Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. Net Worth 2025: Earnings & Career

Cuba Gooding Jr., born on January 2, 1968, is a renowned American actor celebrated for his dynamic performances in films like "Jerry Maguire" and "Boyz n the Hood." This article explores his net worth, career highlights, personal life, and more.

Personal Profile About Cuba Gooding Jr.

Age, Biography, and Wiki

Cuba Gooding Jr. is an American actor, born on January 2, 1968, in Manhattan, New York. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as Rod Tidwell in "Jerry Maguire" (1996) and his breakout role as Tre Styles in "Boyz n the Hood" (1991) . His accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, along with a Primetime Emmy nomination for his portrayal of O. J. Simpson in "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" .

Occupation Voice Actors
Date of Birth 2 January 1968
Age 57 Years
Birth Place New York City, U.S.
Horoscope Capricorn
Country U.S

Height, Weight & Measurements

Cuba Gooding Jr. stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches (178 cm), though specific details about his weight and other measurements are not widely available.

Height 5 feet 10 inches
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Dating & Relationship Status

Cuba Gooding Jr. was married to Sara Kapfer from 1994 to 2017. The couple had three children together before their divorce .

His mother, Shirley Sullivan, was a singer, and his father, Cuba Gooding Sr., was the lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient. Gooding has three siblings: April, Omar, and Thomas. His paternal grandfather, Dudley MacDonald Gooding, was a native of Barbados.

His family moved from New York 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 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. Showing leadership, he served as class president in three of them. He had become a born-again Christian at the age of 13.

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Husband Sara Kapfer (m. 1994-2017)
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Net Worth and Salary

Cuba Gooding Jr.'s net worth is estimated to be between $12 million and $20 million, reflecting his successful acting career spanning over three decades . His salary varies per project, with significant earnings from films like "Jerry Maguire" and prominent TV series.

Career, Business, and Investments

Gooding's career has been marked by diverse roles in films and television. Some of his notable works include "A Few Good Men," "As Good as It Gets," "Men of Honor," "Pearl Harbor," and "The Butler" . He has also ventured into stage acting, performing in the musical "Chicago" in both the West End and on Broadway .

In addition to his acting career, Gooding has been involved in various business ventures, including real estate investments. He has owned properties in Los Angeles, including homes in Studio City and Porter Ranch, which he sold in 2009 and 2013, respectively .

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. After high school, Gooding studied Japanese martial arts for three years before turning his focus toward acting.

In 1997, Gooding followed his breakout with a notable supporting role in the acclaimed Academy Award-winning comedy As Good as It Gets (1997). In the following years, his career was inconsistently successful. Some of his best-received performances include turns in films such as the mystical drama What Dreams May Come (1998) and the US Naval drama Men of Honor (2000), in which he played the lead role and co-starred with Robert De Niro. Gooding also received attention for his roles in the epic Pearl Harbor (2001) as Doris Miller, the ensemble farce Rat Race (2001), musical dramedy The Fighting Temptations (2003), and the football drama Radio (2003), in which he played the title role. Additionally, though not well received critically, the family comedy Snow Dogs (2002) was a commercial success. In 2002, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gooding starred in an online video game called "The Quest For The Code" which focuses on juvenile asthma management.

Other roles during this time include Theo Caulder in the psychological thriller Instinct (1999). He voiced Buck the Horse in the Disney animated film Home on the Range (2004). However, during this stage of his career, he appeared in a series of films that were not critically or commercially successful, such as Chill Factor (1999), Boat Trip (2002), Norbit (2007) and Daddy Day Camp (2007), all of which received extremely negative reviews and, except for Norbit, performed poorly at the box office.

Social Network

Cuba Gooding Jr. is active on social media platforms, though specific details about his engagement levels are not widely documented.

After appearing in Red Tails (2012), and The Butler (2013), Gooding collaborated with Ryan Murphy in the FX anthologies The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story and American Horror Story: Roanoke (both 2016). For his portrayal of O. J. Simpson in the former, he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. On stage, Gooding made his Broadway debut playing Ludie Watts in the 2013 revival of the Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful. In 2018, he played Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago in both the West End and on Broadway.

Since then, in contrast to earlier stages of his acting career, Gooding has appeared in more critically ignored, direct-to-DVD films than theatrical or television releases. A well-received performance as Ben Carson in the TNT film Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009), and a small supporting role in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007), both proved to be exceptions to this trend.

In 2014, he appeared as Civil Rights Movement attorney Fred Gray in the widely acclaimed historical drama Selma. He has since appeared more frequently in television productions, including performances as Samuel Fraunces in the miniseries The Book of Negroes, as a comedically embellished version of himself on Big Time in Hollywood, FL, and as O. J. Simpson in the anthology series American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson.

Education

Gooding attended North Hollywood High School and later enrolled at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California, before pursuing a career in acting .


In 1994, Gooding married his high school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer. They had three children together: Spencer Gooding, Piper Gooding, and Mason Gooding, who followed him into acting.

On June 13, 2019, Gooding was booked on charges of misdemeanor forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third degree in New York City, relating to an incident in which he allegedly groped a woman at a bar in Times Square. On October 10, he was indicted on a separate, additional sexual abuse charge. As of August 2020, 30 women have accused Gooding of unwanted sexual touching.

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