Cuba Gooding, Jr.
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | |
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Gooding in April 2012
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| Born |
January 2, 1968 The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
North Hollywood High School Tustin High School Apple Valley High School John F. Kennedy High School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Kapfer (1994–2017) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
Cuba Gooding Sr. Shirley Sullivan |
| Relatives | Omar Gooding (brother) |
| Awards |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Jerry Maguire (1996) |
Cuba Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), his role in The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), his Academy Award–winning role as Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996), his role in the epic Pearl Harbor (2001) as historical figure Doris Miller, his major role in the 2012 World War II film Red Tails, and his portrayal of O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016). He co-starred as actor Dominic Banks in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Roanoke. He has also held roles in films such as As Good as It Gets (1997), American Gangster (2007), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013), and Selma (2014), playing civil rights attorney Fred Gray.
Gooding was born on January 2, 1968 in The Bronx, New York City. His mother, Shirley (née Sullivan), is a singer with the Sweethearts, and his father, Cuba Gooding Sr., is a lead vocalist of the soul group The Main Ingredient. Gooding has three siblings: April, Omar, and Tommy. His paternal grandfather, Dudley MacDonald Gooding, was a native of Barbados. His family moved to Los Angeles in 1972 after his father's music group had their hit single "Everybody Plays the Fool"; two years later, the elder Gooding left the family. Gooding himself was raised by his mother and attended four different high schools: North Hollywood High School, Tustin High School, Apple Valley High School, and John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills in Los Angeles. He served as class president in three of them. He became a born-again Christian at age 13. In 1994, Gooding married his high school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer, with whom he has three children. In 2014, Kapfer filed for legal separation from Gooding. Gooding filed for divorce in January 2017.
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