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Omar Gooding
Omar Gooding
	Gooding in 2016
Born	Omar Miles Gooding; October 19, 1976 (age 48); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Big O
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1988–present
Children	2
Parent(s)	Cuba Gooding Sr.; Shirley Sullivan
Relatives	Cuba Gooding Jr. (brother); Mason Gooding (nephew)

Omar Miles Gooding (born October 19, 1976), also known by his stage name Big O,^[1] is an American actor and comedian.

Early life and education

Omar Gooding was born in Los Angeles, on October 19, 1976, to Shirley (née Sullivan) and Cuba Gooding Sr., the former lead singer for The Main Ingredient. His older brother is Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr.

Omar graduated from North Hollywood High School in 1994.

Career

Gooding is best known for appearing in television shows, such as Touched by an Angel, Wild & Crazy Kids, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Smart Guy, and Playmakers, and also the films Ghost Dad and Baby Boy for which he received critical praise for his role as "Sweetpea".^[1]^[2] He was one of the original hosts of the Nickelodeon television show Wild & Crazy Kids from 1990 to 1992.

Gooding played D.H., a running back, on Playmakers in 2003. He played the character Odell in the third season of Deadwood. In 2005, he took the role of Calvin Palmer Jr. in the television series Barbershop, in the role originated by Ice Cube in the 2002 film of the same name. Coincidentally, he also appeared in a recurring role as a barber on the UPN sitcom One on One.

From April 2010 to July 2010, Gooding starred as trauma charge nurse, Tuck Brody, in the Bruckheimer television series Miami Medical.^[3]^[4] From 2012 to 2020, he starred in the Bounce TV series Family Time.

Gooding played a main role as Carter in the film Percentage.^[5] He released a hip hop album titled The Excuse in 2019.^[6]

In 2023, Gooding played Cal Johnson in the Disney Channel series, Saturdays.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Ghost Dad	Stuart
1993	The Ernest Green Story	Marcus	Television film
2000	Freedom Song	Charlie	Television film
2001	Baby Boy	Sweetpea
2005	Mysterious Island	Neb	Television film
2005	The Gospel	Wesley
2007	Lord Help Us	Man in Church	Video
2008	The Candy Shop	Antwon Lemiuex
2009	Knuckle Draggers	Russell
2012	Christmas in Compton	Derrick Hollander
2013	The Devil's Dozen	-
	Holla II	Marty
	Thank You Card	Detective Jansen	Short
2014	Percentage	Carter
	Patterns of Attraction	Andre Moore
	Men, Money & Gold Diggers	Damon
	Behind De Pole	Gary G
	Lap Dance	Black
	99 North	Devious
	In God's Hands	Vince	Television film
2015	Prom Ride	Chauffeur
2016	Betrothed	Sergeant Earl Stone
	Guns and Grams	Dee
	Banger	Fazon
	Before 'I Do'	Shelby Winters
	Only for One Night	Scott
	King of Newark	Federal Agent
	Boy Bye	David
2017	The Perfect Wife	Principal James
	Beyond the Shield	Pastor Omar
	The Hills	Craig Harris
	Don't Shoot	Detective Green
2018	Fade Away	O
	Easy Money	Darnell
	Hey, Mr. Postman!	Mack
	It's a Date	Dalton Reid
	Sliders	Darnell
2019	The Untold Story	Aaron
	7th and Westlake: Nino's Revenge	Big Murder
	Perfectly Single	Ronnie
	The Fearless Two	Tommy
	Camp Wilson	Byron
	Christmas Belles	Donovan	Television film
2020	A Familiar Lie	Big O
2020	Escape: Puzzle of Fear	Tyler
2021	A Day of Trouble	Marc
	No Love No Pain	AJ
	AM Radio	DJ Taz
	Entanglement	Romulo
	Blood Sacrifice	Nikko
	Strange Fruit: Tale of a Black Girl Lost	Kareem
	True to the Game 3	Nino
	You Can Never Go Home Again	Jack Fletcher
2022	Unfinished	Dr. Solomon
	Blunt News	Detective Tommy Brown
	The Leo Movie	Preacher
	17 Days	Officer Cloud
	One More Dream	Jeremy's Dad
	Pieces	Gio
	My Perfect Wedding	Carter
2023	Prisoner of Love	Johnathan
	Uncle Rufus' Last Request	Darius Brown
	The Fearless Three	Male Commentator
	Unfinished Business: Kingston High	Principal Hopkins
	Fatal Witness	Pooch
	Bora	Big O
	Primary Position	Corporal Doug Richards
	Holiday in the Vineyards	Moe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Webster	Club M.C.	Episode: "The Web-Touchables"
1990	Just the Ten of Us	Scout	Episode: "Perfect Date"
1990–92	Wild & Crazy Kids	Himself (Host)	Main cast
1991–92	Blossom	Brad/Tyler	Recurring cast (season 2), guest (season 3)
1992	Empty Nest	Jason	Episode: "Sayonara"
1992	The Royal Family	Art	Recurring cast
1992–97	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Earvin Rodman	Main cast
1994	Thea	Dwayne	Episode: "Who's Zoomin' Who?"
1997–99	Smart Guy	Morris L. "Mo" Tibbs	Main cast
1999	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	Doug Anderson	Recurring cast (season 2)
1999–2000	Batman Beyond	Jared Tate, Trey	Voice, 3 episodes^[8]
2000	Static Shock	Wade	Voice, episode: "Shock to the System"^[8]
2001	Touched by an Angel	Ben McCloud	Episode: "The Perfect Game"
2002	The Division	Dom Cabrillo	Recurring cast (season 2)
2002–03	One on One	Malik	Recurring cast (season 2)
2003	Playmakers	Demetrius Harris	Main cast
2005	Barbershop	Calvin Palmer, Jr.	Main cast
2006	Eve	Lazy G	Episode: "Donovan on the Brink"
	Deadwood	Odell Marchbanks	Recurring cast (season 3)
	CSI: Miami	Mr. Ice	Episode: "Death Pool 100"
2010	Miami Medical	Nurse Tuck Brody	Main cast
2010	Grey's Anatomy	Danny	Episode: "Superfreak"
2011	Chase	Francis Washington	Episode: "The Man at the Altar"
2012–14	Single Ladies	Marcus	Recurring cast (season 2), guest (season 4)
2012–20	Family Time	Anthony "Tony" Stallworth	Main cast
2014–15	Breeder X	Detective	Main cast
2015	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Himself	Episode: "To Catch a Paparazzi"
2015	Extant	Dave	Episode: "Change Scenario"
2017	C.E.O.	Barlow	Episode: "Revenge"
2018	Unsolved	David Mack	Recurring cast
2020	5th Ward The Series	Robert Kennedy	Main cast (season 2)
2023	Saturdays	Cal Johnson	Main cast

