Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), known professionally as Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Calvin Butler on the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood, Mullins on The Last O.G., Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine on The Soul Man, co-starred as Cedric Jackie Robinson on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, Eddie in the Barbershop films, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy. He has starred as the lead in the films Johnson Family Vacation and Code Name: The Cleaner. His other films include First Reformed, Why Him?, A Haunted House 1 & 2, Larry Crowne, Cadillac Records, The Honeymooners (2005), Be Cool, Man of the House, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Intolerable Cruelty, Dr. Dolittle 2, and Big Momma's House. He has also done voice work for Ice Age, the Madagascar film series, Charlotte's Web (2006), Planes, and Planes: Fire & Rescue. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993–1994 season and Def Comedy Jam in 1995 as well as the 12th season of the daytime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2013–14. In 2019, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Best Week Ever
6.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
8.1
The View
4.5
Tamron Hall
5.1
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.411
The Boondocks
8.146
The Steve Harvey Show
6.771
MADtv
6.942
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.2
Making the Video
4.5
The Anna Nicole Show
7
Cedric the Entertainer Presents
5.3
The Marriage Ref
3.8
The Daily Show
6.354
Friday Night Vibes
0
Good Day Live
3
VH1 Goes Inside
10
The Soul Man
6
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
0
Power
7.7
BET Awards
7.7
Another Period
6.7
2 Broke Girls
7.196
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.792
E! Live from the Red Carpet
3.2
Cedric's Barber Battle
0.5
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
7.706
Master of None
7.406
The Greatest At Home Videos
0
It's Worth What?
0
Hot in Cleveland
7.4
The Chris Rock Show
4.4
The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.312
Kings of BBQ
0
Gotham Comedy Live
5.5
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
6.05
The Drew Barrymore Show
5.917
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Celebrity Jeopardy!
6
The Last O.G.
6.3
The Jennifer Hudson Show
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.422
Drop the Mic
6.1
The Neighborhood
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.853
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
6
Summer Camp Island
7.7
Comics Unleashed
0
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
8.5
The Proud Family
7.761
Summer Camp Island
7.7
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
7.195
Bob Hearts Abishola
7.5
Raw
6.8
To Tell the Truth
6.2
black-ish
7.2
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
9.5
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
6.727
Woke
5.3
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.343
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.061
The Comedy Get Down
4
Eve
9.1
Celebrity Family Feud
7.9
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
5.8
The Emmy Awards
7.875
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.7
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
9.7
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
7.5
Movies
Ice Age
7.362
Street Kings
6.6
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
6.512
Barbershop
6.377
#NoJoke
6.2
Be Cool
5.479
The Honeymooners
4.042
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
6
All Star Comedy Jam
6.3
Talk to Me
6.884
Intolerable Cruelty
5.944
The Original Kings of Comedy
6.344
Merry Madagascar
6.468
Serving Sara
5.4
Earth to America
8
Charlotte's Web
6.217
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
8
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
6
Man of the House
5.8
Code Name: The Cleaner
5.1
Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
4
Cadillac Records
7.1
Protect or Neglect
0
Planes
5.918
Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup
0
Johnson Family Vacation
5.497
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
6.617
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
7
Larry Crowne
5.991
Truth Be Told
0
Grassroots
5.147
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
8.1
Outlaw Posse
5.3
Dance Fu
3.375
A Haunted House
5.946
A Haunted House 2
6.161
Caught on Tape
6.2
How I Learned to Fly
3.5
Ride
5.6
Madagascar
6.911
Kingdom Come
6.6
Planes: Fire & Rescue
6.196
Top Five
6.101
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
6.1
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
7.4
The Plus One
6
A Hip Hop Story
10
Barbershop: The Next Cut
6.3
Dr. Dolittle 2
5.312
We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
10
Unfrosted
5.266
Dying Laughing
6.3
Black Karen
4
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
6.814
Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville
5.8
Niềm Tin Lung Lay
0
Planes Fire and Rescue: Dipper
7
13 Days in Ferguson
0
Why Him?
6.4
Madly Madagascar
6.5
First Reformed
7
Def Comedy Jam 25
5.869
Big Momma's House
5.824
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner
6
Summer Camp Island
7.7
Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
8.7
She Ball
6
Poor Greg Drowning
3.786
The Opening Act
5.2
All's Faire in Love
5.635
This Is Stand-Up
5
Feeding America Comedy Festival
6.8
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
7
Son of the South
6.5
They're Trying To Kill Us
8
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
5
A Fall from Grace
0
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
0
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
5.781
Above the Line
0
Be Cool, Very Cool
0