Personal Info
Birth date
1964-04-24 (61 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Also known as
Cedric
Cedric Antonio Kyles
Cedric Kyles
سدریک د اینترتینر
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.
Filmography
The Daily Show
6.387
Overview:
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.8
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.Raw
6.8
Overview:
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.515
Overview:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.136
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.243
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.281
Overview:
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.2 Broke Girls
7.189
Overview:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.The Jennifer Hudson Show
5.981
Overview:
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.78
Overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.Tamron Hall
5.1
Overview:
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations.black-ish
7.17
Overview:
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.Hot in Cleveland
7.387
Overview:
Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."The Boondocks
8.1
Overview:
When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.Ice Age
7.365
Overview:
With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. Along the way, the unlikely allies become friends but, when enemies attack, their quest takes on far nobler aims.Power
7.665
Overview:
A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.Madagascar
6.914
Overview:
Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.The View
4.363
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.The Neighborhood
7.568
Overview:
The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin.Bob Hearts Abishola
7.5
Overview:
A love story about a middle-aged compression sock businessman from Detroit who unexpectedly falls for his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, while recovering from a heart attack and sets his sights on winning her over.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.545
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
6.619
Overview:
Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
8.106
Overview:
Nick Cannon and an A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians as they compete against each other.The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.711
Overview:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.Summer Camp Island
7.848
Overview:
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
6.515
Overview:
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.191
Overview:
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.The Proud Family
7.8
Overview:
Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Penny's every encounter inevitably spirals into bigger than life situations filled with hi-jinks, hilarity and heart. Her quest to balance her home, school and social lives are further complicated by friends like the sassy Dijonay, Penny's nemesis LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if not over-protective parents and her hip-to-the-groove-granny, Suga Mama.The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.405
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.Whose Line Is It Anyway?
7.679
Overview:
Comedian Aisha Tyler hosts this improv comedy show where the actors on the show - Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles along with a special guest each episode -must put their comedic skills to the test through a series of spontaneous improv games, prompted only by random ideas supplied by the studio audience.Acting
TBAAbove the Line as Tracy
TBANiềm Tin Lung Lay as Cedric the Entertainer
2024Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson as Self
2024American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special as Self
202413 Days in Ferguson as Unknown
2024John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. (1 Episode) as Self
2024Unfrosted as Stu Smiley
2024Outlaw Posse as Horatio
2024A Hip Hop Story as Notorious BAG
2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
2023How I Learned to Fly as Louis
2023The Plus One as Alfred Anders
2023Kings of BBQ (10 Episodes) as Self
2023Truth Be Told as Unknown
2022Celebrity Jeopardy! (1 Episode) as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (4 Episodes) as Self
2022The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2 Episodes) as Bobby (voice)
2022Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy (3 Episodes) as Self
2022Black Karen as Sergeant Warren
2021Protect or Neglect as Self
2021Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 as Self
2021Friday Night Vibes (1 Episode) as Self
2021They're Trying To Kill Us as Unknown
2021Son of the South as Reverend Ralph Abernathy
2020The Opening Act as Billy G.
