Cuba Gooding Jr. | 54 Years Old

Cuba Gooding Jr. was one of Hollywood’s top names between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. He was born to be an entertainer, the son of singers Shirley Sullivan and Cuba Gooding Sr. He made an impact with several television appearances on hit shows like Hill Street Blues and MacGyver.

After that, he appeared in several critically acclaimed films, including A Few Good Men and Outbreak. However, the degree of his acting skill was defined by his performance as Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire. It became a box office hit, and critics applauded Gooding’s performance, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His exuberant Oscar acceptance speech was a meme before memes, and his character’s slogan “Show me the money!” became a pop-culture standard. It even aided his induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. Sadly, Gooding no longer makes the news for any of his recent films.