Cuba Gooding Jr. is a wealthy American actor with a net worth of $12 million.

After beginning his professional on-screen career in the late 1980s with supporting roles in projects such as “Coming to America,” “Sing,” and “MacGyver,” he became a household name with his breakout performance in “Boyz ‘n the Hood.”

He starred in Jerry Maguire (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Cuba earned $600,000 for his Oscar-winning performance in Jerry Maguire. He earned $1.5 million for What Dreams May Come and another $1.5 million for Men of Honour. He earned $2 million for Instinct.

Cuba has owned several properties in Los Angeles over the years. In 2009, he sold a home in Studio City, California for $1.4 million. In 2013, he sold a home in Porter Ranch, California for $735,000. In 2013, he also listed a large mansion in the Pacific Palisades for $11.995 million. Cuba and Sara paid $3.5 million for the home in May 2000. The home sold for $9.8 million a year after it was listed.

He appeared in 13 direct-to-DVD projects between 2008 and 2012. He received critical acclaim in 2016 for his portrayal of O.J. Simpson in FX’s “American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson.”