2020The Drew Barrymore Show (1 Episode) as Self
2020Woke (4 Episodes) as Trash Can (voice)
2020She Ball as Councilmen
2020Poor Greg Drowning as Unknown
2020The Greatest At Home Videos (1 Episode) as Self - Host
2020Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2020This Is Stand-Up as Self
2020Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant
2020A Fall from Grace as Coroner Jake Miles
2019Bob Hearts Abishola (1 Episode) as Calvin Butler
2019#NoJoke as Self
2019Tamron Hall (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (2 Episodes) as Self
2018The Neighborhood (136 Episodes) as Calvin Butler
2018Summer Camp Island (10, 1 Episode) as Moon (voice), Additional Voices (voice)
2018First Reformed as Pastor Joel Jeffers
2018The Last O.G. (14 Episodes) as Mullins
2017Drop the Mic (1 Episode) as Self
2017The Comedy Get Down (10 Episodes) as Cedric the Entertainer
2017Def Comedy Jam 25 as Self
2017Carpool Karaoke: The Series (1 Episode) as Self
2017Summer Camp Island as Moon (voice)
2017Dying Laughing as Self
2016Why Him? as Lou Dunne
2016Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (1 Episode) as Self
2016Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville as Himself
2016To Tell the Truth (7 Episodes) as Self - Panelist
2016Barbershop: The Next Cut as Eddie
2015Master of None (1 Episode) as The Magnificent Kenny
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 Episode) as Self
2015Another Period (1 Episode) as Scott Joplin
2015Celebrity Family Feud (1 Episode) as Self
2015Cedric's Barber Battle (8 Episodes) as Herself - Host
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2014Top Five as Jazzy Dee
2014Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular as Leadbottom
2014Planes Fire and Rescue: Dipper as Leadbottom (Voice)
2014black-ish (2 Episodes) as Smokey
2014Planes: Fire & Rescue as Leadbottom (voice)
2014Power (1 Episode) as Croop
2014A Haunted House 2 as Father Williams
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 Episode) as Self
2013Planes as Leadbottom (voice)
2013Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2 Episodes) as Self
2013Caught on Tape as Maintenance Man
2013Madly Madagascar as Maurice (voice)
2013A Haunted House as Father Williams
2012Gotham Comedy Live (1 Episode) as Self - Host
2012Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (1 Episode) as Self
2012Grassroots as Richard McIver
2012The Soul Man (54 Episodes) as Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine
2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Maurice (voice)
2012Phunny Business: A Black Comedy as Self
2012I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac as Self
2011Dance Fu as Detective
20112 Broke Girls (1 Episode) as Darius
2011It's Worth What? (9 Episodes) as Host
2011Larry Crowne as Lamar
2010Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (1 Episode) as Unknown
2010Hot in Cleveland (2 Episodes) as Reverend Boyce
2010The Marriage Ref (2 Episodes) as Self - Panelist
2009Merry Madagascar as Maurice (voice)
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009All's Faire in Love as Professor Shockworthy
2009All Star Comedy Jam as Self
2008Cadillac Records as Willie Dixon
2008Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as Maurice (voice)
2008Street Kings as Scribble
2008Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Clyde Stubb
2007Talk to Me as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
2007Code Name: The Cleaner as Jake Rodgers
2006Charlotte's Web as Golly the Goose (voice)
2006We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story as Himself
2006Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher as Himself
2006Comics Unleashed (2 Episodes) as Self
2005Earth to America as Self
2005The Boondocks (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005The Honeymooners as Ralph Kramden
2005Be Cool, Very Cool as Self
2005Madagascar as Maurice (voice)
2005Be Cool as Sin LaSalle
2005Man of the House as Percy Stevens
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2 Episodes) as Self
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Constable
2004Johnson Family Vacation as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl
2004Best Week Ever (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Eddie
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest (1 Episode) as Self
2003Eve (1 Episode) as Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 Episode) as Self
2003Intolerable Cruelty as Gus Petch
2003VH1 Goes Inside (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Guest
2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! as Self
2002Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup as Himself
2002Cedric the Entertainer Presents (22 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Serving Sara as Ray Harris
2002The Anna Nicole Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002Barbershop as Eddie
2002Ice Age as Carl (voice)
2002Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal as Self
2002E! Live from the Red Carpet (1 Episode) as Self
2001Good Day Live (1 Episode) as Self
2001The Proud Family (9 Episodes) as Bobby Proud (voice)
2001Dr. Dolittle 2 as Zoo Bear #1 (voice)
2001BET Awards (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Kingdom Come as Rev. Hooker
2001The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner as Self
2000Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7 as Unknown
2000The Original Kings of Comedy as Self
2000Big Momma's House as Reverend
1999Making the Video (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998Ride as Bo
1997The View (2 Episodes) as Self
1997The Chris Rock Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996The Steve Harvey Show (122 Episodes) as Cedric Robinson
1996The Daily Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995MADtv (1 Episode) as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1993Raw (1 Episode) as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1949The Emmy Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Host
Production
TBACrutch (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2018The Neighborhood (65 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2009All Star Comedy Jam ... Executive Producer
2007Code Name: The Cleaner ... Producer
2004Johnson Family Vacation ... Producer
Writing
2016Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville ... Writer
2006Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher ... Writer
2002Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup ... Writer
2000The Original Kings of Comedy ... Writer
Directing
2011Dance Fu ... Director