Mason Gooding Biography
Mason Gooding is an American actor known for his role as surfer Parker Jones in HBO’s Ballers. He is the son of actor, writer, producer, and director Cuba Gooding Jr.
Mason Gooding Age
Mason is 22 years old; he was born on November 14, 1996 in New York City.
Mason Gooding Height
Mason stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Mason Gooding Race
Mason is of mixed race African-American, Afro-Barbadian from his father’s side and Ashkenazi Jews from his mother’s side.
Mason Gooding Education
Mason attended Windward High School in California and is a matriculating student at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Mason Gooding Parents
Mason is the son of Cuba Gooding Jr and Sara Kapfer. The two got married in 1994 but in 2014 Kapfer filed for legal separation from Gooding. In January 2017 Gooding filed for divorce.
Mason Gooding Father – Mason Gooding Cuba Gooding Jr
Mason is the son of American actor, writer, producer, and director Cuba Gooding Jr. His first job as an entertainer was a breakdancer, performing with singer Lionel Richie at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He had his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991). He earned an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an arrogant yet charismatic football player in Cameron Crowe’s blockbuster dramatic sports comedy Jerry Maguire (1996).
Mason Gooding Siblings
Mason is the middle sibling of brother Spencer Gooding, born in 1994 and sister Piper Gooding born in 2005.
Mason Gooding Love Simon
Mason plays the role of Andrew, Creekwood’s cocky and popular basketball-loving jock, in Love, Simon which is an upcoming American romantic comedy web television series created for Disney+ by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, inspired by and set in the same world as the 2018 film of the same name.
Mason Gooding Acting Career
Mason graduated from Tisch School and began his career in acting in the movie ‘God Speed’ in 2016. In 2018 he had his breakthrough in star-studded TV series Ballers laying the role of surfer Parker Jones in three episodes.
In 2019 he played the role of Nick in Olivia Wilde’s comedy movie Booksmart. In the same year, he featured in other movies like Don’t Say No and Let It Snow which is currently under post-production.
Mason Gooding The Good Doctor
Mason played the role of Billy Cayman in The Good Doctor Season 2 Episode 9 “Empathy”.
