Cuba Gooding Jr. will always be associated with the line “Show me the money!” from his Oscar winning performance. Today on his 46th birthday it might be his request to family and friends.
Born in New York, the son of Cuba Gooding, the lead vocalist for the R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with the song Everybody Plays The Fool. His mother, Shirley, was a backup singer for The Sweethearts.
In 1996, Gooding 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. Recently, Gooding provided a solid performance in the Lee Daniels’ The Butler. One of his best in recent years.
Currently, Gooding resides in Studio City, California with Sara Kapfer, his high school sweetheart and wife, and their two sons.
Source: IMDb Mini Biography By: Ice Cuba
