Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Cuba M. Gooding, Jr. (amezaliwa tar. 12 Januari 1968) ni mwigizaji filamu kutoka nchini Marekani. Anafahamika sana kwa ushindi wake Tuzo ya Academy-akiwa kama mwigizaji mwandamizi bora kwenye filamu ya Jerry Maguire ambamo kacheza kama Rod Tidwell mnamo 1996, akiwa sambamba kabisa na Tom Cruise. Pia anafahamika sana kwa kucheza kwenye filamu iliongozwa na John Singleton ya Boyz n the Hood mnamo mwaka wa 1991.

 Maisha ya awali 
Cuba Gooding, Jr. alizaliwa na kukulia mjini The Bronx, New York, akiwa kama mtoto wa Shirley, mwimbaji mwenye sauti Nyororo, na Cuba Gooding, Sr., mwimbaji kiongozi wa kundi la muziki wa soul la The Main Ingredient. Ana ndugu wa kiume wawili, mwanamuziki Tommy Gooding na mwigizaji mwenzi wake Omar Gooding. Familia yake ilihamia mjini Los Angeles baada ya kundi la Mzee wake kupata kibao chao kikali "Everybody Plays the Fool" mnamo mwaka wa 1972; halafu mzee wake akajitia kuitelekeza familia yake baada ya miaka miwili baadaye. Wakati wa kuonekana kwake kwenye Baada ya kuonekana kwake kwenye The Howard Stern Show, Gooding akagundua kwamba baada ya baba yake kuondoka, familia yake ilikuwa ikiishi kwenye mahoteli kila kukicha huko mjini Los Angeles.  Gooding alililewa na mama yake na kuhudhuria kwenye mashule tofauti takriban mane: North Hollywood High School, Tustin High School, Apple Valley High School, na  John F. Kennedy High School ya mjini Granada Hills huko Los Angeles. Alipata kutumikia kama rais kwenye mashule hayo tofauti matatu. Amekuwa muumini wa dhehebu la Born again akiwa na umri wa miaka takriban 13.

 Shughuli za uigizaji 
Filmografia
 Mwaka Filamu Uhusika Maelezo mengine 1988 Coming to America Barber Shop Customer 1989 JudgementOfficer AlvarezSingStanley 1991 Boyz n the Hood Tré Styles 1992 Gladiator Abraham Lincoln Haines A Few Good Men Cpl. Carl Hammaker 1993 Daybreak Torch (Stephen Tolkin) Judgment Night Mike Peterson 1994 Lightning Jack Ben Doyle 1995 Outbreak Maj. Salt The Tuskegee Airmen Billy RobertsLosing IsaiahEddie Hughes 1996 Jerry Maguire Rod TidwellKashinda Tuzo ya Academy akiwa kama Mwigizaji-Mwandamizi BoraKateuliwa— Golden Globe 1997 As Good as It Gets Frank Sachs Do Me a FavorLiquor Store Clerk 1998 What Dreams Mei Come Albert Lewis A Murder of Crows Lawson Russel Imetayarishwa na Derek Broes 1999 Instinct Theo Caulder Chill Factor Arlo 2000 Men of Honor BM2/Chief/Senior Chief Carl Brashear2001 Pearl Harbor Petty Officer Doris Miller Rat Race Owen TempletonZoolanderHimselfIn the ShadowsDraven 2002 Snow Dogs Theodore "Ted" Brooks 2003 Boat Trip Jerry Robinson The Fighting Temptations Darrin Hill Radio James Robert "Radio" Kennedy 2004 Home on the Range Buck voice-over 2005 Dirty Salim Adel Shadowboxer Mikey 2006 End Game Alex ThomasLightfield's Home Videos 2007 Norbit Deion Hughes What Love Is Tom Daddy Day Camp Charlie Hinton American Gangster Leroy Barnes The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends Loofah voice-over 2008 Hero Wanted Liam Case Harold Cromer Linewatch Michael Dixon The Way of War David Wolfe 2009 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson TV film Lies & Illusions Isaac The Devil's Tomb Mack Wrong Turn At Tahoe Joshua Hardwiredhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405412/ Luke Gibson 2010 Wrong Side of Town Clay Freeman Red Tails TBA

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 Viungo vy Nje 

 Cinema Confidential interview  (Januari 2002)
 Hollywood.com interview (9 Novemba 2000)
 Jet interview  (11 Oktoba 1999)
 Ebony interview  (Juni 1997)
 JAM! Movies interview (13 Desemba 1996)
 Hanes Backstage Game with Cuba Gooding, Jr. & Michael Jordan  (Julai 2007)
 USAToday

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