Mason Gooding

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Birthdate: Nov 14, 1996

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

The son of Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., Mason Gooding is a young, ambitious actor who has compiled a series of credits in high-quality cable and streaming, as well as features. His film debut was in Olivia Wilde’s own superb directorial debut, Booksmart (2019), with Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Jessica Williams, Lisa Kudrow, and Will Forte.

Gooding next appeared with the ensemble of the Netflix Christmas comedy, Let It Snow (2019), with Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, and Joan Cusack. Starting off an extremely busy 2022, Gooding joined the ensemble of the reboot, Scream, with Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera, and Skeet Ulrich.

The Amazon Studios rom-com, I Want You Back (2022), was Gooding’s next feature destination, joining actors Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Scott Eastwood, Gina Rodriguez, and Pete Davidson. Gooding scored a more prominent co-starring role in the HBO sci-fi rom-com, Moonshot (2022), with Cole Sprouse, Lana Condor, Emily Rudd, and Zach Braff. Gooding completed his 2022 movie marathon with a co-starring turn in the Scott Mann-directed and co-written action thriller, Fall, with Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner.

Post-2022, Gooding is a co-star in writer-director Sam Hayes’ Chicago-set drama-comedy, Pools (date to be announced), with Odessa A’zion, Michael Vlamis, Tyler Alvarez, and Francesca Noel. In 2023, Gooding revives his role as Chad in the sixth edition of Scream, with the action now set in New York City, with Dermot Mulroney, Courteney Cox, Hayden Panettiere, Jenna Ortega, and Samara Weaving.

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Los Angeles-born Mason Gooding was raised by actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Sara Kapfer. He has two siblings, Spencer and Piper, and comes from a show business family, including paternal grandfather Cuba Gooding Sr., lead of the R&B group, The Main Ingredient, and uncle, actor Omar Gooding. Gooding attended Windward High School in Los Angeles, where his focus was on theater and football, and then studied dramatic writing at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He dropped out of university to pursue his acting career.

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2025 |
Heart Eyes
Heart Eyes
2025
Crime, Horror, Mystery
For the past several years, the "Heart Eyes Killer" has wreaked havoc on Valentine's Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine's Day, no couple is safe.
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2024 |
Y2K
Y2K
2024
R
1h 33m
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.
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2024 |
Aftermath
Aftermath
2024
1h 37m
Action, Thriller
4.7
A returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, unwittingly gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge as a heavily weaponized group of ex-military revolutionist take everyone hostage.
asRomeo
2023 |
Scream VI
Scream VI
2023
R
2h 2m
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
6.5
The survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
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asChad Meeks-Martin
2022 |
Fall
Fall
2022
PG-13
1h 47m
Thriller
6.4
When a high-rise climb goes wrong, best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves stuck at the top of a 2,000-foot TV tower.
asDan Connor
2022 |
Scream
Scream
2022
R
1h 54m
Horror, Thriller
6.3
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
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asChad Meeks-Martin
2019 |
Booksmart
Booksmart
2019
R
1h 42m
Comedy
7.1
On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into o...
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Some Facts About Mason Gooding

Ambitious Young Man: While he was still a student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Mason Gooding signed with an agent and manager to kickstart his professional career as an actor.