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.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Active - 1988 - Present |
Birth - Jan 2, 1968 |
Genres - Drama, Action-Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
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Subgenres - Romantic Comedy, Biographical Film, Teen Drama, African- Biographical Dramas, Silent Feature
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Romantic Comedy, Biographical Film, Teen Drama, African- Biographical Dramas, Silent Feature, Teen Film, Family Film, LGBT-Related Film, Musical, Action Thriller, American Football Film, Chase, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Propaganda Film, Psychological Thriller Film, Western Film, Action Comedy Film, Boxing Film, Buddy Film, Comedy Drama, Courtroom, Cyberpunk, Disaster Film, Gangster Film, High School, Historical Film, Legal Drama, Melodrama, Neo-Noir, Prison Film, Rock Music, Satire, Screwball Comedy Film, Serial Killer, Slapstick, Speculative/Fantastic Fiction Film, Splatter Film, Sport Film, Time-Travel Film, Treasure Hunt Film, Trial Film, Vigilante Film