Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

1968-01-02 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 86 Credits

Biography

Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy nomination. He was born in Bronx, New York to Shirley, a singer with the Sweethearts, and Cuba Gooding, Sr., a lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient. He has two brothers, musician Tommy Gooding and fellow actor Omar Gooding, and sister, April Gooding. His family moved to Los Angeles after Gooding Sr.'s music group had a hit single with "E...

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Dog Patrol

Dog Patrol

2025

as Sheriff Jacobs

Acting

Samuel and his friends along with his trusted dog Athena have to go for the adventure of a lifetime, matching wits with a mob boss to solve Oscar's ri...

A Line of Fire

A Line of Fire

2025

Acting

After working as a secret agent in the FBI for ten years, Jack 'Cash' Conry left it all behind after his wife passed in order to dedicate himself to h...

Quantum Supremacy

Quantum Supremacy

2024

Acting

In the not-so-distant future, a fearless crew aboard a starship patrols the galaxy for threats. But when they stumble upon a planet overtaken by rogue...

The Firing Squad

The Firing Squad

2024

as Samuel Wilson

5.5
Acting

Based on the true story of three Christian prisoners who face execution in a third world country and how their joy in Christ results in a stunning con...

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace

2024

as Balthazar

4.2
Acting

When an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to ta...

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

2024

as Self (archive footage)

5.5
Acting

A series of lawsuits and allegations have legendary rap mogul P. Diddy on the ropes. TMZ has the troubling inside story from people who were there.

Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet

2024

as Andres

4.5
Acting

Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill ...

The Weapon

The Weapon

2023

as Blue

4.9
Acting

Dallas is a one-man killing machine on a mysterious rampage. His attacks on biker gangs and meth labs anger the Vegas mob boss who’s holding Dallas’ g...

Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020

as Xavier

8.2
Acting

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

For NYC

For NYC

2020

Acting

Noel Ashman and Damon Dash direct a collection of favorite quotes from high profile artists, recorded on their smart phones, in their homes during qua...

Bayou Caviar

Bayou Caviar

2018

as Rodney Jones

4.6
Acting

Rodney is a former boxing champ who, after a deathbed visit to his trainer and mentor, is propelled into reclaiming victory for his now simple life as...

Bayou Caviar

Bayou Caviar

2018

Writer, Director

4.6
Writing Directing

Rodney is a former boxing champ who, after a deathbed visit to his trainer and mentor, is propelled into reclaiming victory for his now simple life as...

Selma

Selma

2014

as Fred Gray

7.4
Acting

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...

Freedom

Freedom

2014

as Samuel

5.5
Acting

Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantat...

Machete Kills

Machete Kills

2013

as El Camaleon

5.6
Acting

Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take...

Don Jon

Don Jon

2013

as Hollywood Actor #2

6.0
Acting

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and in...

The Butler

The Butler

2013

as Carter Wilson

7.3
Acting

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

Life of a King

Life of a King

2013

as Eugene Brown

7.2
Acting

The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen ...

Absolute Deception

Absolute Deception

2013

as John Nelson

4.7
Acting

A widowed reporter recruits the help of a federal agent to investigate her late husband's secrets, but the two become the target of unknown attackers....

Summoned

Summoned

2013

as Detective Callendar

4.3
Acting

Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killin...

Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit

Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit

2013

as Shadoweyes

6.3
Acting

13-year-old Timmy Muldoon's home movie evolves into the Hollywood film of his dreams.

One in the Chamber

One in the Chamber

2012

as Ray Carver

5.6
Acting

A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.

Firelight

Firelight

2012

as DJ

6.1
Acting

Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.

Red Tails

Red Tails

2012

as Major Emanuelle Stance

6.6
Acting

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War

Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War

2012

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Double Victory spotlights the historic role of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, revealing the ways these African Americans bravely fought a wa...

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2011

as Self

2.0
Acting

A wonderful retrospective supplement that features much of the primary cast cast as well as Writer/Director John Singleton looking back at the picture...

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2011

as John Hebron

4.4
Acting

A tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister ...

The Hit List

The Hit List

2011

as Jonas Arbor

6.0
Acting

A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as...

Ticking Clock

Ticking Clock

2011

as Lewis Hicks

5.1
Acting

A reporter stumbles upon the journal of a murderer with plans to butcher specific girls, and he begins to investigates on his own, and finding that ev...

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so cult...

Wrong Turn at Tahoe

Wrong Turn at Tahoe

2009

as Joshua

5.7
Acting

A small-time crime boss kills a drug dealer without realizing that the drug dealer works for the biggest crime boss in the country.

Hardwired

Hardwired

2009

as Luke Gibson

5.0
Acting

After a tragic accident Luke Gibson is left with critical injuries and complete amnesia. A new technological breakthrough from the Hexx Corporation - ...

Lies & Illusions

Lies & Illusions

2009

as Isaac

4.0
Acting

When a menacing smuggler coolly insists that best-selling author Wes Wilson take a chauffeured backseat ride with him, Wilson's charmed life explodes ...

The Devil's Tomb

The Devil's Tomb

2009

as Mack

4.6
Acting

Captain Mack leads an elite military unit on a search for a missing scientist, and comes face-to-face with an an ancient evil lying beneath the Middle...

The Way of War

The Way of War

2009

as David Wolfe

3.6
Acting

Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plo...

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

2009

as Ben Carson

7.8
Acting

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.

Linewatch

Linewatch

2008

as Michael Dixon

5.3
Acting

Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. is a Border Patrol Officer in the New Mexico desert with a secret past that is about to catch up with him. When...

Harold

Harold

2008

as Cromer

5.5
Acting

A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.

