) -
Producer
![A Murder of Crows]( "A Murder of Crows")
A Murder of Crows (1998) -
Director
![Bayou Caviar]( "Bayou Caviar")
Bayou Caviar (2018) -
Writer
![Bayou Caviar]( "Bayou Caviar")
Bayou Caviar (2018) -
Archive footage
![The Movies That Made Us]( "The Movies That Made Us")
The Movies That Made Us (2021) -
![The Dr. Oz Show]( "The Dr. Oz Show")
The Dr. Oz Show (2020) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2008-2019) -
![Les Chroniques du Mea]( "Les Chroniques du Mea")
Les Chroniques du Mea (2019) -
![Extra with Billy Bush]( "Extra with Billy Bush")
Extra with Billy Bush (2015-2019) -
![The Insider]( "The Insider")
The Insider (2016-2017) -
![The Oscars]( "The Oscars")
The Oscars (2017) -
![Hoy nos toca]( "Hoy nos toca")
Hoy nos toca (2017) -
![Huckabee]( "Huckabee")
Huckabee (2013) -
![Movie Guide]( "Movie Guide")
Movie Guide (2013) -
![The Graham Norton Show]( "The Graham Norton Show")
The Graham Norton Show (2011-2012) -
![Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!]( "Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!")
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![These Amazing Shadows]( "These Amazing Shadows")
These Amazing Shadows (2011) -
![2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift]( "2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift")
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![Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián]( "Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián")
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![The 80th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 80th Annual Academy Awards")
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![Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation]( "Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation")
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![Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters]( "Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters")
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Celebrity Debut (2006)
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Ceremonia de clausura (2005)
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![Celebrities Uncensored]( "Celebrities Uncensored")
Celebrities Uncensored (2003) -
![A Century of Black Cinema]( "A Century of Black Cinema")
A Century of Black Cinema (2003) -
Archive footage
![Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize]( "Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize")
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![The Movie Show]( "The Movie Show")
The Movie Show (1997)
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Did You Know
Trivia
His father, Cuba Gooding, is a Goodwill Ambassador to Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. On Dec. 5. 2009, he received a "key" to the city from Mayor Torres.
Quotes
[on his final audition for Jerry Maguire (1996)] I came in there and did everything I had to do and the rest was history. So it was never like me sitting going, "Ah, there's Tom!" [Tom Cruise] To me, it was like that son of a bitch was holding me ...
Trademark
Often plays serious and soft-spoken characters
Star Sign
Capricorn
Personal Details
Born
Cuba M. Gooding Junior
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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