Cuba Gooding Jr.

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Gender:
Male
Born:
1-2-1968
Birthplace:
The Bronx, New York
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968 in The Bronx, New York) is an African-American actor. He is the son of Cuba Gooding, Sr., lead singer of soul group The Main Ingredient, and older brother of actor Omar Gooding.

Cuba Gooding Jr. in Pearl Harbor, playing a military boxer.His family moved to Los Angeles after The Main Ingredient had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972 by Gooding, Sr. Unfortunately, the elder Gooding abandoned his family two years later. The subsequently tumultuous nature of Gooding Jr.'s upbringing did not deter him from achievement.



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He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire.

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    he's a great academy award winner. hide show

    this guys movies are good.he deserves to win that oscar for best supporting actor back then.he's good in daddy day camp.this dude is like an oscar guy and i haven't heard that he's in a 2009 movie.i mean,come on,he was in american gangster.how do you expect that?anyways,i think this dude is talented at dramas like radio.when does he have a new film?he is so talented at movies in the new millenium.this guy is oscar worthy for stuff and he is a great actor at movies.i kinda seen him in radio but i fell asleep.this dude is a oscar talented guy.

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    A great actor. hide show

    I have to say that this guy can act. I don't understand why Cuba Gooding Jr. has not been in bigger movies. I certainly think he is a better actor than many other bigger names, but considering the fact that he plays certain roles, it's easier to undertsand, in a way. I have to admit that some of his movies have played a part in him not being a bigger star. Snow Dogs? Seriously, that movie almost killed his caeer. I think he did it for the money, but still. Overall, he is a very good actor who should be playing more prominent roles. Thank you.

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    I think that he is a good actor, but some other times he seems a little bit of a show off, and some of his moives are not the best. I enjoy him in Rat Race, Zoolander, and Pearl Harbor, but I don't really think that he has been a lot good roles for me to say that he is great. I just don't like some aspects of him.

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    Cuba Gooding Jr. is a surprisingly good actor. Just looking at him you would think that this athletic guy was a professional athelete. Well, he did play one, convincingly, in "Jerry McGuire." Other than that, he's done a few other good movies, but none that quite captured the magic of the film where he said, "Show me the money!"

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    Cuba Gooding Jr. hide show

    Cuba Gooding Jr. Once again Cuba Gooding Jr.is a very talented actor. He has done so many great movies over the years. But he probably will never be forggoten in the 1995 film Jerry Mcguire. That movie just happend to contain his Oscar winning role. He can be serois anD He can be funny. In movies such as Rat Race.
    Cuba Gooding Jr. is very talented actor.

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