Besides Tom Cruise, which actor played in both "A Few Good Men" and "Jerry Maguire"?

Besides Tom Cruise, the actor who plays in both "A Few Good Men" and "Jerry Maguire" is Cuba Gooding, Jr. In the 1992 film "A Few Good Men", Gooding played the role of Corporal Carl Edward Hammaker, USMC. He is a member of the platoon that contains both the accused and the victim. In "Jerry Maguire" (1996), Gooding is Rodney "Rod" Tidwell. He plays an Arizona Cardinals wide receiver and one of Jerry's clients who is disgruntled with his professional football player contract.

Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968 (age 52) in the Bronx, New York, USA. He is now perhaps best known as an actor, writer, producer, and film director. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in "Boyz n the Hood" (1991), he appeared in "A Few Good Men", "The Tuskegee Airmen" (1995), "Outbreak" (1995), and "Jerry Maguire", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Following his award, Gooding has played a variety of characters. He was in "As Good as It Gets" (1997), "What Dreams May Come" (1998), "Men of Honor" (2000) as Carl Brashear, and in Michael Bay's World War II epic "Pearl Harbor" (2001) as Doris Miller. His subsequent career acting roles in some very notable films include: the ensemble farce "Rat Race" (2001), "Radio" (2003), "American Gangster" (2007), "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (2013), and "Selma" (2014).

Gooding has emerged in the 21st century as a very popular film and television actor, known for his clean-cut good looks and acting versatility.