Cuba Gooding, Jr

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/02/1968
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

biography

A gregarious actor with a smile that lights up the screen, Cuba Gooding, Jr. experienced the highs and lows of show business growing up as the son of his famous singer father. As he explained to the Los Angeles Times on January 5, 1997: "We lived in a big house and had chauffeurs, we'd go backstage at the concerts and then in the fifth grade . . . bang! Rock bottom." When his parents divorced, he moved with his mother, brother and sister out of the limelight and began facing financial hardships, which included stretches of being evicted and living in a car, as well as time on the welfare Continued

Credits

Charlie Hinton
2007
Deion Hughes
2007
Mikey
2006
Officer Salim Adel
2006
Voice of Buck
2004
James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy
2003
Darrin Hill
2003
Jerry
2003
Ted Brooks
2002
Owen Templeton
2001
Doris 'Dorie' Miller
2001
Carl Brashear
2000
Arlo
1999
Theo Caulder
1999
Albert
1998
Frank Sachs
1997
Rod Tidwell
1996
Tre Styles
1991
Cast
Eddie Hughes
Major Salt
Tom Quinn
Producer
Mike Peterson
Ben Doyle
Cromer
Liam Case
Michael Dixon
Lincoln

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Los Angeles
 
Began acting in Drama Teachers' Association of Southern California drama festival competition
1984 
First professional job, a breakdancer on stage with Lionel Richie at the 1984 Olympic Games
 
First acting role, playing a thug on "Hill Street Blues" (NBC)
1988 
First role in a Canadian TV-movie, "No Means No" (CBC)
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