Cuba Gooding Jr. To Portray O.J. Simpson In FX Series

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Actors Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sarah Paulson will star in FX’s upcoming anthology series American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.

The Academy Award-winning Gooding (pictured) will portray Simpson, the pro football star who stood trial in the mid-1990s on charges of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Paulson, who is currently starring in American Horror Story: Freak Show, will portray prosecutor Marcia Clark, said network officials.

Series creator Ryan Murphy will also serve as executive producer along with Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and Dante Di Loreto. The series is based on The Run Of His Life: The People V. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Tobin.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.