Jerry Maguire
1996
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In 1996, Cuba was cast as an arrogant but loyal football player in the Tom Cruise - Cameron Crowe film Jerry Maguire (1996). The film became a huge box office smash and earned Cuba an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His "Show Me The Money" line in the movie became a nationwide catchphrase.
- Actor, Writer, Producer
- January 2, 1968
- 31 sec
- Coming to America
- What Dreams May Come
- The Butler
- Men of Honor
- Jerry Maguire
- A Few Good Men
- As Good as It Gets
- Boyz N The Hood
- American Gangster
- American Crime Story
Though Gooding Jr. had small roles in a couple of TV shows, he was all but a complete unknown in 1988. That is until he featured alongside Eddie Murphy in the comedy classic Coming To America. He didn’t have much to do in the movie, as he was simply getting his haircut and reacting to what the barbers said in all the barbershop scenes. And though t...
What Dreams May Comeis one of the very few Robin Williams-led movies that flopped, as it had a huge budget due to being a fantasy movie, and it failed to recoup it back at the worldwide box office. Interestingly enough, it’s one of the movies that critics and audiences disagree on, as critics gave the film scathing reviews upon its release, but the...
The Butleris one of Gooding’s biggest successes of the past decade, as the movie made over $175 million at the box office. The film is based on the real-life White House butler Eugene Allen, who worked at the White House for over 30 years. RELATED: Forest Whitaker - 10 Most Groundbreaking Movie Performances With a cast that includes not only Cuba G...
After spending the '90s working with Hollywood heavyweights like Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise, Gooding Jr. still wasn’t done cutting his teeth, as 2000 saw him work with one of the most celebrated actors there is. Men of Honor saw the actor perform alongside Robert De Niro, and though the Godfatheractor is obviously the top-billed, the movie is re...
Jerry Maguire is a solid movie, and one of the best '90s rom-coms, as it sees the titular sports agent fall in love with a single mother, but it’s the supporting character Rodney Tidwell (Gooding Jr.) that makes the movie stand apart from the rest. The actor elevates the movie tenfold, as he plays an easily excitable American football player manage...
A Few Good Men was the first of two collaborations between Cuba Gooding Jr. and Jack Nicholson, and it was his second collaboration with Tom Cruise too. With all this star power in the engine, the movie is powerful and one of the best '90s law movies. And though the movie is best known for the argument between Daniel (Cruise) and Nathan (Nicholson,...
After their chemistry was so great in A Few Good Men, Nicholson and Gooding Jr. continued with a second collaboration with As Good As It Gets. The movie is very much what audiences had become accustomed to when it comes to the actor’s movies in the '90s, as it is an uplifting comedy-drama. RELATED: 10 Best Jack Nicholson Movies, According To IMDb G...
Boyz N The Hood is a significant movie for so many reasons, as it’s a crucial coming-of-age drama, and it has some important things to say. The only other director who can reach themes about urban America as rich and dense as the ones in Boyz N The Hoodis Spike Lee. The film features one of Gooding Jr.’s most important lead roles, and it has had su...
American Gangsteris one of the most evocative gangster movies of the 2010s, as it follows Harlem mob boss Frank Lucas, who is depraved and isn’t scared to take a man’s life in public. And what makes it worse is that it isn’t about gambling or racketeering, but heroin. Gooding Jr. Plays real-life gangster Nicky Barnes, who formed the organized crime...
In the 2010s, anthology series became resoundingly more popular than they ever had, whether it was American Horror Story visiting different terrifying themes each season or Fargo’s interlinked crime lords. But there was one that stood out from the rest, as the first season of American Crime Story, which is subtitled The People vs. OJ Simpson, depic...
His other notable films include Outbreak (1995), As Good as It Gets (1997), What Dreams May Come (1998), Men of Honor (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), Rat Race (2001), The Fighting Temptations (2003), Radio (2003), American Gangster (2007), Red Tails (2012), The Butler (2013), and Selma (2014).
- As Good As It Gets (1997) A grouchy, bigoted, elderly writer (Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson), a waitress raising a boy on her own (Academy Award winner Helen Hunt), and a gay artist who recently suffered a violent assault (Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear) begin to form an unlikely friendship.
- Men Of Honor (2000) Determined to become the U.S. Navy’s first Black diver, Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) endures the bigotry of his mentor (Robert De Niro) in the 1960s.
- Rat Race (2001) A diverse group of Las Vegas casino patrons become randomly selected to participate in a hunt for $2 million promised to the first person who can reach the loot.
- Home On The Range (2004) A group of farm animals band together and try to prevent their ranch from being bought out by capturing a wanted cattle rustler and collecting the reward.
- Boyz N the Hood. Gooding Jr. stars in the gritty, emotional and often violent coming of age drama Boyz N the Hood, which explores the lives of a gang of inner-city youths trying to navigate the dangerous and confusing world of South-Central L.A.
- Jerry Maguire. Jerry Maguire sees Gooding Jr. once again teaming up with Cruise as they lead a cast that also includes Renée Zellweger, Bonnie Hunt, and Regina King.
- American Gangster. Arguably one of the greatest gangster movies of all time, it’s loosely based on the life of drug kingpin Frank Lucas and his heroin smuggling operation involving American service planes returning from the Vietnam War.
- As Good As It Gets. Once again starring alongside the legendary Jack Nicholson, Gooding Jr. shines as the flamboyant yet intimidating art agent Frank Sachs in As Good As It Gets.
26 titles. 1. Men of Honor (2000) R | 129 min | Biography, Drama. 7.2. Rate. 56 Metascore. The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him. Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Votes: 123,705 | Gross: $48.82M.
Jul 2, 2022 · Here is the list of top 11 Cuba Gooding Jr. films and TV shows remembering this fine and unique artist. Happy reading! 11. What Dreams May Come (1998) ‘What Dreams May Come’ tries to blend mortality with immortality through the character of Chris Nielsen, a pediatrician who dies in a car crash.
