Cuba Gooding Jr Coming To America

The cast also includes: Vondie Curtis-Hall as a basketball game vendor; Garcelle Beauvais as a royal rose bearer; Victoria Dillard as a royal personal bather; as well as the film debuts of Ruben Hudson as a street hustler, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as a boy getting a haircut. Cuba Gooding Jr.'s role in Coming to America, credited as "Boy Getting Haircut," was one of the Oscar winner's first: He provided the pivotal foil against which comedians Eddie Murphy and Arsenio... This is the film debut for Cuba Gooding Jr. who plays a boy getting a haircut and originally had a full scene

This is the film debut for Cuba Gooding Jr. who plays a boy getting a haircut and originally had a full scene Coming to America marked the film debut of Cuba Gooding Jr., who plays a barbershop customer, as well as Garcelle Beauvais as a rose bearer, and Shari Headley as Akeem’s love interest... Actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. got his first acting role in the 1988 comedy, “Coming To America.” In this interview with Arsenio Hall, the now Oscar Award winning thespian sets the record straight on why he was more than an extra, despite what the credits say. In perhaps the wildest transformation of all the Coming to America Eddie Murphy characters, he also plays an elderly Jewish man named Saul. The character first appears at the 26-minute mark in the famous barbershop scene that features a Coming to America role for young Cuba Gooding Jr. Cuba Gooding Jr. made his film debut in Coming to America. He was credited as "boy getting haircut." He just sits in the chair while Clarence the barbershop owner argues about boxing.

Actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. got his first acting role in the 1988 comedy, “Coming To America.” In this interview with Arsenio Hall, the now Oscar Award winning thespian sets the record straight on why he was more than an extra, despite what the credits say. In perhaps the wildest transformation of all the Coming to America Eddie Murphy characters, he also plays an elderly Jewish man named Saul. The character first appears at the 26-minute mark in the famous barbershop scene that features a Coming to America role for young Cuba Gooding Jr. Cuba Gooding Jr. made his film debut in Coming to America. He was credited as "boy getting haircut." He just sits in the chair while Clarence the barbershop owner argues about boxing. In Cuba Gooding, Jr..in a bit part in Coming to America (1988). He won notice for his portrayal of Tre Styles, one of the lead characters in John Singleton’s debut film, Boyz n the Hood (1991). Gooding’s most notable subsequent films were A Few Good Men (1992) and Outbreak (1995), and he also… Read More; Hall