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
5.556
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
8.106
The View
4.363
Tamron Hall
5.1
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.409
The Boondocks
8.1
The Steve Harvey Show
6.771
MADtv
6.952
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.191
Making the Video
4.5
The Anna Nicole Show
7
Cedric the Entertainer Presents
5.3
The Marriage Ref
3.8
The Daily Show
6.378
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
7.665
BET Awards
7.7
Another Period
6.7
2 Broke Girls
7.191
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.78
E! Live from the Red Carpet
3.679
Cedric's Barber Battle
0.5
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
7.679
Master of None
7.402
It's Worth What?
0
The Greatest At Home Videos
0
Hot in Cleveland
7.387
The Chris Rock Show
4.4
The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.281
Kings of BBQ
0
Gotham Comedy Live
5.5
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
5.81
The Drew Barrymore Show
6.231
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Celebrity Jeopardy!
6
The Last O.G.
6.3
The Jennifer Hudson Show
6.2
The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.5
Drop the Mic
6.1
The Neighborhood
7.568
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.8
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
6
Summer Camp Island
7.848
Comics Unleashed
0
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
8.5
The Proud Family
7.8
Summer Camp Island
7.848
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
7.195
Bob Hearts Abishola
7.5
Raw
6.8
To Tell the Truth
6.2
black-ish
7.17
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
9.523
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
6.25
Woke
5.3
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.281
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.1
The Comedy Get Down
4
Eve
9.1
Celebrity Family Feud
7.846
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
5.929
The Emmy Awards
7.875
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.741
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
9.7
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
7.585
Movies
Ice Age
7.365
Street Kings
6.6
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
6.515
Barbershop
6.392
#NoJoke
6.2
Be Cool
5.475
The Honeymooners
4.042
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
6.003
All Star Comedy Jam
6.3
Talk to Me
6.893
Intolerable Cruelty
5.945
The Original Kings of Comedy
6.344
Merry Madagascar
6.465
Serving Sara
5.368
Earth to America
8
Charlotte's Web
6.218
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
8
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
6
Man of the House
5.8
Code Name: The Cleaner
5.16
Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
4
Cadillac Records
7.105
Protect or Neglect
0
Planes
5.918
Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup
0
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
6.62
Johnson Family Vacation
5.523
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
7
Larry Crowne
5.997
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
5.944
A Haunted House 2
6.173
Caught on Tape
6.2
How I Learned to Fly
3.5
Ride
5.6
Madagascar
6.915
Kingdom Come
6.6
Planes: Fire & Rescue
6.183
Top Five
6.087
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
6.1
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
7.4
The Plus One
5.5
A Hip Hop Story
10
Barbershop: The Next Cut
6.327
Dr. Dolittle 2
5.314
We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
10
Unfrosted
5.3
Dying Laughing
6.3
Black Karen
4
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
6.815
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?
6.387
Madly Madagascar
6.5
First Reformed
6.993
Def Comedy Jam 25
5.869
Big Momma's House
5.826
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
5.8
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