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Mason Gooding (born 14 November 1996; age 28) is an American actor who portrayed Gabriel Hwang in the Star Trek: Picard first season episode "Stardust City Rag". He is the son of actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. and grandson of singer Cuba Gooding, Sr.
Gooding began to establish himself playing Parker Jones on the HBO sports comedy Ballers starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the 2018 episodes "Rough Ride", "Don't You Wanna Be Obama?", and "Forgiving is Living". Later that year Gooding made his network television debut on the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor, executive produced by Daniel Dae Kim, in "Empathy". Gooding followed up with the Christmas film Let it Snow with Victor Rivers. Gooding's debut as a lead in series television was as Andrew on Love, Victor.