Stage


Year	Production	Role
2006	Men, Money & Gold Diggers	Damon
2018	Redemption of a Dogg
2024	New Jack City: Live on Stage	Stone

Guest appearances

Year	Song	Artist(s)	Album
2012	"No Warning" (featuring Young Buck & Big O)	C-Bo	Orca

References

^ ^a ^b Omar Gooding Pursues Rap. March 15, 2010. Accessed April 17, 2012
^ Omar Gooding Film Bug. Accessed April 16, 2012
^ Frankel, Daniel (January 7, 2010). "Bruckheimer Drama 'Miami Medical' Highlights CBS Spring Schedule". AOL TV. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
^ Steve Heisler (April 2, 2010). "Remember Omar Gooding? He's Now On Miami Medical". TV.com. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
^ Bustos, Kristina (October 14, 2011). "Queen Latifah studios for 'Percentage'". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ Vo, Thao (October 16, 2019). "Omar Gooding Discusses New Role in Bounce Network's 'Family Time' & New Album Titled, The Excuse". Sheen Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ Petski, Denise (November 30, 2021). "Marsai Martin's 'Saturdays' Comedy Pilot Picked Up To Series By Disney Channel". Retrieved December 22, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Omar Gooding (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 18, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

External links

[hiphop-1] Omar Gooding Pursues Rap. March 15, 2010. Accessed April 17, 2012

[filmbug-2] Omar Gooding Film Bug. Accessed April 16, 2012

[aoltv-3] Frankel, Daniel (January 7, 2010). "Bruckheimer Drama 'Miami Medical' Highlights CBS Spring Schedule". AOL TV. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2012.

[4] Steve Heisler (April 2, 2010). "Remember Omar Gooding? He's Now On Miami Medical". TV.com. Retrieved April 17, 2012.

[5] Bustos, Kristina (October 14, 2011). "Queen Latifah studios for 'Percentage'". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 22, 2021.

[6] Vo, Thao (October 16, 2019). "Omar Gooding Discusses New Role in Bounce Network's 'Family Time' & New Album Titled, The Excuse". Sheen Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2021.

[7] Petski, Denise (November 30, 2021). "Marsai Martin's 'Saturdays' Comedy Pilot Picked Up To Series By Disney Channel". Retrieved December 22, 2021.

[btva-8] "Omar Gooding (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 18, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

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