Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics.

However during this stage of his career he also began to appear in a series of films which were not critically or commercially successful such as Chill Factor (1999) Boat Trip (2002) Norbit (2007) and Daddy Day Camp (2007) all of which had received extremely negative reviews and with the exception of Norbit performed poorly at the box office. He became a born-again Christian at age 13. Additionally though not well received critically the family comedy Snow Dogs (2002) was a commercial success.

(born January 2 1968) is an American actor who is best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire. Cuba M.