Cuba Gooding Jr.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. His father, Cuba Gooding, was the lead vocalist for the R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with the song "Everybody Plays The Fool". His paternal grandfather was from Barbados.Cuba's father moved the family to Los Angeles in 1972, only to leave them a few years later. Despite this setback, Cuba was able to maintain a positive outlook and overachieved throughout school. He attended four different high schools and was elected class president in three of them. While at high school, Cuba met and fell in love with Sara Kapfer, whom he later lived with for seven years before tying the knot in March 1994.Following high school, Cuba studied Japanese martial arts for three years before turning his focus toward acting. Early on, he landed guest starring roles on shows like Hill Street Blues (1981) and MacGyver (1985). His first major role was in the 1991 box office surprise Boyz n the Hood (1991). He followed this success with supporting roles in major films like A Few Good Men (1992), Lightning Jack (1994) and Outbreak (1995).In 1996, Cuba was cast as an arrogant but loyal football player in the Tom Cruise-Cameron Crowe film Jerry Maguire (1996). The film became a huge box office smash and earned Cuba an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His "Show Me The Money" line in the movie became a nationwide catchphrase. The role elevated him to superstar status, as many of Hollywood's top producers began to "show him the money" to appear in their films.Since Jerry Maguire (1996), Cuba has managed to keep busy with a wide range of roles alongside many of Hollywood's biggest stars. Most recently, he won critical support for his portrayal of a mentally handicapped man in the heartwarming film Radio (2003), another movie about football. In 2002, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.He resides in Studio City, California. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ice Cuba

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Cuba Gooding Jr.’s flixes, followed by Google Play Movies compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Cuba Gooding Jr. on average has worked on 3 movies per year from 1986 to 2020. See the full graphs of the number of Cuba Gooding Jr. movies released per year from 2006 till 2020.

Top Genres

Cuba Gooding Jr. works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Action Genre flixes. 26% of Cuba Gooding Jr. movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Cuba Gooding Jr. worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Cuba Gooding Jr. has worked on is 5.9.

5.9 / 10

Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Biography,Crime,Drama
American Crime Story (2016)

An anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.

8.4/1042 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Follows two delusional brothers, who are self-proclaimed filmmakers, as they are kicked out of their parent's house and end up on an epic cinematic journey.

7.8/1022 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.

7.8/10112 min

Available in 12 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama,Romance
As Good as It Gets (1997)

A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

7.7/10139 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Biography of Ben Carson who grew up to be Dr. Ben Carson, a world famous neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins.

7.6/1086 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama,Romance
Jerry Maguire (1996)

When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

7.3/10139 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Biography,Drama
Men of Honor (2000)

The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him.

7.2/10129 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Ex-felon, Eugene Brown, establishes a Chess Club for inner city teenagers in Washington, D.C.

6.9/10100 min

Available in 13 platform(s).