
Cedric the Entertainer
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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

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Raw

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Celebrity Family Feud

black-ish

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Master of None

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Emmy Awards

MADtv

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

The Chris Rock Show

Bob Hearts Abishola

Celebrity Jeopardy!

Another Period

The Marriage Ref

The Proud Family

2 Broke Girls

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

E! Live from the Red Carpet

Power

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

Woke

The Boondocks

Hot in Cleveland

The Anna Nicole Show

Summer Camp Island

Dr. Dolittle 2

Planes

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy

Unfrosted

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Haunted House 2

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Why Him?

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Top Five

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Charlotte's Web

Madagascar

Ice Age

Street Kings

Madly Madagascar

Be Cool

Larry Crowne

A Haunted House

Intolerable Cruelty

First Reformed

Barbershop

A Hip Hop Story

The Original Kings of Comedy

Man of the House

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

The Steve Harvey Show

Barbershop: The Next Cut

Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular

The Honeymooners

It's Worth What?

The Neighborhood

Cedric's Barber Battle

The Greatest At Home Videos
Production Credits
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