Cuba Gooding Jr. Gooding, Jr. was born in The Bronx, New York to Cuba Gooding, Sr. (lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient) and Shirley (a singer); he has two siblings, one of whom is actor Omar Gooding. His family moved to Los Angeles after Gooding, Sr.'s music group had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972; the elder Gooding abandoned his family two years later. Gooding, Jr., who became a Born-again Christian at age 13, was raised by his single mother and attended four different high schools (including North Hollywood High School). He served as class president in three of them.
Home on the Range (2004)
