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




