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Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. is an American actor. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a football star in Jerry Maguire (1996). His other notable films include A Few Good Men (1992), Judgment Night (1993), Lightning Jack (1994), As Good as It Gets (1997), Men of Honor (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), Snow Dogs (2002),…
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Born 2 January 1968 · Q136209
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Public attention spiked: 11,315 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 2,976, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Mason Gooding on Growing Up With Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Oscar Fame” (Yahoo).
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Yahoo: Mason Gooding on Growing Up With Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Oscar Fame
Public attention spiked: 9,451 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 2,976, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “‘They Look the Same Age’: Cuba Gooding Jr. and His Son’s Side-by-Side Photos Have Fans Looking Twice After Mason Reveals the Cost of His Dad’s Fame” (Atlanta Black Star).
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Atlanta Black Star: ‘They Look the Same Age’: Cuba Gooding Jr. and His Son’s Side-by-Side Photos Have Fans Looking Twice After Mason Reveals the Cost of His Dad’s Fame
Public attention spiked: 11,730 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 2,976, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Cuba Gooding Jr.’s son Mason says famous dad ‘speed-parented’ him: He’d be ‘gone for so long’” (Page Six).
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Page Six: Cuba Gooding Jr.’s son Mason says famous dad ‘speed-parented’ him: He’d be ‘gone for so long’
Deadline.com: Cuba Gooding Jr. To Star In Nika Agiashvili’s Neo-Western ‘The Madness of Judge Jeremiah Doherty’
The Source Magazine: Cuba Gooding Jr. Breaks Silence on Diddy: “Like I said, I pray for the brother”
Gooding was mentioned in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against Sean Combs by music producer Rodney Jones
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The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr sued for alleged sexual misconduct in NYC bars
The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr settles New York rape lawsuit, averting trial
The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr pleads guilty to forcibly touching a woman in New York club
Gooding pleaded guilty to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018, telling the judge he "kissed the waitress on her lips" without her consent
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A woman filed a lawsuit against Gooding, accusing him of raping her in 2013 in New York City
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The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr pleads not guilty to forcible touching charge
The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr charged with forcible touching after incident in New York
Gooding was booked on charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third degree in New York City, relating to an incident in which he allegedly groped a woman at a bar in Times Square
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The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr: 'I want to do a Boyz N the Hood sequel as a musical'
The Guardian: Chicago review – Cuba Gooding Jr stars but hit has lost razzle-dazzle
The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr: ‘I had 10 years in the wilderness’
Gooding appeared as star guest announcer on the 100th episode of ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr to make British stage debut in Chicago revival
Gooding headlined the 21st anniversary revival of the musical Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End, playing Billy Flynn
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Played Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago in both the West End and on Broadway
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The Guardian: Cuba Gooding Jr on OJ Simpson: 'It could have been me in that Bronco'
Kapfer filed for legal separation from Gooding
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Appeared as Civil Rights Movement attorney Fred Gray in the widely acclaimed historical drama Selma
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Gooding had roles in several theatrical release films, including a well-received supporting performance in Lee Daniels's The Butler and brief appearances in Don Jon and Machete Kills
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Gooding starred in a TV pilot for Fox called Guilty, which was directed by McG
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Closing the show in a duet, "Bad Romance", with Lulu
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Gooding earned the Public Leadership in Neurology Award from the American Academy of Neurology for his work raising awareness about multiple sclerosis
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Was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jerry Maguire (1997).
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Gooding followed his breakout with a notable supporting role in the acclaimed Academy Award-winning comedy As Good as It Gets (1997)
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Gooding reached a new level of prominence when he was cast as an arrogant yet charismatic football player in Cameron Crowe's dramatic sports comedy Jerry Maguire (1996), co-starring with Tom Cruise
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Gooding married his high school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer
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After his father's music group had their hit single "Everybody Plays the Fool"; two years later, the elder Gooding left the family
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Born 1968-01-02.
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