# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cuba-gooding-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:03:42.257Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/cuba-gooding-jr"
name: "Cuba Gooding Jr."
slug: "cuba-gooding-jr"
description: "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), Radio (2003), Norbit (2007), Linewatch (2008), and he played Dr. Ben Carson in the film Gifted Hands (2009). He played in Red Tails (2012), and The Butler (2013). He has done voice acting in Home on the Range (2004) and The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007)."
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1968-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump