Cedric the Entertainer

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.

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Selected Filmography

• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen(2009)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert(2015)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Daily Show(1996)TV Series · 1 ep
• Raw(1993)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show(2019)TV Series · 4 epsas Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson(2005)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show(2022)TV Series · 6 epsas Self - Guest
• Sherri(2022)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The View(1997)TV Series · 4 epsas Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden(2015)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
• 2 Broke Girls(2011)TV Series · 1 epas Darius
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
• Hollywood Squares(1998)TV Series · 5 epsas Self - Panelist
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno(1992)TV Series · 7 eps
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien(1993)TV Series · 3 epsas Self - Guest
• black-ish(2014)TV Series · 2 epsas Smokey
• Power(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Croop
• The Neighborhood(2018)TV Series · 155 epsas Calvin Butler
• Good Day Live(2001)TV Series · 1 epas Self