Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Tre Styles who is a young African American male and the protagonist of Boyz n the hood. This was his breakthrough movie and spurred his career forward. He moved on to play in several other movies and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
O'Shea Jackson Sr - Ice cube
O'Shea Jackson Sr, who is known as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, writer, and actor. He is known most for his rap career and is known as one of the founders of gangsta rap. Ice Cube also has accumulated a career as an actor and has had several roles such as his role in Boyz n the hood.
Laurence Fishburne
The actor that plays Furious is Laurence Fishburne. He is amongst other things an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. Fishburne has had a very successful career as an actor playing in movies like the Matrix trilogy, Apocalypse Now, and Hannibal.