The film was a box office surprise and critical hit, and is considered a modern classic. Gooding's first major role was in John Singleton's inner-city crime drama Boyz n the Hood (1991), in which he played the lead, Tre Styles. Early on, he landed guest starring roles on shows like Hill Street Blues (1987), Amen (1988) and MacGyver (1988, 19) and also had a small part in the popular comedy Coming to America (1988). After high school, Gooding studied Japanese martial arts for three years, before turning his focus toward acting. Gooding's first job as an entertainer was as a breakdancer, performing with singer Lionel Richie at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He became a born-again Christian at the age of 13. He served as class president in three of them. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills in Los Angeles. Gooding himself was raised by his mother and attended four different high schools: North Hollywood High School, Tustin High School, Apple Valley High School, and John F. His family moved to Los Angeles in 1972 after his father's music group had their hit single " Everybody Plays the Fool" two years later, the elder Gooding left the family. His paternal grandfather, Dudley MacDonald Gooding, was a native of Barbados. Gooding has three siblings: April, Omar, and Thomas. His mother, Shirley Sullivan, is a singer, and his father, Cuba Gooding Sr., was the lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient. Gooding was born on January 2, 1968, in the Bronx, New York City.
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Simpson: American Crime Story, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Roanoke. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. He also provided the voice of Buck the Horse in the animated feature film Home on the Range (2004). His other films include As Good as It Gets (1997), What Dreams May Come (1998), Rat Race (2001), The Fighting Temptations(2003), American Gangster (2007), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013), and Selma (2014) as civil rights attorney Fred Gray. He gained later fame for his roles in Men of Honor (2000) as Carl Brashear, and in Michael Bay's World War II epic Pearl Harbor (2001) as Doris Miller. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy nomination.Īfter 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. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor.
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