[5][6][7] He wanted to begin acting after his graduation, but decided to attend college after visiting his father on set in New York.

[8] He enrolled in New York University Tisch School of the Arts to study dramatic writing and psychology.

[9][6] In 2018, Gooding booked his first major film role in Booksmart directed by Olivia Wilde in her directorial debut.

[12] In September 2020, Gooding was cast as Chad Meeks-Martin in the fifth Scream film, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

[14][15] In late August, Gooding co-starred alongside Kesha and Chloe Bailey in the scripted podcast, Electric Easy, a musical neo-noir science fiction show set in a futuristic Los Angeles in which humans struggle to co-exist with robots, known as “electrics”.