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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, 1964-04-24

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1998	Ride	Bo	59
2	2000	Big Momma's House	Reverend	58
3	2000	The Original Kings of Comedy	Self	63
4	2000	Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7		87
5	2001	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner	Self	60
6	2001	Kingdom Come	Rev. Hooker	66
7	2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Zoo Bear #1 (voice)	53
8	2002	Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal	Self	70
9	2002	Ice Age	Carl (voice)	74
10	2002	Barbershop	Eddie	64
11	2002	Serving Sara	Ray Harris	54
12	2002	Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup	Himself	0
13	2003	Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!	Self	80
14	2003	Intolerable Cruelty	Gus Petch	59
15	2004	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Eddie	59
16	2004	Johnson Family Vacation	Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl	55
17	2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Constable	68
18	2005	Man of the House	Percy Stevens	58
19	2005	Be Cool	Sin LaSalle	55
20	2005	Madagascar	Maurice (voice)	69
21	2005	The Honeymooners	Ralph Kramden	41
22	2005	Earth to America	Self	80
23	2006	Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher	Himself	40
24	2006	We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story	Himself	100
25	2006	Charlotte's Web	Golly the Goose (voice)	62
26	2007	Code Name: The Cleaner	Jake Rodgers	52
27	2007	Talk to Me	'Nighthawk' Bob Terry	69
28	2008	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Clyde Stubb	60
29	2008	Street Kings	Scribble	66
30	2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Maurice (voice)	65
31	2008	Cadillac Records	Willie Dixon	71
32	2009	All Star Comedy Jam	Himself	63
33	2009	All's Faire in Love	Professor Shockworthy	58
34	2009	Merry Madagascar	Maurice (voice)	65
35	2011	Larry Crowne	Lamar	60
36	2011	Dance Fu	Detective	34
37	2012	I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac	Self	80
38	2012	Phunny Business: A Black Comedy	Self	0
39	2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Maurice (voice)	66
40	2012	Grassroots	Richard McIver	54
41	2013	A Haunted House	Father Williams	59
42	2013	Madly Madagascar	Maurice (voice)	65
43	2013	Caught on Tape	Maintenance Man	72
44	2013	Planes	Leadbottom (voice)	59
45	2014	A Haunted House 2	Father Williams	62
46	2014	Planes: Fire & Rescue	Leadbottom (voice)	62
47	2014	Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular	Leadbottom	61
48	2014	Planes Fire and Rescue: Dipper	Leadbottom (Voice)	70
49	2014	Top Five	Jazzy Dee	61
50	2016	Barbershop: The Next Cut	Eddie	63
51	2016	Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville	Himself	58
52	2016	Why Him?	Lou Dunne	64
53	2017	Dying Laughing	Self	63
54	2017	Summer Camp Island	Moon (voice)	77
55	2017	Def Comedy Jam 25	Self	58
56	2018	First Reformed	Pastor Joel Jeffers	70
57	2019	#NoJoke	Self	62
58	2020	A Fall from Grace	Coroner Jake Miles	0
59	2020	This Is Stand-Up	Self	50
60	2020	Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self	68
61	2020	Poor Greg Drowning		38
62	2020	She Ball	Councilmen	65
63	2020	The Opening Act	Billy G.	54
64	2021	Son of the South	Reverend Ralph Abernathy	65
65	2021	They're Trying To Kill Us		80
66	2021	Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11	Self	50
67	2021	Protect or Neglect	Self	0
68	2022	Black Karen	Sergeant Warren	0
69	2023	Truth Be Told		0
70	2023	The Plus One	Alfred Anders	62
71	2023	How I Learned to Fly	Louis	35
72	2023	Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic	Self	75
73	2024	A Hip Hop Story	Notorious BAG	100
74	2024	Outlaw Posse	Horatio	53
75	2024	Unfrosted	Stu Smiley	53
76		Niềm Tin Lung Lay	Cedric the Entertainer	0
77	2024	13 Days in Ferguson		0
78		American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special	Self	0
79	2024	Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson	Self	61
80		Above the Line	Tracy	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self - Host	75
2	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
3	1993	Raw		68
4	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
5	1995	MADtv	Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde	69
6	1996	The Daily Show		63
7	1996	The Steve Harvey Show	Cedric Robinson	69
8	1997	The Chris Rock Show		44
9	1997	The View	Self	45
10	1999	Making the Video		45
11	2001	BET Awards		77
12	2001	The Proud Family	Bobby Proud (voice)	78
13	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
14	2002	E! Live from the Red Carpet	Self	32
15	2002	The Anna Nicole Show		70
16	2002	Cedric the Entertainer Presents		53
17	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
18	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self - Guest	55
19	2003	TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV		0
20	2003	VH1 Goes Inside		100
21	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show		57
22	2003	Eve	Self	91
23	2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest	Self	95
24	2004	Best Week Ever		63
25	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
26	2005	Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out		81
27	2005	The Boondocks		81
28	2006	Comics Unleashed	Self	0
29	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
30	2010	The Marriage Ref	Self - Panelist	38
31	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Reverend Boyce	74
32	2011	It's Worth What?	Host	0
33	2011	2 Broke Girls	Darius	72
34	2012	The Soul Man	Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine	60
35	2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	Self	72
36	2012	Gotham Comedy Live	Self - Host	55
37	2013	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Self	77
38	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		58
39	2014	Power	Croop	77
40	2014	black-ish	Smokey	72
41	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	54
42	2015	Cedric's Barber Battle	Herself - Host	5
43	2015	Celebrity Family Feud	Self	79
44	2015	Another Period	Scott Joplin	68
45	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
46	2015	Master of None	The Magnificent Kenny	74
47	2016	To Tell the Truth	Self - Panelist	60
48	2016	Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party	Self	85
49	2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Self	59
50	2017	The Comedy Get Down	Cedric the Entertainer	40
51	2017	Drop the Mic	Self	63
52	2018	The Last O.G.	Mullins	65
53	2018	Summer Camp Island	Moon (voice)	71
54	2018	Summer Camp Island	Additional Voices (voice)	71
55	2018	The Neighborhood	Calvin Butler	76
56	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
57	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	63
58	2019	Bob Hearts Abishola	Calvin Butler	76
59	2020	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Self - Contestant	95
60	2020	The Greatest At Home Videos	Self - Host	0
61	2020	Woke	Trash Can (voice)	55
62	2020	The Drew Barrymore Show	Self	56
63	2021	Friday Night Vibes	Self	0
64	2022	Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy	Self	60
65	2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Bobby (voice)	67
66	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	68
67	2022	Celebrity Jeopardy!	Self	60
68	2023	Kings of BBQ	Self	0
69	2024	John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.	Self	68