Cuba Gooding Jr. is best known for his Oscar winning
portrayal of the charmingly arrogant professional football player, Rod Tidwell,
in Jerry McGuire. Starring opposite Tom Cruise in the Cameron Crown directed
film, Cuba solidified his position as one of Hollywood’s most talented actors.
In addition to his Academy Award, Gooding was also honored with the Screen
Actors Guild Award, The Broadcasters Film Critics Award and the Chicago Film
Critics Award for this role.
Gooding can also be seen as a rouge police officer Salim Adel in the gritty
independent film Dirty, for which he is gaining critical acclaim, and in
Shadowboxer starring opposite Helen Mirren and Lee Daniels.
Gooding has gained recognition in supporting roles in films including the Oscar
nominated A Few Good Men (1992), starring opposite Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson
and Demi Moore. Gooding can also be seen in As Good As It Gets, opposite Jack
Nicholson and Helen Hunt, What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams, and the
critically acclaimed Men of Honor with Robert DeNiro.
Born in The Bronx in 1968, to parents Cuba Gooding Sr. (of R&B Group The Main
Ingredient) and Shirley Gooding (of the Sweethearts), Cuba was exposed to the
entertainment industry early in his life. Gooding’s break-out role was in the
1991 John Singleton coming-of-age classic Boyz N the Hood.
In 2002, Gooding received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring his
achievements as an actor.
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