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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 18.341 |
Birthday | 1964-04-24 |
Place of Birth | Jefferson City, Missouri, USA |
Also Known As | Cedric, Cedric Antonio Kyles, Cedric Kyles, |
2002
Ice Age
7.4/13396
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2008
Street Kings
6.628/1508
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2008
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
6.5/6944
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired cra...
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2002
Barbershop
6.4/482
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop...
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Barbershop
2019
#NoJoke
6.2/4
A musician's journey to create a song with some of the biggest stars in the industry. Along the way, he faces up to his painful past, while giving vie...
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2005
Be Cool
5.462/891
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.
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2005
The Honeymooners
4.1/70
Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always a...
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2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
5.9/281
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his business...
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2009
All Star Comedy Jam
6.273/11
Cedric delivers on stage and has hand-picked some of the industry s most talented and sought after comedians, Kevin Hart, Tommy Davidson, Aries Spears...
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All Star Comedy Jam
2007
Talk to Me
6.872/121
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s...
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Talk to Me
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
5.937/1503
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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Intolerable Cruelty
2000
The Original Kings of Comedy
6.3/59
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2009
Merry Madagascar
6.5/296
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2002
Serving Sara
5.4/320
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Serving Sara
2005
Earth to America
8/2
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.
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2006
Charlotte's Web
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2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
8/4
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2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
5.972/286
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2005
Man of the House
5.8/467
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Man of the House
2007
Code Name: The Cleaner
5.2/244
Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he f...
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Code Name: The Cleaner
2006
Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
4/2
Red-hot actor/comedian Cedric the Entertainer stars in his first solo HBO special, a no-holds-barred 60-minute routine performed in front of a live au...
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Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
2008
Cadillac Records
7.1/439
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, includ...
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Cadillac Records
2021
Protect or Neglect
0/0
A candid, authentic and provocative conversation about race, bias, and policing in America.
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2013
Planes
5.894/1698
Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his...
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Planes
2002
Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup
0/0
Comedian Cedric the Entertainer uses his considerable appeal to introduce some up-and-coming young stand-up comedians. Cedric himself takes on topics...
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Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup
2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
6.6/6179
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 Europ...
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2004
Johnson Family Vacation
5.5/193
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Johnson Family Vacation
2012
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
0/0
A bittersweet valentine to All Jokes Aside, a little known, but extremely influential, black-owned Comedy Club. Comedy, race and Chicago politics coll...
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Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
2011
Larry Crowne
5.979/1309
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Larry Crowne
2023
Truth Be Told
0/0
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Truth Be Told
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Grassroots
5.4/15
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2012
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
8.136/11
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2024
Outlaw Posse
5.3/9
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Outlaw Posse
2011
Dance Fu
3.375/4
A young championship dancer seeking fortune and fame is forced to avenge the death of his uncle.
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Dance Fu
2013
A Haunted House
5.945/1911
Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep hi...
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A Haunted House
2014
A Haunted House 2
6.2/1468
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A Haunted House 2
2013
Caught on Tape
7.2/5
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2023
How I Learned to Fly
3.5/2
Two African-American teenage boys are suddenly and mysteriously abandoned by their parents. The two have to learn how to survive on their own. From th...
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1998
Ride
5.9/16
A group of young people leave Harlem for a bus trip down to Miami. The voyage starts off with problems, but it ends up becoming a learning experience,...
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Ride
2005
Madagascar
6.9/10947
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.
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Madagascar
2001
Kingdom Come
6.6/28
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a...
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2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
6.2/857
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2014
Top Five
6.1/454
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2014
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
6.1/7
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2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
7.5/4
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2023
The Plus One
6.2/8
Lizzie only request of her "Male of Honor" Marshall is that he doesn't bring his hated ex Marie to her destination wedding. But lovesick Marshall brin...
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2024
A Hip Hop Story
10/1
A yoga posing music mogul teams up with raps biggest stars to go on a mission to save hip hop.
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2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut
6.3/461
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2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
5.3/1672
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...
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Dr. Dolittle 2
2006
We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
10/1
Featuring hysterical performance footage and insightful interviews, this affectionate documentary profiles Robin Harris, one of the most respected bla...
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2024
Unfrosted
5.285/291
In a time when breakfast is ruled by milk and cereal, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry.
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2017
Dying Laughing
6.3/18
The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.
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Black Karen
0/0
The story of one Black woman who, on the advice of a therapist to treat anxiety by thinking and behaving as happy people do, notices that white people...
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2004
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
6.8/5013
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and se...
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2016
Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville
5.8/25
Donning his signature suit and fedora, the dapper comic offers a unique spin on getting old, the presidential election and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk."
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Niềm Tin Lung Lay
0/0
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2014
Planes Fire and Rescue: Dipper
7/1
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2024
13 Days in Ferguson
0/0
This powerful documentary takes a deep dive into the protests, riots, and the aftermath following the tragic police shooting of a young Black man in 2...
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2016
Why Him?
6.384/4190
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
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Why Him?
2013
Madly Madagascar
6.5/237
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Madly Madagascar
2018
First Reformed
7/1335
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First Reformed
2017
Def Comedy Jam 25
5.8/41
In this special live event, giants of stand-up come together to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Russell Simmons's groundbreaking "Def Comedy Jam."
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2000
Big Momma's House
5.82/2315
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate...
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Big Momma's House
2001
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner
6/10
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2017
Summer Camp Island
7.7/3
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2000
Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
8.7/3
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2020
She Ball
6.5/10
On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a st...
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2020
Poor Greg Drowning
3.786/7
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2020
The Opening Act
5.4/23
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2009
All's Faire in Love
5.8/25
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2020
This Is Stand-Up
5/2
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This Is Stand-Up
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
6.8/4
All-star comics perform in support of Feeding America.
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2002
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
7/1
The Shaquille O'Neal Celebrity Roast is a unique urban comedy special that combines the world of sports and entertainment. In an unconventional format...
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2021
Son of the South
6.543/139
Based on a true story, Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.
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2021
They're Trying To Kill Us
8/1
Eschewing the glaringly color-blind format of many other documentaries interested in advocating for plant-based living, They’re Trying to Kill Us util...
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They're Trying To Kill Us
2021
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
5/3
From the immediate aftermath of 9/11 to today stand-up comedians, talk-show hosts, sketch performers, television animators and other entertainers have...
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Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2020
A Fall from Grace
0/0
Detective Michael Tabb knows the city he protects inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who...
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American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
0/0
Honoring musicians at the annual ceremony.
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2024
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
6.1/49
The Problem Child, Jake 'El Gallo' Paul, goes up against the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson, live from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Ka...
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Above the Line
0/0
Described as combining the world of Swingers with the sensibility of Pulp Fiction, the L.A.-based comedy follows six Hollywood hopefuls who are roped...
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