A gregarious actor with a smile that lights up the screen, Cuba Gooding, Jr. experienced the highs and lows... (Learn more)
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Cuba Gooding Jr’s Milestones
| Began acting in Drama Teachers' Association of Southern California drama festival competition | |
| First acting role, playing a thug on "Hill Street Blues" (NBC) | |
| Raised in Los Angeles | |
| 1984 | First professional job, a breakdancer on stage with Lionel Richie at the 1984 Olympic Games |
| 1988 | Feature film debut, "Coming to America" |
| 1988 | First role in a Canadian TV-movie, "No Means No" (CBC) |
| 1989 | First significant role in a feature film, "Sing" |
| 1989 - 1991 | Had a recurring role on ABC's "MacGyver" |
| 1991 | Breakthrough role as the emotionally tortured Tre Styles in John Singleton's feature debut, "Boyz N the Hood" |
| 1992 | First film with Tom Cruise, "A Few Good Men" |
| 1994 | Cast as Paul Hogan's sidekick in "Lightning Jack"; role purportedly was originally intended for a dog |
| 1996 | Cast as football player Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's "Jerry Maguire"; second collaboration with Cruise |
| 1997 | Portrayed a gay art dealer in James L. Brooks' "As Good As It Gets" |
| 1998 | Appeared as a spirit guide escorting Robin Williams through the afterlife in "What Dreams May Come" |
| 1999 | Played an ambitious psychiatrist trying to penetrate the mind of Anthony Hopkins in "Instinct" |
| 1999 | Produced and starred as a plagiarizing lawyer in "A Murder of Crows" (aired on Cinemax) |
| 2000 | Starred in the biopic "Men of Honor" as Carl Brashear, the US Navy's first African-American salvage-and-retrieval diver |
| 2001 | Had a cameo role in "Pearl Harbor" as Doris 'Dorrie' Miller |
| 2002 | Played a Miami dentist who inherits a dog sled team in "Snow Dogs" |
| 2002 | Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 2003 | Had lead part in the gospel feature "Fighting Temptations" |
| 2003 | Played the title character in the heart-felt drama "Radio" |
| 2006 | Played a gangbanger-turned-cop in the crime drama "Dirty" |
| 2006 | Starred opposite Helen Mirren in Lee Daniels' indie film "Shadowboxer" |
| 2007 | Co-starred with Eddie Murphy in the comedy "Norbit" |
| 2007 | Starred in "Daddy Day Camp" a sequel to "Daddy Day Care" which starred Eddie Murphy |
| 2008 | Co-starred in the comedy film, "Harold" |
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