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Cuba Gooding Jr. Cuba M. Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He gained his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in "Boyz n the Hood" (1991); he appeared in "A Few Good Men" (1992), "The Tuskegee Airmen" (1995), "Outbreak" (1995) and "Jerry Maguire" (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He gained later attention for his roles as Carl Brashear in "Men of Honor", and in Michael Bay's WWII epic "Pearl Harbor" (2001) as Doris Miller. His other notable films include "As Good as It Gets" (1997), "American Gangster" (2007), "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (2013), and "Selma" (2014), playing civil rights attorney Fred Gray. In 2016, he portrayed O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series "", and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series "American Horror Story", subtitled "".
Jackie Robinson (film) Jackie Robinson is a 2016 documentary film directed by Ken Burns. It debuted as a two-part series, the first half premiering on April 11, 2016, and the second half airing the night after. It concerns the life of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major leagues of baseball in the modern era.