Actor profile

Cedric the Entertainer

24th April 1964 Jefferson City, Missouri, USA Acting

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.

79 Movies 74 TV Shows 163 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Swapped poster

Swapped 1st May 2026 as Caloo (voice)

Above the Line poster

Above the Line 6th December 2025 as Tracy

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson poster

Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson 15th November 2024 as Self

13 Days in Ferguson poster

13 Days in Ferguson 9th August 2024

Unfrosted poster

Unfrosted 30th April 2024 as Stu Smiley

Outlaw Posse poster

Outlaw Posse 1st March 2024 as Horatio

A Hip Hop Story poster

A Hip Hop Story 23rd February 2024 as Notorious BAG

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic poster

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic 21st December 2023 as Self

How I Learned to Fly poster

How I Learned to Fly 15th November 2023 as Louis

The Plus One poster

The Plus One 29th September 2023 as Alfred Anders

Truth Be Told poster

Truth Be Told 20th July 2023

Black Karen poster

Black Karen 23rd January 2022 as Sergeant Warren

Protect or Neglect poster

Protect or Neglect 27th October 2021 as Self

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 poster

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 11th September 2021 as Self

They're Trying To Kill Us poster

They're Trying To Kill Us 19th June 2021

Son of the South poster

Son of the South 5th February 2021 as Reverend Ralph Abernathy

The Opening Act poster

The Opening Act 16th October 2020 as Billy G.

She Ball poster

She Ball 21st August 2020 as Councilmen

Poor Greg Drowning poster

Poor Greg Drowning 11th August 2020

Feeding America Comedy Festival poster

Feeding America Comedy Festival 10th May 2020 as Self

This Is Stand-Up poster

This Is Stand-Up 12th April 2020 as Self

#NoJoke poster

#NoJoke 9th September 2019 as Self

First Reformed poster

First Reformed 18th May 2018 as Pastor Joel Jeffers

Def Comedy Jam 25 poster

Def Comedy Jam 25 26th September 2017 as Self

Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island 16th April 2017 as Moon (voice)

Dying Laughing poster

Dying Laughing 24th February 2017 as Self

Why Him? poster

Why Him? 22nd December 2016 as Lou Dunne

Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville poster

Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville 16th September 2016 as Himself

Barbershop: The Next Cut poster

Barbershop: The Next Cut 15th April 2016 as Eddie

Top Five poster

Top Five 12th December 2014 as Jazzy Dee

Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper poster

Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper 4th November 2014 as Leadbottom (Voice)

Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular poster

Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular 4th November 2014 as Leadbottom

Planes: Fire & Rescue poster

Planes: Fire & Rescue 17th July 2014 as Leadbottom (voice)

A Haunted House 2 poster

A Haunted House 2 17th April 2014 as Father Williams

Planes poster

Planes 9th August 2013 as Leadbottom (voice)

Caught on Tape poster

Caught on Tape 5th February 2013 as Maintenance Man

Madly Madagascar poster

Madly Madagascar 29th January 2013 as Maurice (voice)

A Haunted House poster

A Haunted House 11th January 2013 as Father Williams

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics poster

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics 30th October 2012 as Maurice (voice)

Grassroots poster

Grassroots 22nd June 2012 as Richard McIver

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted poster

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 6th June 2012 as Maurice (voice)

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy poster

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy 25th April 2012 as Self

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac poster

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac 19th February 2012 as Self

Dance Fu poster

Dance Fu 4th October 2011 as Detective

Larry Crowne poster

Larry Crowne 30th June 2011 as Lamar

Merry Madagascar poster

Merry Madagascar 16th November 2009 as Maurice (voice)

All's Faire in Love poster

All's Faire in Love 15th May 2009 as Professor Shockworthy

All Star Comedy Jam poster

All Star Comedy Jam 1st February 2009 as Self

Cadillac Records poster

Cadillac Records 5th December 2008 as Willie Dixon

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa poster

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 30th October 2008 as Maurice (voice)

Street Kings poster

Street Kings 10th April 2008 as Scribble

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins poster

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 8th February 2008 as Clyde Stubb

Talk to Me poster

Talk to Me 13th July 2007 as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry

Code Name: The Cleaner poster

Code Name: The Cleaner 5th January 2007 as Jake Rodgers

Charlotte's Web poster

Charlotte's Web 7th December 2006 as Golly the Goose (voice)

We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story poster

We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story 17th October 2006 as Himself

Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher poster

Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher 3rd October 2006 as Himself

Earth to America poster

Earth to America 20th November 2005 as Self

The Honeymooners poster

The Honeymooners 10th June 2005 as Ralph Kramden

Madagascar poster

Madagascar 25th May 2005 as Maurice (voice)

Be Cool poster

Be Cool 4th March 2005 as Sin LaSalle

Man of the House poster

Man of the House 25th February 2005 as Percy Stevens

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 16th December 2004 as Constable

