Famous For
TV Sitcoms: Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Smart Guy, and Playmakers.

Films: Baby Boy, and Barbershop 2


Quick Bio
Gooding is best known for appearing in television shows such as Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Smart Guy, and Playmakers, and also the films Ghost Dad and Baby Boy. He was one of the original hosts of the Nickelodeon television show Wild and Crazy Kids from 1990 to 1992. His most recent starring television role began in 2005, as Chicago barber Calvin Palmer, Jr. in Showtime's Barbershop: The Series. His borther is actor Cuba Gooding Jr.