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Cedric the Entertainer

Acting

Born April 24, 1964 · Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Also known as Cedric · Cedric Antonio Kyles · Cedric Kyles

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.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

A Hip Hop Story

2024as Notorious BAG

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020as Self - Contestant

Swapped

2026as Caloo (voice)

Eve

2003as Self

The Boondocks

2005

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

2012as Self

They're Trying To Kill Us

2021

Wild 'N Out

2005

Celebrity Family Feud

2015as Self

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

2023as Self

The Proud Family

2001as Bobby Proud (voice)

Summer Camp Island

2018as Moon (voice)

Power

2014as Croop

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

2013as Self

The Neighborhood

2018as Calvin Butler

Hollywood Squares

1998as Self - Panelist

The Masked Singer

2019as Self - Honey Pot

Bob Hearts Abishola

2019as Calvin Butler

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb

as Self

Master of None

2015as The Magnificent Kenny

Ice Age

2002as Rhino (voice)

Real Husbands of Hollywood

2013as Self

2 Broke Girls

2011as Darius

Hot in Cleveland

2010as Reverend Boyce

black-ish

2014as Smokey

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

2012as Self

Cadillac Records

2008as Willie Dixon

Mad TV

1995as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

First Reformed

2017as Pastor Joel Jeffers

The Steve Harvey Show

1996as Cedric Robinson

Another Period

2013as Scott Joplin

Madagascar

2005as Maurice (voice)

Talk to Me

2007as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004as Constable

Raw

1993as Self

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012as Maurice (voice)

Street Kings

2008as Scribble

Son of the South

2020as Reverend Ralph Abernathy

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008as Maurice (voice)

Kingdom Come

2001as Rev. Hooker

She Ball

2020as Councilmen

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Dying Laughing

2016as Self

Why Him?

2016as Lou Dunne

Barbershop

2002as Eddie

The Original Kings of Comedy

2000as Self

The Daily Show

1996

Celebrity Jeopardy!

2022as Self - Contestant

The Last O.G.

2018as Mullins

Barbershop: The Next Cut

2016as Eddie