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Name
Cedric the Entertainer

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1964-04-24 (62 years old)

Place of Birth
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2002 Ice Age as Rhino (voice)
2008 Street Kings as Scribble
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as Maurice (voice)
2002 Barbershop as Eddie
2019 #NoJoke as Self
2005 Be Cool as Sin LaSalle
2005 The Honeymooners as Ralph Kramden
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Eddie
2009 All Star Comedy Jam as Self
2007 Talk to Me as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
2003 Intolerable Cruelty as Gus Petch
2000 The Original Kings of Comedy as Self
2009 Merry Madagascar as Maurice (voice)
2002 Serving Sara as Ray Harris
2005 Earth to America as Self
2006 Charlotte's Web as Golly the Goose (voice)
2003 Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! as Self
2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Clyde Stubb
2005 Man of the House as Percy Stevens
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner as Jake Rodgers
2006 Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher as Himself
2008 Cadillac Records as Willie Dixon
2021 Protect or Neglect as Self
2013 Planes as Leadbottom (voice)
2002 Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup as Himself
2004 Johnson Family Vacation as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl
2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Maurice (voice)
2012 Phunny Business: A Black Comedy as Self
2011 Larry Crowne as Lamar
2023 Truth Be Told
2012 Grassroots as Richard McIver
2012 I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac as Self
2024 Outlaw Posse as Horatio
2011 Dance Fu as Detective
2013 A Haunted House as Father Williams
2014 A Haunted House 2 as Father Williams
2013 Caught on Tape as Maintenance Man
2023 How I Learned to Fly as Louis
1998 Ride as Bo
2005 Madagascar as Maurice (voice)
2001 Kingdom Come as Rev. Hooker
2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue as Leadbottom (voice)
2014 Top Five as Jazzy Dee
2014 Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular as Leadbottom
2023 Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
2023 The Plus One as Alfred Anders
2024 A Hip Hop Story as Notorious BAG
2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut as Eddie
2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 as Zoo Bear #1 (voice)
2006 We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story as Himself
2024 Unfrosted as Stu Smiley
2017 Dying Laughing as Self
2022 Black Karen as Sergeant Warren
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Constable
2016 Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville as Himself
2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper as Leadbottom (Voice)
2024 13 Days in Ferguson
2016 Why Him? as Lou Dunne
2013 Madly Madagascar as Maurice (voice)
2018 First Reformed as Pastor Joel Jeffers
2017 Def Comedy Jam 25 as Self
2000 Big Momma's House as Reverend
2001 The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner as Self
2017 Summer Camp Island as Moon (voice)
2000 Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
2020 She Ball as Councilmen
2020 Poor Greg Drowning
2020 The Opening Act as Billy G.
2009 All's Faire in Love as Professor Shockworthy
2020 This Is Stand-Up as Self
2020 Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2002 Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal as Self
2021 Son of the South as Reverend Ralph Abernathy
2021 They're Trying To Kill Us
2021 Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 as Self
2024 American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special as Self
2024 Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson as Self
2025 Above the Line as Tracy
2005 Be Cool, Very Cool as Self
2026 Swapped as Caloo (voice)
2012 Dreamworks: Holiday Classics as Maurice (voice)
2026 A Proud Family Wizmas as Bobby (voice)
2001 Def Comedy Jam: All Stars Vol. 8 as Himself

2004 Best Week Ever ( 1 episode )
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2005 Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out ( 1 episode )
1997 The View ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2019 The Tamron Hall Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 7 episodes )
2005 The Boondocks ( 1 episode ) as Cousin Jericho Freeman (voice)
1996 The Steve Harvey Show ( 122 episodes ) as Cedric Robinson
1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1999 Making the Video ( 1 episode )
2002 The Anna Nicole Show ( 1 episode )
2002 Cedric the Entertainer Presents ( 22 episodes )
2010 The Marriage Ref ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode )
2021 Friday Night Vibes ( 1 episode ) as Self
2001 Good Day Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 VH1 Goes Inside ( 1 episode )
2012 The Soul Man ( 54 episodes ) as Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine
2003 TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV ( 1 episode )
2014 Power ( 1 episode ) as Croop
2001 BET Awards ( 1 episode )
2015 Another Period ( 1 episode ) as Scott Joplin
2011 2 Broke Girls ( 1 episode ) as Darius
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2002 Live from E! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Cedric's Barber Battle ( 8 episodes ) as Herself - Host
2013 Whose Line Is It Anyway? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2015 Master of None ( 1 episode ) as The Magnificent Kenny
2020 The Greatest At Home Videos ( 27 episodes ) as Self - Host
2011 It's Worth What? ( 9 episodes ) as Host
2010 Hot in Cleveland ( 2 episodes ) as Reverend Boyce
1997 The Chris Rock Show ( 1 episode )
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2023 Kings of BBQ ( 10 episodes ) as Self
2012 Gotham Comedy Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2022 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder ( 2 episodes ) as Bobby (voice)
2020 The Drew Barrymore Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
2018 The Last O.G. ( 14 episodes ) as Mullins
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2017 Drop the Mic ( 1 episode ) as Self
2018 The Neighborhood ( 155 episodes ) as Calvin Butler
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2018 Summer Camp Island ( 10 episodes ) as Moon (voice)
2006 Comics Unleashed ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2016 Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party ( 1 episode ) as Self
2001 The Proud Family ( 9 episodes ) as Bobby Proud (voice)
2018 Summer Camp Island ( 1 episode ) as Additional Voices (voice)
2012 Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 Bob Hearts Abishola ( 1 episode ) as Calvin Butler
1993 Raw ( 1 episode ) as Self
2016 To Tell the Truth ( 7 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
2014 black-ish ( 2 episodes ) as Smokey
2004 On Air with Ryan Seacrest ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Woke ( 4 episodes ) as Trash Can (voice)
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2017 The Comedy Get Down ( 10 episodes ) as Cedric the Entertainer
2003 Eve ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Celebrity Family Feud ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Self
1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
2010 Take Two with Phineas and Ferb ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 Celebrity Weakest Link ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant
2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2025 Crutch ( 2 episodes ) as Calvin Butler
2019 The Masked Singer ( 1 episode ) as Self - Honey Pot
2011 Critics' Choice Television Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2013 Real Husbands of Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
1998 Hollywood Squares ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2017 Steve ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
2012 Steve Harvey ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 Conan ( 1 episode ) as Self
2000 Big Brother ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ( 1 episode ) as Self - Contestant

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