Cedric the Entertainer
- Acting
- April 24, 1964 · 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
Filmography
- A Proud Family Wizmas · Bobby (Voice)
- Swapped · Caloo (Voice)
- Above the Line · Tracy
- Crutch · Calvin Butler, Executive producer
- Celebrity Weakest Link · Self
- Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson · Self
- American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special · Self
- 13 Days in Ferguson
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. · Self
- Unfrosted · Stu Smiley
- Outlaw Posse · Horatio
- A Hip Hop Story · Notorious BAG
- Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic · Self
- How I Learned to Fly · Louis
- The Plus One · Alfred Anders
- Kings of BBQ · Self
- Truth Be Told
- Celebrity Jeopardy! · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Sherri · Self
- The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder · Bobby (Voice)
- Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy · Self
- Black Karen · Sergeant Warren
- Protect or Neglect · Self
- Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 · Self
- Friday Night Vibes · Self
- They're Trying To Kill Us
- Son of the South · Reverend Ralph Abernathy
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune · Self
- The Opening Act · Billy G.
- The Drew Barrymore Show · Self
- Woke · Trash Can (Voice)
- She Ball · Councilmen
- Poor Greg Drowning
- The Greatest At Home Videos · Self
- Feeding America Comedy Festival · Self
- This Is Stand-Up · Self
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire · Self
- Bob Hearts Abishola · Calvin Butler
- #NoJoke · Self
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- The Masked Singer · Self
- The Neighborhood · Calvin Butler, Executive producer
- Summer Camp Island · Moon (Voice), Additional Voices (Voice)
- First Reformed · Pastor Joel Jeffers
- The Last O.G. · Mullins
- Drop the Mic · Self
- The Comedy Get Down · Cedric the Entertainer
- Def Comedy Jam 25 · Self
- Steve · Self
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- Summer Camp Island · Moon (Voice)
- Dying Laughing · Self
- Why Him? · Lou Dunne
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party · Self
- Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville · Self, Writer
- To Tell the Truth · Self
- Barbershop: The Next Cut · Eddie
- Master of None · The Magnificent Kenny
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Another Period · Scott Joplin
- Celebrity Family Feud · Self
- Cedric's Barber Battle · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Top Five · Jazzy Dee
- Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular · Leadbottom
- Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper · Leadbottom (Voice)
- black-ish · Smokey
- Planes: Fire & Rescue · Leadbottom (Voice)
- Power · Croop
- A Haunted House 2 · Father Williams
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Planes · Leadbottom (Voice)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? · Self
- Caught on Tape · Maintenance Man
- Madly Madagascar · Maurice (Voice)
- Real Husbands of Hollywood · Self
- A Haunted House · Father Williams
- Gotham Comedy Live · Self