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Cuba Gooding Jr - Biography
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Cuba Gooding Jr Biography
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| Name : | Cuba Gooding Jr |
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Profession :
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Actor
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Birth Details :
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born January 2, 1968
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Height :
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5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal quotes :
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"I have never made a decision based on race and never will. I am admiring of my fellow peers, black film-makers and black actors and actresses. Wh
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Salary :
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Men of Honor (2000) $1,500,000 Instinct (1999) $2,500,000 What Dreams May Come (1998) $1,500,000 Jerry Maguire (1996) $600,000 Outbreak (1995) $400,00
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Spouse :
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Sara Kapfer (13 March 1994 - present) 2 children
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Cuba Gooding Jr Trivia
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- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43. [1991]
- Older brother of Omar Gooding.
- Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1997]
- Break danced in the 1984 closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles
- Son of Cuba Gooding, lead singer of The Main Ingredient singing group ("Everybody Plays The Fool").
- Suggested by Roger Moore to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
- He was a non-celebrity contestant on "The New Dating Game." (approx 1986) He was contestant #1. The woman passed him up and chose contestant #2.
- Was a backup dancer for Paula Abdul
- He played a role in the MacGyver episode "The Coltons" which was the pilot to a series about the Colton Brothers. However, the pilot did not sell and so the series never was produced.
- Sons: Spencer Gooding, born in 1994 and Mason Gooding, born in 1996.
- Shares a birthday with Brandon DeShazer, Taye Diggs, Kate Bosworth, and Dax Shepard.
- His wife, Sara is expecting their third child in early fall 2005.
- Was discovered by eccentric Hollywood agent, Coralie Jr. for his break-dancing talent. He thanked Coralie in his acceptance speech when he received the academy award for his best supporting role in Jerry Maguire.
- Attended John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills his Junior year. There he joined the drama club, stage crew and ran cross country. That year, 1996, he appeared in the California Shakespeare Festival where he won first place in his portrayal of Othello.
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Cuba Gooding Jr Detailed Biography
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Cuba Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an Academy Award-winning American actor.
Gooding, Jr. was born in The Bronx, New York to Cuba Gooding, Sr. (lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient) and Shirley (a singer); he has two siblings, one of whom is actor Omar Gooding. His family moved to Los Angeles after Gooding, Sr.'s music group had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972; the elder Gooding abandoned his family two years later.
Gooding, Jr., who became a Born-again Christian at age 13, was raised by his single mother and attended four different high schools (including North Hollywood High School). He served as class president in three of them.
Gooding Jr. in Pearl Harbor, playing Doris Miller
Gooding, Jr.'s first major film role was in director John Singleton's 1991 film, Boyz N The Hood, a well-reviewed film about inner city youths. Following the success of the film, he was cast in a series of roles, both leading and supporting, including the 1996 film, Jerry Maguire, for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Gooding, Jr.'s subsequent career has included box office successes like Men of Honor (in 2000), Snow Dogs (in 2002), and a supporting role as Navy Cross awardee Doris Miller in the 2001 film, Pearl Harbor.
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