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.
158 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 158
Swapped
2026
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Raw
1993
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The View
1997
2 Broke Girls
2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hollywood Squares
1998
Sherri
2022
black-ish
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Summer Camp Island
2018
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Power
2014
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Hot in Cleveland
2010
The Neighborhood
2018
The Masked Singer
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
The Boondocks
2005
Madagascar
2005
Good Day Live
2001
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Ice Age
2002
The Steve Harvey Show
1996
The Proud Family
2001
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005
Bob Hearts Abishola
2019
To Tell the Truth
2016
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
Best Week Ever
2004
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
Master of None
2015
Eve
2003
The Last O.G.
2018
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
Another Period
2015
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022
The Chris Rock Show
1997
A Haunted House 2
2014
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
Drop the Mic
2017
Live from E!
2002
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
Steve
2017
The Soul Man
2012
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
A Haunted House
2013
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
The Marriage Ref
2010
Woke
2020
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Planes
2013
The Emmy Awards
1949
Charlotte's Web
2006
Why Him?
2016
Street Kings
2008
Be Cool
2005
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
Big Momma's House
2000
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
2022
BET Awards
2001
Real Husbands of Hollywood
2013
Making the Video
1999
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Larry Crowne
2011
Unfrosted
2024
Barbershop
2002
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
VH1 Goes Inside
2003
Crutch
2025
Madly Madagascar
2013
Cedric the Entertainer Presents
2002
The Anna Nicole Show
2002
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
First Reformed
2018
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
The Comedy Get Down
2017
Merry Madagascar
2009
Man of the House
2005
MADtv
1995
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
2024
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Cadillac Records
2008
Comics Unleashed
2006
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007
Earth to America
2005
Serving Sara
2002
Top Five
2014
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
Above the Line
2026
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner
2001
Kings of BBQ
2023
Talk to Me
2007
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2003
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
2024
Kingdom Come
2001
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
Ride
1998
Outlaw Posse
2024
The Honeymooners
2005
Son of the South
2021
The Original Kings of Comedy
2000
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
She Ball
2020
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
2002
Grassroots
2012
Friday Night Vibes
2021
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
2014
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2021
The Plus One
2023
The Opening Act
2020
Def Comedy Jam 25
2017
Dying Laughing
2017
This Is Stand-Up
2020
Cedric's Barber Battle
2015
Caught on Tape
2013
Be Cool, Very Cool
2005
Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
2000
#NoJoke
2019
A Hip Hop Story
2024
It's Worth What?
2011
They're Trying To Kill Us
2021
All's Faire in Love
2009
We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
2006
Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
2006
How I Learned to Fly
2023
Black Karen
2022
A Fall from Grace
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The Greatest At Home Videos
2020
Dance Fu
2011
All Star Comedy Jam
2009
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper
2014
Summer Camp Island
2017
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
2012
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2011
Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville
2016
13 Days in Ferguson
2024
Poor Greg Drowning
2020
Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup
2002
Truth Be Told
2023
Protect or Neglect
2021