Name: Cuba Gooding Jr
Height: 5'10
Nationality: American
Date: January 2, 1968
Birth Place: The Bronx, New York, USA
Occupation: actor, producer
Education: Four high schools in Southern California
Wife: Sara Kapfer (met in high scool; married on March 13, 1994)
Claim to fame: as Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire (1996)

Facts about Cuba Gooding Jr.

On the set of THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, Cuba Gooding Jr. said he was impressed with how great Beyonce Knowles sounds when singing live – He said, “Beyonce, she obviously is beautiful and can sing like amazing. I was so blown away the first day of rehearsals because you know, everybody was tired, it was early in the morning and we were all reading off our scripts because we didn't really know the lines. And then instead of saying, 'This is where I sing,' she just broke into this song. I looked around and I was like, 'I hope somebody recorded that.' (September 20, 2003)

(1991) Listed as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1991 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43.

(1997) Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

Break danced in the 1984 closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. was a non-celebrity contestant on The New Dating Game. (approx 1986) He was contestant #1. The woman passed him up and chose contestant #2.

Suggested by Roger Moore to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.

In a scene during WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (1998) he repeats a line to Robin that was said during Hook. I believe in you.

On a highway location, while traffic was clearing, the motorists would rubberneck to see who the star was. One day, Cuba Gooding Jr. decided to moon the motorists driving by. (RAT RACE)

RAT RACE is the first feature film ever to co-star African-American Academy Award winners Whoopie Goldberg and Gooding Jr., Cuba. His character is based on a real-life referee.

Was nominated for Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture in 2001 for MEN OF HONOR.

He won the Best Supporting Actor in the 69th Academy Awards 1996 from his appearance in JERRY MAGUIRE.

Won the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Award 1997 through JERRY MAGUIRE.

Personal quotes:
On a love scene: "`Butt Naked' was my nickname for a long time on movie sets because when I had a love scene, I'd run butt naked through the set just to show them, `Who cares?'"