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Cuba Gooding, Jr. Net Worth and Salary: Cuba Gooding Jr. is an American actor who has a net worth of $14 million. After a long and prosperous acting career, Cuba Gooding Jr. has become one of the most recognizable faces in the entertainment industry. He has won countless awards for his various performances. Cuba Gooding Jr. is a versatile actor who can play both comedic and dramatic roles. Early Life: Cuba Mark Gooding, Jr. was born on January 2nd of 1968 in The Bronx, New York. Both of his parents were singers, and his father was a vocalist in the group The Main Ingredient. After his father had achieved considerable success with the hit single “Everybody Plays the Fool,” the family relocated to Los Angeles. After his father left the family, Gooding was raised primarily by his mother. He later became a born again Christian at age 13. As a teen, Gooding attended four different high schools. Career: Cuba Gooding Jr. first found success as a professional breakdancer, and he performed at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Although he studied martial arts for three years after high school, he focused on acting in the late 80s. His earliest roles were on TV shows like Hill Street Blues, Amen, and MacGyver. During this period, he also generated buzz with an early film appearance in Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America. His breakthrough film role came in 1991 with Boyz n the Hood. Gooding played the lead, and the film was a critical and commercial success. In addition, Boyz n the Hood was later recognized as a culturally significant film, especially in the context of African Americans living in impoverished neighborhoods. During the rest of the 90s, Gooding built on this success with supporting roles in films such as A Few Good Men, Lightning Jack, and Outbreak. His career took another major step forward when he booked a prominent role in Jerry Maguire. He starred alongside Tom Cruise and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Cuba Gooding Jr. ended the 90s with another strong performance in As Good As It Gets. The film won two Academy Awards, and Gooding’s supporting role was well-received by critics. Although Gooding had already achieved more than most actors could ever dream of by this point, his career started to nosedive towards the end of the 90s. Gooding continued to appear in solid films such as Instinct and What Dreams May Come, but he also started to appear in poorly received films like Chill Factor. This film and many that followed were box office flops that were destroyed by critics. Every one of Gooding’s successes, such as his role in Men of Honor, seemed to be matched with a colossal failure, such as his involvement in Boat Trip. Some of Gooding’s most notable films during this period include Pearl Harbor, Radio, The Fighting Temptations, and Rat Race. These roles were prominent and brought in large sums at the box office. That being said, most of these films received mixed reviews – in some cases very bad reviews. Pearl Harbor, in particular, was the subject of heated criticism. This goes to show that even Gooding’s most “successful” films during this period can hardly be justified as such. Gooding also started to work on animated films and children’s movies like Home on the Range and Snow Dogs. Although Gooding was perhaps trying to appear more “family-friendly” with these roles, it ultimately hurt his career. Neither film was commercially or critically successful. In particular, Snow Dogs received very poor reviews. Gooding’s run of bad luck with critics continued with Daddy Day Camp and Norbit. Although both films were successful at the box office, the damage to his career was already done. In response to the unrelenting disapproval he was receiving from critics, Cuba Gooding Jr. spent the next portion of his career focusing on independent films. These included Shadowboxer and the TV film Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. His performance in the latter film was well-received by critics. He also appeared in 2007’s American Gangster and George Lucas’ Red Tails in 2012. He continued this theme of gritty historical dramas with The Butler in 2013 and landed a small part in Machete Kills that year. After making his Broadway debut with The Trip to Bountiful, Gooding appeared in another historical drama called Selma, in which he played famous Civil Rights attorney Fred Gray. He followed on this theme with an appearance in the mini-series The Book of Negroes. By the time Gooding played OJ Simpson in the American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson, his career was back on track. Despite receiving negative reviews from many critics, Gooding had placed himself back in the limelight and was rewarded with a Primetime Emmy. In 2018, Cuba Gooding Jr. directed his first film, entitled Bayou Caviar. Salary Highlights: Cuba earned $600,000 for his Oscar-winning role in Jerry Maguire. He earned $1.5 million for What Dreams May Come and another $1.5 million for Men of Honor. He earned $2 million for Instinct. Controversy: In 2019, Cuba Gooding Jr. was charged with sexual abuse after an incident in Times Square of New York City. Gooding had allegedly groped a woman at a bar. This started a massive chain reaction in which Gooding was booked for multiple sexual abuse charges. Eventually, 22 women came forward to accuse Gooding of inappropriate sexual touching and groping. Three of the accusations have resulted in formal charges against him. He has entered a plea of not guilty with each charge. Personal Life: Cuba Gooding met his ex-wife Sara Kapfer in high school, and they were married in 1994. Over the course of their relationship, they had three children together before Kapfer filed for legal separation in 2014. Three years later, their divorce was finalized. Real Estate: Over the years Cuba has owned a number of properties in Los Angels. In 2009 he sold a home in Studio City, Ca for $1.4 million. In 2013 he sold a home in Porter Ranch, Ca for $735,000. Also in 2013 he listed a large mansion in the Pacific Palisades for $11.995 million. Cuba and Sara bought the home in May 2000 for $3.5 million. A year after being listed, the home was sold for $9.8 million.

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