Cuba Gooding Jr. Biography

- 5’ 10” (1.78m)

- Some previous job titles include: Weed picker, Construction worker, Taco vender, Busboy. More recent ones include: Dancer, Musician, Actor and Producer.

- Appeared in a series of Pepsi One cola adverts.

- In 1997, People Magazine chose him as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

- Some of his salary statistics:
‘Men of Honour’ (2000) - $1 500 000
‘Instinct’ (1999) - $ 2 500 000
‘What Dreams May Come’ (1998) - $1 500 000
‘Jerry Maguire’ (1996) - $600 000
‘Outbreak’ (1995) - $400 000
‘Lightening Jack’ (1994) - $500 000
‘Gladiator’ (1992) - $100 000

- Listed in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 43, 1991, as one of the twelve Promising New Actors of 1991.

- Roger Moore suggested Gooding replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.

- Passed up for another contestant when he was a non-celebrity participant on ‘The New Dating Game’ (1986).

- Brother, Omar, was arrested for gun possession in 1995 and sentenced to 18 months probation.