Cuba Gooding Jr.

American actor

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2025 Scheduled to appear in Athena Saves Christmas as Sheriff Jacobs, which is currently in post-production.
2024 In 2024, he is set to appear in 'Skeletons in the Closet' as Andres, 'Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace' as Balthazar, and 'The Firing Squad' as Samuel Wilson.
2024 He is also involved in post-production for 'Athena Saves Christmas,' where he plays Sheriff Jacobs.
March 26 2024 Rodney Jones amended the lawsuit against Sean Combs to include Cuba Gooding Jr. as a co-defendant.
February 26 2024 Gooding was mentioned in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against Sean Combs, with allegations that he groped and fondled music producer Rodney Jones non-consensually.
2023 Appeared in The Weapon, continuing his work in direct-to-video and independent films.
2023 Cuba Gooding Jr. starred as 'Blue' in 'The Weapon' released in 2023.
June 6 2023 Cuba Gooding Jr. and the woman involved in the 2013 rape lawsuit reached a settlement agreement, resulting in Gooding not facing trial.
April 12 2022 Gooding pleaded guilty to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018 and admitted to non-consensual contact in two other incidents from October 2018 and June 2019.
2020 Starred in Life in a Year, a romantic drama film.
2020 In 2020, he appeared as Xavier in 'Life in a Year.'
August 19 2020 A woman filed a lawsuit against Gooding accusing him of raping her in 2013 in New York City.
October 2019 Gooding was indicted on a separate, additional sexual abuse charge in relation to multiple allegations against him.
June 13 2019 Cuba Gooding Jr. was booked on charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third degree in New York City for allegedly groping a woman at a bar in Times Square.
2018 Gooding headlined the 21st Anniversary revival of the musical Chicago in the West End as Billy Flynn at the Phoenix Theatre.
2018 Cuba Gooding Jr. played Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway.
October 5 2018 Cuba Gooding Jr. released his directorial debut film, Bayou Caviar.
March 3 2018 Gooding appeared as the star guest announcer on the 100th episode of ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
January 2017 Cuba Gooding Jr. filed for divorce from Sara Kapfer.
2016 Cuba Gooding Jr. was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson.
2016 Cuba Gooding Jr. was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Special for American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson.
2016 Cuba Gooding Jr. earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of O. J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
2016 Cuba Gooding Jr. co-starred in the FX series American Horror Story: Roanoke.
2016 Cuba Gooding Jr. was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series for American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson.
2015 Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Dwayne 'Puma' Robinson in the 'Empire' episode titled 'The Devil Quotes Scripture'.
2015 Cuba Gooding Jr. took on the role of Isaac Monroe in the TV series 'Forever' across 3 episodes.
2015 Cuba Gooding Jr. played Samuel Fraunces in the miniseries 'The Book of Negroes' across 2 episodes.
2015 Cuba Gooding Jr. appeared as himself in 6 episodes of 'Big Time in Hollywood, FL'.
2014 Cuba Gooding Jr. played Samuel in 'Freedom' and also served as an executive producer for the film in 2014.
2014 Gooding portrayed Civil Rights Movement attorney Fred Gray in the acclaimed historical drama Selma.
2014 Sara Kapfer filed for legal separation from Cuba Gooding Jr.
2013 Cuba Gooding Jr. was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture for The Butler.
2013 Cuba Gooding Jr. starred as Detective Callendar in the TV film 'Summoned'.
2013 Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed Eugene Brown in 'Life of a King' and Carter Wilson in 'The Butler' in 2013.
2013 Cuba Gooding Jr. was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for The Butler.
2013 He appeared as El Chameleón 2 in 'Machete Kills' released in 2013.
2013 Cuba Gooding Jr. made his Broadway debut playing Ludie Watts in the revival of the Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful.
2013 In 2013, Cuba Gooding Jr. made a cameo appearance as Hollywood Actor #2 in 'Don Jon' and also starred in 'Absolute Deception' as John Nelson.
2012 Gooding took on his next major film role in the World War II film 'Red Tails,' produced by George Lucas.
2012 Cuba Gooding Jr. starred in 'Red Tails' as Major Emanuel Stance and 'One in the Chamber' as Ray Carver, both released in 2012.
2012 Cuba Gooding Jr. played the role of Billy Remz in the pilot 'Guilty'.
2012 He starred in a TV pilot for Fox called 'Guilty,' directed by McG, though it was not picked up by the network despite positive screenings.
2012 Cuba Gooding Jr. appeared in the TV film 'Firelight' as Dwayne Johnson (DJ).
2012 Cuba Gooding Jr. won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Special for his performance in Firelight.
2011 Cuba Gooding Jr. appeared in three direct-to-video films: 'Ticking Clock' as Lewis Hicks, 'Sacrifice' as Detective John Hebron, and 'The Hit List' as Jonas Arbor.
August 5 2011 Cuba Gooding Jr. appeared on Channel 4's 'Chris Moyles' Quiz Night,' where he closed the show by duetting 'Bad Romance' with Lulu.

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