Cuba Gooding Jr.: movies and TV shows
Cuba Gooding Jr. has 125 credits in the archive: 93 films and 32 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Life in a Year (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2013 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Quantum Supremacy | Captain Marcus Monroe | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 2025 | A Line of Fire | Javier Cardona | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2025 | Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws | Sheriff Jacobs | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2024 | Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace | Balthazar | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2024 | TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 2024 | Skeletons in the Closet | Andres | Film | 4.4 | 56 |
| 2024 | The Firing Squad | Samuel Wilson | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2023 | The Weapon | Blue | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 2020 | Life in a Year | Xavier | Film | 8.2 | 52 |
| 2020 | For NYC | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2018 | Bayou Caviar | Rodney Jones | Film | 4.6 | 50 |
| 2018 | Bayou Caviar | Film | 4.6 | 50 | |
| 2018 | Bayou Caviar | Film | 4.6 | 50 | |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | O. J. Simpson | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 2016 | John Bishop: In Conversation with... | Self | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2015 | Empire | Puma | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 47 |
| 2015 | The Book of Negroes | Sam Fraunces | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2015 | Big Time in Hollywood, Fl | Cuba Gooding Jr. | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 2014 | Selma | Fred Gray | Film | 7.4 | 46 |
| 2014 | Freedom | Samuel | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 45 |
| 2013 | Don Jon | Hollywood Actor #2 | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 2013 | The Butler | Carter Wilson | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 2013 | Machete Kills | El Camaleón 2 | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 2013 | Life of a King | Eugene Brown | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2013 | Absolute Deception | John Nelson | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 2013 | Summoned | Detective Callendar | Film | 4.3 | 45 |
| 2013 | Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit | Shadoweyes | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Major Emanuelle Stance | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 2012 | One in the Chamber | Ray Carver | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 2012 | Firelight | DJ | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 2012 | Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 44 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Dominic Banks | TV | 8.1 | 43 |
| 2011 | The Hit List | Jonas Arbor | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 2011 | Sacrifice | John Hebron | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 2011 | Ticking Clock | Lewis Hicks | Film | 5.2 | 43 |
| 2011 | The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood' | Self | Film | 2.0 | 43 |
| 2010 | Conan | Self | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2010 | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 41 |
| 2009 | Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Ben Carson | Film | 7.8 | 41 |
| 2009 | The Devil's Tomb | Mack | Film | 4.6 | 41 |
| 2009 | Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Joshua | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 2009 | Lies & Illusions | Isaac | Film | 4.0 | 41 |
| 2009 | Hardwired | Luke Gibson | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 2009 | The Way of War | David Wolfe | Film | 3.6 | 41 |
| 2008 | Hero Wanted | Liam Case | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 2008 | Harold | Cromer | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 2008 | Linewatch | Michael Dixon | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 2008 | Lily Allen and Friends | Self - Guest | TV | — | 40 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Nicky Barnes | Film | 7.6 | 39 |
| 2007 | Norbit | Deion Hughes | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 2007 | The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends | Loofah (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 2007 | Daddy Day Camp | Charlie Hinton | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 2007 | What Love Is | Tom | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 2007 | Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 2006 | End Game | Agent Alex Thomas | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2005 | Dirty | Salim Adel | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 2005 | Shadowboxer | Mikey | Film | 5.2 | 37 |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Buck (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 2004 | A Dairy Tale | Buck (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 36 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 35 |
| 2003 | Radio | Radio | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Darrin Hill | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 2003 | Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend | Self | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | TV | 5.3 | 34 |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | Ted Brooks | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 2002 | Boat Trip | Jerry Robinson | Film | 5.2 | 34 |
| 2002 | Making Rat Race | Himself | Film | — | 34 |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Dorie Miller | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2001 | Rat Race | Owen Templeton | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 2001 | Zoolander | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 2001 | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 2001 | In the Shadows | Draven | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Senior Chief Carl Brashear | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Film | 4.1 | 32 |
| 1999 | Instinct | Dr. Theo Caulder | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1999 | A Murder of Crows | Lawson Russell | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1999 | A Murder of Crows | Film | 6.1 | 31 | |
| 1999 | Chill Factor | Arlo | Film | 4.9 | 31 |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | Albert Lewis | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 29 |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Frank Sachs | Film | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1997 | Trading Favors | Liquor Store Clerk | Film | 4.6 | 29 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Rod Tidwell | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1995 | Outbreak | Major Salt | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self | TV | 7.1 | 27 |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen | Billy Roberts | Film | 7.1 | 27 |
| 1995 | Losing Isaiah | Eddie Hughes | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1994 | Blown Away | Bomb Squad Class Member | Film | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1994 | Lightning Jack | Ben Doyle | Film | 5.5 | 26 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1993 | The Untouchables | TV | 7.5 | 25 | |
| 1993 | Judgment Night | Mike Peterson | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1993 | Daybreak | Torch | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 24 | |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men | Cpl. Carl Hammaker | Film | 7.6 | 24 |
| 1992 | Gladiator | Abraham Lincoln Haines | Film | 7.6 | 24 |
| 1992 | Judgement | Officer Alvarez | Film | 3.9 | 24 |
| 1992 | Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story | Tyree | Film | 5.9 | 24 |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood | Tré Styles | Film | 7.6 | 23 |
| 1990 | Nasty Boys | Poptop | TV | 6.4 | 22 |
| 1989 | Mancuso, F.B.I. | TV | 6.4 | 21 | |
| 1989 | Sing | Stanley | Film | 5.7 | 21 |
| 1988 | Coming to America | Boy Getting Haircut | Film | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1987 | The Bronx Zoo | TV | 6.5 | 19 | |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Billy Colton | TV | 7.7 | 17 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Ray Collins | TV | 7.7 | 17 |
| 1985 | 227 | TV | 6.8 | 17 | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | TV | 7.6 | 13 | |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 13 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 7 |
| 1969 | Sesame Street | TV | 7.1 | 1 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 14 |
| Padilla | Film | — | — | ||
| Atlas King | Film | — | — | ||
| Lotus | Film | — | — | ||
| Break the Cycle | Film | — | — | ||
| The Madness of Judge Jeremiah Doherty | Film | — | — | ||
| Giving Thanks | Calvin | Film | — | — | |
| Above the Break | Frank Kitner | Film | — | — |