Cuba Gooding Jr.

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q136209: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (14 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (18) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Boys in the Hood. Chris notes Gooding won his Oscar for Boys in the Hood (as said), making this his first film after being an Oscar winner.
    “I mean, he won the Oscar for Boys in the Hood, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:57:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Radio. Boat Trip, Radio and Snow Dogs within 18 months; career downfall.
    “Boat trip radio snow dogs all within 18 months?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:00:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Norbit. Gooding plays the other boyfriend that the heroine has to leave.
    “Like he plays the other boyfriend that Candy Newton has to lead.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:01:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → The Wrestler. His O.J. role is like Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler: the character fits his own narrative.
    “I think the OJ thing is kind of like Mickey Rourke and the wrestler”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:11:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Greg Kinnear. Gooding is big; Kinnear plays a sensitive shrinking violet.
    “Because Kuneer can, he's so good at playing such like a sensitive shrinking violet.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:10:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Cuba Gooding Jr. → Jerry Maguire. His strength was more energy than any actor alive, as in Jerry Maguire, but it is too hot for this film.
    “This was a moment where I think Cuba's greatest strength was he had more energy than any other actor alive.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:10:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Cuba Gooding Jr.: A boxing-match metaphor for his career arc.
    “This is his career is like a boxing match where he comes out in the 1st round and knocks his opponent down 3 times”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:11:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)