Hero Wanted

Hero Wanted

2008

as Liam Case

5.3
Acting

Liam Case is a garbage man whose life hasn't quite turned out the way he expected it would. In order to impress the girl of his dreams, Liam plans an ...

The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends

The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends

2007

as Loofah (voice)

6.1
Acting

Littlefoot learns a series of important lessons following an incident that nearly costs his grandmother her life. Soon afterwards, three dinosaurs arr...

American Gangster

American Gangster

2007

as Nicky Barnes

7.6
Acting

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American...

Daddy Day Camp

Daddy Day Camp

2007

as Charlie Hinton

4.8
Acting

Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own...

What Love Is

What Love Is

2007

as Tom

5.3
Acting

It's Valentine's Day and Tom has big plans. He's about to get engaged and has a surprise party planned to share the good news with friends. But things...

Norbit

Norbit

2007

as Deion Hughes

5.7
Acting

A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

End Game

End Game

2006

as Alex Thomas

5.4
Acting

Alex Thomas was the man in charge of protecting the president but, when the time came to fulfill his duties, everything just went wrong. His conscienc...

Dirty

Dirty

2006

as Salim Adel

5.2
Acting

Two gangbangers turned cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.

Shadowboxer

Shadowboxer

2005

as Mikey

5.1
Acting

Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a...

A Dairy Tale

A Dairy Tale

2004

as Buck (voice)

5.1
Acting

Mrs. Caloway attempts to tell the tale of Three Little Pigs to the four piglets, but Maggie, Buck, and others keep interrupting her and adding story e...

Home on the Range

Home on the Range

2004

as Buck (voice)

6.1
Acting

When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful c...

Radio

Radio

2003

as Radio

7.3
Acting

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nic...

The Fighting Temptations

The Fighting Temptations

2003

as Darrin Hill

5.8
Acting

Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him...

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2003

as Self

4.5
Acting

Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of "Boyz n the Hood," the parallels between...

Boat Trip

Boat Trip

2002

as Jerry Robinson

5.3
Acting

Two guys whose love lives are a wreck look forward to finding ladies on the high seas. Unfortunately, they've mistakenly been booked on a gay cruise.

Making Rat Race

Making Rat Race

2002

as Himself

Acting
Snow Dogs

Snow Dogs

2002

as Ted Brooks

5.6
Acting

When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.

Zoolander

Zoolander

2001

as Cuba Gooding Jr.

6.2
Acting

Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's...

America | A Tribute to Heroes

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001

as Self

6.2
Acting

A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercial-free by the four major television networks just ...

Rat Race

Rat Race

2001

as Owen Templeton

6.3
Acting

In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group...

In the Shadows

In the Shadows

2001

as Draven

5.1
Acting

When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, ...

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

2001

as Doris Miller

6.9
Acting

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love ...

Welcome to Hollywood

Welcome to Hollywood

2000

as Cuba Gooding Jr.

3.6
Acting

A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

Men of Honor

Men of Honor

2000

as Senior Chief Carl Brashear

7.5
Acting

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his ...

Chill Factor

Chill Factor

1999

as Arlo

4.9
Acting

A store clerk and an ice cream truck driver are thrown together when a dying scientist entrusts them with a deadly chemical kept in ice. This chemical...

A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows

1999

as Lawson Russell

6.1
Acting

In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. Afte...

A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows

1999

Producer

6.1
Producing

In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. Afte...

Instinct

Instinct

1999

as Dr. Theo Caulder

6.5
Acting

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven...

What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

1998

as Albert Lewis

7.2
Acting

Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, h...

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

1997

as Frank Sachs

7.4
Acting

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. Aft...

Trading Favors

Trading Favors

1997

as Liquor Store Clerk

4.4
Acting

A seductive woman with a violent lover steals a car and entices a teenage boy to join her on a crime spree.

Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire

1996

as Rod Tidwell

7.0
Acting

Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plu...

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995

as Billy Roberts

7.1
Acting

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. ...

Losing Isaiah

Losing Isaiah

1995

as Eddie Hughes

6.4
Acting

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he ...

Outbreak

Outbreak

1995

as Major Salt

6.6
Acting

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus sprea...

Blown Away

Blown Away

1994

as Bomb Squad Class Member

6.2
Acting

Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb th...

Lightning Jack

Lightning Jack

1994

as Ben Doyle

5.5
Acting

Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become go...

Judgment Night

Judgment Night

1993

as Mike Peterson

6.5
Acting

Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.

Daybreak

Daybreak

1993

as Torch

5.1
Acting

When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no ...

A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men

1992

as Cpl. Carl Hammaker

7.5
Acting

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritua...

Judgement

Judgement

1992

as Officer Alvarez

3.2
Acting

A juvenile court judge goes out of her way to try to aid a young man whom she believes has innocently gotten involved with a gang.

Gladiator

Gladiator

1992

as Abraham Lincoln Haines

7.6
Acting

Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed an...

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

1992

as Tyree

5.6
Acting

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (TV) Edmund Perry appears to have things all going his way when he graduates from Phillips Exeter Academ...

Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991

as Tré Styles

7.6
Acting

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre...

Sing

Sing

1989

as Stanley

4.8
Acting

When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high school music teacher to lead the upcoming senior "Sing,...

Coming to America

Coming to America

1988

as Boy Getting Haircut

6.9
Acting

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise...

Break the Cycle

Break the Cycle

N/A

Acting

Two Memphis brothers' childhood is impacted by tragedy. They are raised by their grandmother but follow different paths into adulthood.

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

N/A

as Calvin

Acting

Follows two best friends working in retail who dream about living on their own while seeking fame and fortune. They come up with a plan to kidnap the ...