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Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Gooding in April 2012
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Born | Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968-01-02) January 2, 1968 (age 48) The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | North Hollywood High School Tustin High School Apple Valley High School John F. Kennedy High School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1986–present |
Known for | Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire |
Spouse(s) | Sara Kapfer (m. 1994; div. 2014) |
Children | Spencer, Mason, and Piper |
Parent(s) | Cuba Gooding Sr. Shirley Sullivan |
Awards | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Jerry Maguire (1996) |
Cuba Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award–winning role as Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire, and his role as O.J Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
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Personal background[edit]
Gooding was born on January 2, 1968 in The Bronx, New York City.[1] His mother, Shirley (née Sullivan), is a singer with the Sweethearts, and his father, Cuba Gooding Sr., is a lead vocalist of the soul group The Main Ingredient.[2][3] Gooding has three siblings: April, Omar, and Tommy. His paternal grandfather, Dudley MacDonald Gooding, was a native of Barbados.[3] 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. 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. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills in Los Angeles. He served as class president in three of them.[4] He became a born-again Christian at age 13.[5] In 1994, Gooding married his high school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer, with whom he has three children: Spencer, Mason, and Piper. In 2014, Kapfer filed for divorce from Gooding citing irreconcilable differences.[6]
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