Cuba M. Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor.
 He gained his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in "Boyz n the Hood" (1991); he appeared in "A Few Good Men" (1992), "The Tuskegee Airmen" (1995), "Outbreak" (1995) and "Jerry Maguire" (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
 He gained later attention for his roles as Carl Brashear in "Men of Honor", and in Michael Bay's WWII epic "Pearl Harbor" (2001) as Doris Miller.
 His other notable films include "As Good as It Gets" (1997), "American Gangster" (2007), "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (2013), and "Selma" (2014), playing civil rights attorney Fred Gray.
 In 2016, he portrayed O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series "", and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series "American Horror Story", subtitled "".
Firelight is a 2012 made-for-television film drama, which first aired on ABC.
 The film was directed by Darnell Martin and starred Cuba Gooding Jr. and Q'orianka Kilcher.
 It told the story of a group of inmates at a facility for female juvenile delinquents who find a new lease on life by becoming volunteer firefighters.
 Several critics responded to the film favorably and Gooding won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for his performance.
Carl Maxie Brashear (January 19, 1931 – July 25, 2006) was a United States Navy sailor.
 He was the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver, rising to the position in 1970 despite also having an amputated left leg.
A Murder of Crows is a 1999 thriller film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tom Berenger.
Men of Honor (released in the UK and Ireland as Men of Honour) is a 2000 drama film, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film was directed by George Tillman, Jr. It is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African American master diver in the United States Navy.
Red Tails is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) servicemen during World War II.
 The characters in the film are fictional, although based on real individuals.
 The film was produced by Lucasfilm and released by 20th Century Fox.
 This was Cuba Gooding Jr.'s first theatrically released film in five years since his starring role in 2007's "Daddy Day Camp".
Mr Foote's Other Leg is a 2015 stage adaptation of "Mr Foote's Other Leg: Comedy, tragedy and murder in Georgian London", a 2012 biography of the 18th century actor Samuel Foote.
 Both the biography and the play were written by Ian Kelly.
 The play's prelude is an attempt to steal Foote's amputated leg from the Hunterian Collection, but it mainly covers the period from Foote's tutelage under Charles Macklin in the 1740s until his involvement in the controversy surrounding Elizabeth Chudleigh in 1774-76.
Absolute Deception (also known as Deception) is a 2013 Australian/Canadian international co-production action thriller film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Emmanuelle Vaugier.
 The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on June 11, 2013.
Dirty is a 2005 American crime drama film directed by Chris Fisher.
 The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Clifton Collins, Jr. The film was released in the United States on November 9, 2005.
Ticking Clock is a 2011 American action film directed by Ernie Barbarash, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Neal McDonough.
 The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on January 4, 2011.
 This is the second film between Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ernie Barbarash, they both previously in 2009's "Hardwired".

Question: What real-life Navy sailor with an amputated leg did Cuba Gooding Jr. star as?
Answer: Carl Brashear