---
name: "Mason Gooding"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mason-gooding"
fi1m_id: "mason-gooding"
imdb_id: "nm2864252"
tmdb_id: 2174509
wikidata_id: "Q47015205"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 November 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-26T14:50:27.132490+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mason Gooding

## Identity

Mason Gooding

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mason-gooding
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mason-gooding
- **IMDb ID:** nm2864252
- **TMDB ID:** 2174509
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47015205
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Gooding, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47015205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2864252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2174509

Actor. Born 14 November 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 November 1996, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Mason Cuba Gooding, 메이슨 구딩, میسن گودینگ
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Busick](https://film.one/person/guy-busick.md), [James Vanderbilt](https://film.one/person/james-vanderbilt.md), [Jasmin Savoy Brown](https://film.one/person/jasmin-savoy-brown.md), [Paul Neinstein](https://film.one/person/paul-neinstein.md), [William Sherak](https://film.one/person/william-sherak.md), [Jenna Ortega](https://film.one/person/jenna-ortega.md), [Matt Bettinelli-Olpin](https://film.one/person/matt-bettinelli-olpin.md), [Melissa Barrera](https://film.one/person/melissa-barrera.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 63 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 67 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Horror 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $549m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Gooding, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47015205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2864252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2174509

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Scream*](https://film.one/film/scream-2022.md) (66), [*Scream VI*](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md) (65), [*Scream 7*](https://film.one/film/scream-7.md) (48)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Booksmart*](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Mason Gooding

> Mason Gooding makes the athletic nice boy worth keeping around, bringing warmth and a little relief to horror ensembles. We rate his company, though *Scream 7* shows how little that counts when a script gives him so little to do.

As Chad Meeks-Martin in *Scream VI* (2023), Mason Gooding brings welcome good humour to a film with plenty of tired talk. He is an athletic, affable presence, useful in a group without needing to dominate it. We warmed to Chad because Gooding supplies some levity amid the threats. He gives us a reason to stay interested in the people when the mystery is doing rather less to hold our attention.

*Booksmart* (2019) gave him a supporting role as Nick Howland under director Olivia Wilde. *Love, Victor* (2020–2022) then gave him a lead as Andrew Spencer, before *Scream* (2022) established him in horror as Chad. These parts fit a casting pattern of athletic, approachable young men. We would not confuse repeated casting with proof that this is all he can do. His work in the *Scream* ensemble is the strongest reason we have to keep watching.

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett directed his first two *Scream* appearances, and those remain the useful evidence of what he offers. In *Scream VI*, his expanded part puts him alongside Jasmin Savoy Brown as Chad’s twin, Mindy. Both actors are better served there than they would be in *Scream 7* (2026). We have reservations about the sixth film’s dialogue and mystery, but Gooding’s contribution is one of the reasons we cannot dismiss it.

In Kevin Williamson’s *Scream 7*, Gooding has too little to do. Gooding and Brown are mostly there to remind us of the previous films, with little fresh work for either to do. We found that frustrating because their earlier contributions had made Chad and Mindy worth bringing back. The disappointment is in the writing, which assumes that recognition will be enough.

*Heart Eyes* (2025) gives him a lead in a slasher romantic comedy, a sensible use of his established strengths. His role as Zap in Gregg Araki’s *I Want Your Sex* (2026) also keeps comedy in view. We would like to see what happens when a script asks more of that affability. For Gooding, start with the earlier *Scream* films rather than the reunion.

## Biography

Mason Gooding is an American actor. Born on 14 November 1996 in Los Angeles, he is the son of actor Cuba Gooding Jr. He attended Windward School in Los Angeles and studied at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue acting.

Gooding had a recurring role in the HBO series *Ballers* (2018) and a starring role in the Hulu series *Love, Victor* (2020–2022). His film credits include *Booksmart* (2019), *Let It Snow* (2019), *Scream* (2022), *Fall* (2022), *Scream VI* (2023) and *Scream 7* (2026), in which he plays Chad Meeks-Martin.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *I Want Your Sex* (2026), Fi1m 73, as Zap — [page](https://film.one/film/i-want-your-sex.md)
- *Scream 7* (2026), Fi1m 48, as Chad Meeks-Martin — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-7.md)
- *Scream VI* (2023), Fi1m 65, as Chad Meeks-Martin — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md)
- *Scream* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Chad Meeks-Martin — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2022.md)
- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), Fi1m 64, as Gabriel Hwang — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *Booksmart* (2019), Fi1m 81, as Nick — [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Want Your Sex* (2026), as Zap — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/i-want-your-sex.md)
- *72 HOURS* (2026), as Mason Moses
- *The Gates* (2026), as Derek
- *Scream 7* (2026), as Chad Meeks-Martin — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-7.md)
- *Under Fire* (2025), as Abbott
- *Pools* (2025), as Reed
- *Heart Eyes* (2025), as Jay Simmonds
- *Y2K* (2024), as Jonas
- *Alone, Together with You* (2024), as Harry · Director
- *Aftermath* (2024), as Jimmy 'Romeo' Roken
- *Adult Best Friends* (2024), as John
- *Scream VI* (2023), as Chad Meeks-Martin — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-vi.md)
- *Fall* (2022), as Dan Connor
- *Moonshot* (2022), as Calvin Riggins
- *I Want You Back* (2022), as Paul
- *How I Met Your Father* (2022), series, as Ash
- *Scream* (2022), as Chad Meeks-Martin — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2022.md)
- *Love, Victor* (2020), series, as Andrew  Spencer
- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, as Gabriel Hwang — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *Let It Snow* (2019), as Jeb
- *Booksmart* (2019), as Nick — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)
- *The Good Doctor* (2017), series, as Billy Cayman
- *Ballers* (2015), series, as Parker Jones
- *Crawl 2*, Actor
- *Last Resort*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Mason Gooding](https://film.one/media/person/7059/gallery-3d9872f91269.jpg) Mason Gooding — LaShawnda Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mason_Gooding_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mason_Gooding_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mason Gooding](https://film.one/media/person/7059/gallery-e4da0a93bc99.jpg) Mason Gooding — Image via TMDB
- ![Mason Gooding](https://film.one/media/person/7059/gallery-5e6c9fefc677.jpg) Mason Gooding — Image via TMDB
- ![Mason Gooding](https://film.one/media/person/7059/gallery-1f0b9df166de.jpg) Mason Gooding — Image via TMDB
- ![Mason Gooding](https://film.one/media/person/7059/gallery-692a515d6267.jpg) Mason Gooding — Image via TMDB
- ![Mason Gooding](https://film.one/media/person/7059/gallery-30dfdf51c5c1.jpg) Mason Gooding — Image via TMDB

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