Cuba Gooding Jr. (Movie Actor) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More
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Updated on February 19, 2026
Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. is an American actor. Following his breakout role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood, he appeared in A Few Good Guys, The Tuskegee Airmen, Outbreak and Jerry Maguire, for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Dreams Can come. He was later noted for his roles in Men of Honor as Carl Brashear, and in Michael Bay's WWII epic Pearl Harbor as Doris Miller. His other notable films include As Good as It Gets, Rat Race, The Fighting Temptations, American Gangster, The Butler by Lee Daniels and Selma, playing civil rights lawyer Fred Gray. In 2016 he starred as O.J. Simpson in FX series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Roanoke. He also voiced Buck in the animated film Home on the Range.
| Born | Cuba Mark Gooding Jr, January 2, 1968, The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Tustin High School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Children | 3, including Mason Gooding |
| Parent(s) | Cuba Gooding Sr, Shirley Sullivan |
| Relatives | Omar Gooding (brother) |
Movie Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968 in New York City, New York, United States (He's 56 years old now).
Actor who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as football player Rod Tidwell in the film Movie Jerry Maguire. As Good As It Gets, Movie Men of Honor, Movie Red Tails, and Movie Norbit are among his other credits. He stars as Football Player OJ Simpson on the FX series TV-Show The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1968 is also the year of Monkey (猴) in the Chinese Zodiac.
As a teenager, he attended four different high schools and was class president at three of them.
From 1989 to 1991, he played Billy Colton in four episodes of the television series MacGyver.
R&B Singer Cuba Gooding Sr., his father, was the main singer of The Main Ingredient. He has two brothers, TV Actor Omar and Tommy, as well as a sister, Family Member April. In 1994, he married Sara Kapfer, but the pair divorced in 2014. Family Member Spencer and Family Member Mason are his sons, and Family Member Piper is his daughter.
He and Movie Actor Seth Green co-starred in the comedic flick Movie Rat Race in 2001.
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