CUBA GOODING, JR. (Buck) adds a vocal kick to this brash, karate-chopping, muscle-bound stallion, who dreams of seeing action under the reins of his bounty hunting hero, Rico.
Academy Award®-winning actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. is one of Hollywood’s most charismatic and captivating performers. His remarkable versatility, combined with the depth he brings to his many roles, has made him one of today’s most sought-after actors. He made his motion picture debut as leading actor in John Singleton’s “Boyz N the Hood” in 1991. He earned rave reviews and a NAACP Image Award nomination for his portrayal of 17-year-old high school student Tre Styles in Singleton’s searing coming-of-age drama. A year later he was featured in the Oscar-nominated film “A Few Good Men,” costarring Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise and Demi Moore. He was honored as the NATO/ShoWest Newcomer of the Year for his performance. Gooding, Jr.’s critically acclaimed portrayal of flamboyant professional football player Rod Tidwell in director Cameron Crowe’s smash hit “Jerry Maguire” propelled him to the forefront of the entertainment industry in 1996. His breakthrough performance earned him an unprecedented number of awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Chicago Film Critics Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Award, a Blockbuster Entertainment Award, a Black Oscars Award, an American Comedy Award, a ShoWest Award, and finally an Academy Award®, all in the category of Best Supporting Actor. He was also nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor.
Gooding, Jr. segued from “Jerry Maguire” into another critically acclaimed role in the award-winning “As Good As It Gets,” co-starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear for director James L. Brooks. He went on to star opposite Robin Williams in “What Dreams May Come,” “Instinct” with Anthony Hopkins, the action-thriller “Chill Factor,” and the independent thriller “A Murder of Crows” co-starring Tom Berenger, which Gooding, Jr. also produced.
In 2000, he portrayed Carl Brashear, the Navy’s first African-American deep sea salvage master diver, in “Men of Honor”, which co-starred Robert DeNiro. His other film credits include “Outbreak” and “The Tuskegee Airmen” (both 1995), the Michael Bay directed epic “Pearl Harbor” and the screwball comedy “Rat Race” (both 2001), “Snow Dogs” (2002), and “The Fighting Temptations” and “Radio” (both 2003).
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