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Acting

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Career: Active from 1991 to 2026, busiest in 2009 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 53
top three billing

Average score: 49/100

Highest rated: Boyz n the Hood
83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1997 · Won · 69th Academy Awards
Jerry Maguire
Source: Wikidata
Critics' Choice Awards · Best Supporting Actor
1996 · Won
Jerry Maguire
Source: Wikidata

Characters

15

The characters Cuba Gooding Jr. played, best-known titles first.

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Dominic Banks

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Rod Tidwell

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Tré Styles

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Owen Templeton

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Albert Lewis

Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Deion Hughes

Cuba Gooding Jr. as El Camaleon

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Major Emanuelle Stance

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Buck (voice)

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Mike Peterson

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Liam Case

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Salim Adel

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Sam Fraunces

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Cuba Gooding Jr.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Cuba Gooding Jr. Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.5, average 2.5
Uncanny
1.8, average 2.5
Nostalgia
3.2, average 3.9
Melancholy
4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Crime Thriller 6
Fast-Paced 6
Social Commentary 5
Suspenseful 5
Biographical Drama 4
Moral Dilemma 4
Contemporary Setting 4
Overcoming Adversity 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Fast-Paced Action 3
Gritty Realism 3
Character-Driven 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Above the Break

as Frank Kitner

Angels in Darkness

as Father Thomas

Giving Thanks

as Calvin

2020s

8 titles · average score 42

Quantum Supremacy

40

as Captain Marcus Monroe

A Line of Fire

32

as Javier Cardona

Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws

46

as Sheriff Jacobs

Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace

47

as Balthazar

The Firing Squad

42

as Samuel Wilson

Skeletons in the Closet

37

as Andres

The Weapon

25

as Blue

Life in a Year

70

as Xavier

2010s

23 titles · average score 58

Bayou Caviar

37

as Rodney Jones

Freedom

30

as Samuel

Life of a King

58

as Eugene Brown

The Butler

70

as Carter Wilson

Absolute Deception

52

as John Nelson

Summoned

38

as Detective Callendar

Red Tails

51

as Major Emanuelle Stance

One in the Chamber

47

as Ray Carver

Firelight

62

as DJ

The Hit List

47

as Jonas Arbor

Sacrifice

41

as John Hebron

Ticking Clock

48

as Lewis Hicks

2000s

30 titles · average score 47

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

75

as Ben Carson

The Devil's Tomb

33

as Mack

American Gangster

79

as Nicky Barnes

Daddy Day Camp

22

as Charlie Hinton

Norbit

34

as Deion Hughes

Dirty

39

as Salim Adel

Radio

53

as Radio

The Fighting Temptations

47

as Darrin Hill

Boat Trip

29

as Jerry Robinson

Snow Dogs

40

as Ted Brooks

Rat Race

56

as Owen Templeton

Men of Honor

61

as Senior Chief Carl Brashear

1990s

22 titles · average score 58

Instinct

50

as Dr. Theo Caulder

A Murder of Crows

60

as Lawson Russell

Chill Factor

35

as Arlo

What Dreams May Come

60

as Albert Lewis

As Good as It Gets

70

as Frank Sachs

Jerry Maguire

74

as Rod Tidwell

Outbreak

62

as Major Salt

Lightning Jack

29

as Ben Doyle

Judgment Night

52

as Mike Peterson

Daybreak

48

as Torch

Gladiator

59

as Abraham Lincoln Haines

Boyz n the Hood

83

as Tré Styles

1980s

7 titles · average score 72

Mancuso, F.B.I.

68

TV show

Sing

56

as Stanley

Coming to America

66

as Boy Getting Haircut

The Bronx Zoo

TV show

MacGyver

79

TV show · as Ray Collins / Billy Colton

227

78

TV show

Hill Street Blues

83

TV show

1960s

1 title · average score 69

Sesame Street

69

TV show