Where Are They Now? The Cast of 'Coming to America'

Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley and the rest.

Cuba Gooding Jr. - What a long way Cuba has come from playing "Boy Getting Haircut" in Coming to America. Then just a promising young star, Gooding's career took off in the 1990s with films like Boyz n the Hood, A Few Good Men and even winning an Academy Award for Jerry Maguire. Unfortunately, Gooding suffered a touch of the notorious Oscar curse after collecting his statue, spending about a decade wading in studio flops like Boat Trip and Daddy Day Care. In 2012, things started to turn around for the actor with prominent roles in Red Tails, The Butler and Selma. His most recent role, however, was playing the title role in the FX series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
Garcelle Beauvais - Akeem's rose bearer has certainly done well for herself. After playing the fresh-faced royal servant in a role that would barely be memorable save for the fact that it marked the start of her career, Beauvais went on to star in at least a half-dozen popular TV shows, most notably The Jamie Foxx Show. Beauvais recently wrapped up a couple of seasons on TNT's Frankin & Bash and, in 2013, played Foxx's first lady in White House Down. In 2014 and 2015 she starred in the TV film Girlfriends Getaway  and its sequel as well as the TV series The Magicians. She is currently a panelist on the pop culture talk show Hollywood Today Live and currently has a small role in Spiderman: Homecoming.(Photo:  FayesVision/WENN.com)
Nile Rodgers (Composer) - The Chic frontman managed to find time between producing hit records and touring with his own band to write and produce every bit of music for this film — including that jingle for Soul Glo that's still stuck in our heads 27 years later. Coming to America was Rodgers's first time composing for film with an orchestral score, and it became a regular part of his repertoire after. He went on to score dozens more movies, including Earth Girls Are Easy and Thelma and Louise. In 2010, Rodgers was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. Rather than slow down, he doubled down, booking gigs and recording at a faster pace than ever before. The result was a career hot streak that included work on Daft Punk's hit "Get Lucky," which earned him an armful of Grammy Awards. Rodgers was cleared of cancer in 2014 and continues to rock out in all areas of music....
John Landis (Director) - Already a go-to director for studio comedies by the time he arrived at Coming to America (his credits include The Blues Brothers, National Lampoon's Animal House and the seminal music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller") Landis's career has been on a slow, downward slide since reaching a peak with the Eddie Murphy film. Oscar and Burke and Hare are two of his post-America projects which few people saw. But the one-time legend has passed the torch to his son, Max, who made a splash as the writer of Chronicle and is one of the most sought-after screenwriters in Hollywood. (Photo: WENN)

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Garcelle Beauvais - Akeem's rose bearer has certainly done well for herself. After playing the fresh-faced royal servant in a role that would barely be memorable save for the fact that it marked the start of her career, Beauvais went on to star in at least a half-dozen popular TV shows, most notably The Jamie Foxx Show. Beauvais recently wrapped up a couple of seasons on TNT's Frankin & Bash and, in 2013, played Foxx's first lady in White House Down. In 2014 and 2015 she starred in the TV film Girlfriends Getaway  and its sequel as well as the TV series The Magicians. She is currently a panelist on the pop culture talk show Hollywood Today Live and currently has a small role in Spiderman: Homecoming.(Photo:  FayesVision/WENN.com)

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