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Cuba Gooding, Jr. |
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Male |
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5' 10" |
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US - United States of America |
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| Date of Birth |
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January 2, 1968 |
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The Bronx, New York, USA |
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See also:
As Good As It Gets, Boyz N the Hood, Jerry Maguire, Pearl Harbor, Rat Race, Snow Dogs, What Dreams May Come
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Born 2 January 1968 in New York, New York, Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s performance as high-maintenance NFL star Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire (1996) made him a star and won him an Oscar as the year's best supporting actor. Throughout his career, Gooding has mixed dramas like Boyz 'N the Hood (1991) and Men of Honor (2000, co-starring Robert DeNiro) with extra-nutty comedies like the frantic Rat Race (2001) and the I'm-not-really-gay flick Boat Trip (2002). He had a surprise hit with the Disney comedy Snow Dogs (2002), and in 2003 appeared in The Fighting Temptations and Radio (co-starring Ed Harris). His brother, actor Omar Gooding, also played a football star in the 2003 ESPN series Playmakers. His father, Cuba Gooding, Sr., sang lead for the pop group The Main Ingredient; their big hit (1972) was "Everybody Plays the Fool". Cuba Gooding, Jr. has two sons: Spencer (b. 1993) and Mason (b. 1996).
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