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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 24, 1964
Place of Birth
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Cedric
- Cedric Antonio Kyles
- Cedric Kyles
- سدریک د اینترتینر
Cedric the Entertainer
1.3 Popularity
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
4.8
Calvin Butler
Crutch
2025
0.0
Self - Contestant
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
5.7
Self
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
2024
🎬
0.0
Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
2024
0.0
13 Days in Ferguson
2024
5.8
Self
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
5.3
Stu Smiley
Unfrosted
2024
4.5
Horatio
Outlaw Posse
2024
10.0
Notorious BAG
A Hip Hop Story
2024
7.8
Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Credits
Crutch
as Calvin Butler
2025
4.8
Celebrity Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant
2025
0.0
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
as Self
2024
5.7
🎬
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
as Self
2024
0.0
13 Days in Ferguson
2024
0.0
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
as Self
2024
5.8
Unfrosted
as Stu Smiley
2024
5.3
Outlaw Posse
as Horatio
2024
4.5
A Hip Hop Story
as Notorious BAG
2024
10.0
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
2023
7.8
How I Learned to Fly
as Louis
2023
3.5
The Plus One
as Alfred Anders
2023
5.5
Kings of BBQ
as Self
2023
0.0
Truth Be Told
2023
0.0
Celebrity Jeopardy!
as Self
2022
6.3
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Bobby (voice)
2022
5.6
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
as Self
2022
6.0
Black Karen
as Sergeant Warren
2022
4.0
Protect or Neglect
as Self
2021
0.0
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
as Self
2021
5.0
Friday Night Vibes
as Self
2021
0.0
They're Trying To Kill Us
2021
8.0
Son of the South
as Reverend Ralph Abernathy
2021
6.5
The Opening Act
as Billy G.
2020
5.2
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self
2020
6.1
Woke
as Trash Can (voice)
2020
5.2
She Ball
as Councilmen
2020
6.4
Poor Greg Drowning
2020
3.6
The Greatest At Home Videos
as Self - Host
2020
0.0
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
2020
5.8
This Is Stand-Up
as Self
2020
5.0
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant
2020
9.7
Bob Hearts Abishola
as Calvin Butler
2019
7.5
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
#NoJoke
as Self
2019
6.2
The Masked Singer
as Self - Honey Pot
2019
7.7
The Neighborhood
as Calvin Butler
2018
7.6
Summer Camp Island
as Moon (voice)
2018
7.9
Summer Camp Island
as Additional Voices (voice)
2018
7.9
First Reformed
as Pastor Joel Jeffers
2018
7.0
The Last O.G.
as Mullins
2018
6.3
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
6.1
The Comedy Get Down
as Cedric the Entertainer
2017
4.0
Def Comedy Jam 25
as Self
2017
6.0
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
6.1
Summer Camp Island
as Moon (voice)
2017
7.7
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017
6.4
Why Him?
as Lou Dunne
2016
6.4
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
as Self
2016
8.5
Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville
as Himself
2016
5.8
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.2
Barbershop: The Next Cut
as Eddie
2016
6.3
Master of None
as The Magnificent Kenny
2015
7.4
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Another Period
as Scott Joplin
2015
6.8
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
7.8
Cedric's Barber Battle
as Herself - Host
2015
0.5
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Top Five
as Jazzy Dee
2014
6.1
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
as Leadbottom
2014
6.1
Planes Fire and Rescue: Dipper
as Leadbottom (Voice)
2014
7.0
black-ish
as Smokey
2014
7.1
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Leadbottom (voice)
2014
6.2
Power
as Croop
2014
7.7
A Haunted House 2
as Father Williams
2014
6.2
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Planes
as Leadbottom (voice)
2013
5.9
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
2013
7.7
Caught on Tape
as Maintenance Man
2013
6.2
Madly Madagascar
as Maurice (voice)
2013
6.5
Real Husbands of Hollywood
as Self
2013
7.2
A Haunted House
as Father Williams
2013
5.9
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Host
2012
5.5
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2012
7.1
Grassroots
as Richard McIver
2012
5.1
The Soul Man
as Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine
2012
6.0
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Maurice (voice)
2012
6.6
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
as Self
2012
7.0
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
2012
8.1
Dance Fu
as Detective
2011
3.8
2 Broke Girls
as Darius
2011
7.2
🎬
It's Worth What?
as Host
2011
0.0
Larry Crowne
as Lamar
2011
6.0
🎬
Critics' Choice Television Awards
as Self - Host
2011
0.0
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010
7.6
Hot in Cleveland
as Reverend Boyce
2010
7.3
🎬
The Marriage Ref
as Self - Panelist
2010
3.8
Merry Madagascar
as Maurice (voice)
2009
6.5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
All's Faire in Love
as Professor Shockworthy
2009
5.9
All Star Comedy Jam
as Self
2009
6.3
Cadillac Records
as Willie Dixon
2008
7.1
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
as Maurice (voice)
2008
6.5
Street Kings
as Scribble
2008
6.6
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Clyde Stubb
2008
6.0
Talk to Me
as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
2007
6.8
Code Name: The Cleaner
as Jake Rodgers
2007
5.2
Charlotte's Web
as Golly the Goose (voice)
2006
6.2
We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
as Himself
2006
10.0
Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
as Himself
2006
4.0
Comics Unleashed
as Self
2006
0.0
Earth to America
as Self
2005
8.0
The Boondocks
2005
8.2
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005
8.1
The Honeymooners
as Ralph Kramden
2005
4.0
🎬
Be Cool, Very Cool
as Self
2005
0.0
Madagascar
as Maurice (voice)
2005
6.9
Be Cool
as Sin LaSalle
2005
5.5
Man of the House
as Percy Stevens
2005
5.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Constable
2004
6.8
Johnson Family Vacation
as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl
2004
5.5
Best Week Ever
2004
5.6
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Eddie
2004
6.0
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
9.5
Intolerable Cruelty
as Gus Petch
2003
5.9
Eve
as Self
2003
8.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
🎬
VH1 Goes Inside
2003
10.0
🎬
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
0.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as Self
2003
8.0
Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup
as Himself
2002
0.0
🎬
Cedric the Entertainer Presents
2002
5.3
Serving Sara
as Ray Harris
2002
5.4
The Anna Nicole Show
2002
5.8
Barbershop
as Eddie
2002
6.4
Ice Age
as Carl (voice)
2002
7.4
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
as Self
2002
7.0
Live from E!
as Self
2002
3.7
🎬
Good Day Live
as Self
2001
3.0
The Proud Family
as Bobby Proud (voice)
2001
7.7
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Zoo Bear #1 (voice)
2001
5.3
BET Awards
2001
7.7
Kingdom Come
as Rev. Hooker
2001
6.5
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner
as Self
2001
6.0
Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
2000
8.7
The Original Kings of Comedy
as Self
2000
6.4
Big Momma's House
as Reverend
2000
5.8
Making the Video
1999
4.5
Ride
as Bo
1998
5.6
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The Chris Rock Show
1997
4.2
The Steve Harvey Show
as Cedric Robinson
1996
6.9
The Daily Show
1996
6.4
MADtv
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1995
7.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Raw
as Self
1993
6.8
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
The Emmy Awards
as Self - Host
1949
7.9
🎬
Above the Line
as Tracy
N/A
0.0
A Fall from Grace
as Coroner Jake Miles
N/A
0.0