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Cuba & O.J.Cuba Gooding Jr. has been cast as O.J. Simpson in Murphy’s new miniseries for FX, “American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson,based on the book “The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson” by Jeffrey Toobin.

As previously reported, Murphy developed “American Crime Series” to focus each season on a different true crime story that made headlines and captivated the imagination of the public. The first installment is, “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.”

Cuba Gooding Jr. breakout role was “Boyz N the Hood” in 1992’s. Gooding Jr won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for “Jerry Maguire” in 1996. He recently starred in “Red Tails” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” He’s now in theaters in “Selma” and is in production on “The Book of Negroes.”

“American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson” will follow the O.J. Simpson trial as told from the perspective of the lawyers.