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Cedric the Entertainer
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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, …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Cedric the Entertainer's Filmography
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A Proud Family Wizmas
as Bobby (voice)
Swapped
as Caloo (voice)
Above the Line
as Tracy
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
as Self
No Poster
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
as Self
13 Days in Ferguson
Unfrosted
as Stu Smiley
Outlaw Posse
as Horatio
A Hip Hop Story
as Notorious BAG
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
How I Learned to Fly
as Louis
The Plus One
as Alfred Anders
Truth Be Told
Black Karen
as Sergeant Warren
Protect or Neglect
as Self
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
as Self
They're Trying To Kill Us
Son of the South
as Reverend Ralph Abernathy
The Opening Act
as Billy G.
She Ball
as Councilmen
Poor Greg Drowning
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
This Is Stand-Up
as Self
#NoJoke
as Self
First Reformed
as Pastor Joel Jeffers
Def Comedy Jam 25
as Self
Summer Camp Island
as Moon (voice)
Dying Laughing
as Self
Why Him?
as Lou Dunne
Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville
as Himself
Barbershop: The Next Cut
as Eddie
Top Five
as Jazzy Dee
Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
as Leadbottom
Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper
as Leadbottom (Voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Leadbottom (voice)
A Haunted House 2
as Father Williams
Planes
as Leadbottom (voice)
Caught on Tape
as Maintenance Man
Madly Madagascar
as Maurice (voice)
A Haunted House
as Father Williams
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
as Maurice (voice)
Grassroots
as Richard McIver
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Maurice (voice)
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy
as Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
Dance Fu
as Detective
Larry Crowne
as Lamar
Merry Madagascar
as Maurice (voice)
All's Faire in Love
as Professor Shockworthy
All Star Comedy Jam
as Self
Cadillac Records
as Willie Dixon
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
as Maurice (voice)
Street Kings
as Scribble
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Clyde Stubb
Talk to Me
as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
Code Name: The Cleaner
as Jake Rodgers
Charlotte's Web
as Golly the Goose (voice)
We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
as Himself
Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
as Himself
Earth to America
as Self
The Honeymooners
as Ralph Kramden
Be Cool, Very Cool
as Self
Madagascar
as Maurice (voice)
Be Cool
as Sin LaSalle
Man of the House
as Percy Stevens
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Constable
Johnson Family Vacation
as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Eddie
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as Self
Intolerable Cruelty
as Gus Petch
Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup
as Himself
Serving Sara
as Ray Harris
Barbershop
as Eddie
Ice Age
as Rhino (voice)
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
as Self
Def Comedy Jam: All Stars Vol. 8
as Himself
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Zoo Bear #1 (voice)
Kingdom Come
as Rev. Hooker
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner
as Self
Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
The Original Kings of Comedy
as Self
Big Momma's House
as Reverend
Ride
as Bo