Cuba Gooding Jr.

Overview

American actor Cuba Gooding Jr opens up to John about his roller coaster career. Aged 22, Cuba scored his first major role as the lead character in John Singleton's groundbreaking inner-city drama Boyz n the Hood. Five years later he'd won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Cameron Crowe's blockbuster sports movie Jerry Maguire. More recently, he's portrayed O.J. Simpson in an acclaimed TV drama.