Johnson Family Vacation poster

Johnson Family Vacation 7th April 2004 as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl

Barbershop 2: Back in Business poster

Barbershop 2: Back in Business 20th January 2004 as Eddie

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! poster

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! 30th November 2003 as Self

Intolerable Cruelty poster

Intolerable Cruelty 10th October 2003 as Gus Petch

Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup poster

Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup 1st October 2002 as Himself

Serving Sara poster

Serving Sara 23rd August 2002 as Ray Harris

Barbershop poster

Barbershop 1st April 2002 as Eddie

Ice Age poster

Ice Age 14th March 2002 as Rhino (voice)

Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal poster

Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal 29th January 2002 as Self

Dr. Dolittle 2 poster

Dr. Dolittle 2 22nd June 2001 as Zoo Bear #1 (voice)

Kingdom Come poster

Kingdom Come 11th April 2001 as Rev. Hooker

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner poster

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner 11th March 2001 as Self

Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7 poster

Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7 28th November 2000

The Original Kings of Comedy poster

The Original Kings of Comedy 18th August 2000 as Self

Big Momma's House poster

Big Momma's House 31st May 2000 as Reverend

Ride poster

Ride 27th March 1998 as Bo

Crutch poster

Crutch 3rd November 2025 as Calvin Butler

Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link 15th September 2025 as Self - Contestant

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. poster

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. 3rd May 2024 as Self

Kings of BBQ poster

Kings of BBQ 12th August 2023 as Self

Celebrity Jeopardy! poster

Celebrity Jeopardy! 25th September 2022 as Self - Contestant

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder poster

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder 23rd February 2022 as Bobby (voice)

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy poster

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy 3rd February 2022 as Self

Friday Night Vibes poster

Friday Night Vibes 25th June 2021 as Self

The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show 14th September 2020 as Self

Woke poster

Woke 9th September 2020 as Trash Can (voice)

The Greatest At Home Videos poster

The Greatest At Home Videos 24th July 2020 as Self - Host

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 8th April 2020 as Self - Contestant

Bob Hearts Abishola poster

Bob Hearts Abishola 23rd September 2019 as Calvin Butler

Tamron Hall poster

Tamron Hall 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer 2nd January 2019 as Self - Honey Pot

The Neighborhood poster

The Neighborhood 1st October 2018 as Calvin Butler

Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island 7th July 2018 as Moon (voice)

Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island 7th July 2018 as Additional Voices (voice)

The Last O.G. poster

The Last O.G. 3rd April 2018 as Mullins

Drop the Mic poster

Drop the Mic 24th October 2017 as Self

The Comedy Get Down poster

The Comedy Get Down 12th October 2017 as Cedric the Entertainer

Steve poster

Steve 5th September 2017 as Self

Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series 8th August 2017 as Self

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party poster

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party 7th November 2016 as Self

To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth 14th June 2016 as Self - Panelist

Master of None poster

Master of None 6th November 2015 as The Magnificent Kenny

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self

Another Period poster

Another Period 23rd June 2015 as Scott Joplin

Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud 21st June 2015 as Self

Cedric's Barber Battle poster

Cedric's Barber Battle 17th April 2015 as Herself - Host

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

black-ish poster

black-ish 24th September 2014 as Smokey

Power poster

Power 7th June 2014 as Croop

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway? 16th July 2013 as Self

Real Husbands of Hollywood poster

Real Husbands of Hollywood 15th January 2013 as Self

Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live 15th November 2012 as Self - Host

Steve Harvey poster

Steve Harvey 4th September 2012 as Self

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee poster

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee 19th July 2012 as Self

The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man 20th June 2012 as Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine

2 Broke Girls poster

2 Broke Girls 19th September 2011 as Darius

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb poster

Take Two with Phineas and Ferb 3rd December 2010 as Self

Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland 16th June 2010 as Reverend Boyce

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

Comics Unleashed poster

Comics Unleashed 25th September 2006 as Self

The Boondocks poster

The Boondocks 6th November 2005

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out poster

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out 28th July 2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 3rd January 2005 as Self

Best Week Ever poster

Best Week Ever 23rd January 2004

On Air with Ryan Seacrest poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest 1st January 2004 as Self

Eve poster

Eve 15th September 2003 as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

The Anna Nicole Show poster

The Anna Nicole Show 4th August 2002

Live from E! poster

Live from E! 13th January 2002 as Self

The Proud Family poster

The Proud Family 15th September 2001 as Bobby Proud (voice)

BET Awards poster

BET Awards 19th June 2001

Making the Video poster

Making the Video 11th July 1999

Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares 14th September 1998 as Self - Panelist

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The Chris Rock Show poster

The Chris Rock Show 7th February 1997

The Steve Harvey Show poster

The Steve Harvey Show 25th August 1996 as Cedric Robinson

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996

MADtv poster

MADtv 14th October 1995 as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Raw poster

Raw 11th January 1993 as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992

The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards 25th January 1949 as Self - Host