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

• 2026A Proud Family Wizmas — Bobby (voice)
• 2026Swapped — Caloo (voice)
• 2025Above the Line — Tracy
• Crutch — Calvin Butler, Executive Producer
• 202413 Days in Ferguson
• 2024A Hip Hop Story — Notorious BAG
• 2024Outlaw Posse — Horatio
• 2024Unfrosted — Stu Smiley
• 2023How I Learned to Fly — Louis
• 2023The Plus One — Alfred Anders
• 2023Truth Be Told
• 2022Black Karen — Sergeant Warren
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — Bobby (voice)
• 2021Son of the South — Reverend Ralph Abernathy
• 2021They're Trying To Kill Us
• 2020Poor Greg Drowning
• 2020She Ball — Councilmen
• 2020The Opening Act — Billy G.
• Woke — Trash Can (voice)
• Bob Hearts Abishola — Calvin Butler
• 2018First Reformed — Pastor Joel Jeffers
• Summer Camp Island — Moon (voice), Additional Voices (voice)
• The Last O.G. — Mullins
• The Neighborhood — Calvin Butler, Executive Producer
• 2017Summer Camp Island — Moon (voice)
• The Comedy Get Down — Cedric the Entertainer
• 2016Barbershop: The Next Cut — Eddie
• 2016Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville — Himself, Writer
• 2016Why Him? — Lou Dunne
• Another Period — Scott Joplin
• Master of None — The Magnificent Kenny
• 2014A Haunted House 2 — Father Williams
• 2014Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular — Leadbottom
• 2014Planes: Fire & Rescue — Leadbottom (voice)
• 2014Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper — Leadbottom (Voice)
• Power — Croop
• 2014Top Five — Jazzy Dee
• black-ish — Smokey
• 2013A Haunted House — Father Williams
• 2013Caught on Tape — Maintenance Man
• 2013Madly Madagascar — Maurice (voice)
• 2013Planes — Leadbottom (voice)
• 2012Dreamworks: Holiday Classics — Maurice (voice)
• 2012Grassroots — Richard McIver
• 2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted — Maurice (voice)
• The Soul Man — Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine, Creator
• 2 Broke Girls — Darius
• 2011Dance Fu — Detective, Director
• It's Worth What? — Host
• 2011Larry Crowne — Lamar
• Hot in Cleveland — Reverend Boyce
• 2009All Star Comedy Jam — Self, Executive Producer
• 2009All's Faire in Love — Professor Shockworthy
• 2009Merry Madagascar — Maurice (voice)
• 2008Cadillac Records — Willie Dixon
• 2008Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa — Maurice (voice)
• 2008Street Kings — Scribble
• 2008Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins — Clyde Stubb
• 2007Code Name: The Cleaner — Jake Rodgers, Producer
• 2007Talk to Me — 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
• 2006Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher — Himself, Writer
• 2006Charlotte's Web — Golly the Goose (voice)
• 2005Be Cool — Sin LaSalle
• 2005Madagascar — Maurice (voice)
• 2005Man of the House — Percy Stevens
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
• The Boondocks — Cousin Jericho Freeman (voice)
• 2005The Honeymooners — Ralph Kramden
• 2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business — Eddie
• Best Week Ever
• 2004Johnson Family Vacation — Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl, Producer
• 2004Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Constable
• 2003Intolerable Cruelty — Gus Petch
• TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
• VH1 Goes Inside
• 2002Barbershop — Eddie
• Cedric the Entertainer Presents — Creator
• 2002Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup — Himself, Writer
• 2002Ice Age — Rhino (voice)
• 2002Serving Sara — Ray Harris
• The Anna Nicole Show
• BET Awards
• 2001Dr. Dolittle 2 — Zoo Bear #1 (voice)
• 2001Kingdom Come — Rev. Hooker
• The Proud Family — Bobby Proud (voice)
• 2000Big Momma's House — Reverend
• 2000Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7
• 2000The Original Kings of Comedy — Self, Writer
• Making the Video
• 1998Ride — Bo
• The Chris Rock Show
• The Daily Show
• The Steve Harvey Show — Cedric Robinson
• MADtv — Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Appearances as themselves (66)

• Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• 2024American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special — Self
• 2024Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson — Self
• John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. — Self
• 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self
• Kings of BBQ — Self
• Celebrity Jeopardy! — Self - Contestant
• Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• Friday Night Vibes — Self
• 2021Protect or Neglect — Self
• 2021Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 — Self
• 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show — Self
• The Greatest At Home Videos — Self - Host
• 2020This Is Stand-Up — Self
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Contestant
• 2019#NoJoke — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Masked Singer — Self - Honey Pot
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• 2017Def Comedy Jam 25 — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• 2017Dying Laughing — Self
• Steve — Self
• Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party — Self
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• Cedric's Barber Battle — Herself - Host
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Husbands of Hollywood — Self
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• Gotham Comedy Live — Self - Host
• 2012I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac — Self
• 2012Phunny Business: A Black Comedy — Self
• Steve Harvey — Self
• Critics' Choice Television Awards — Self - Host
• Conan — Self
• Take Two with Phineas and Ferb — Self
• The Marriage Ref — Self - Panelist
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Comics Unleashed — Self
• 2006We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story — Himself
• 2005Be Cool, Very Cool — Self
• 2005Earth to America — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self
• Eve — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• 2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Live from E! — Self
• 2002Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• 2001The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner — Self
• Big Brother — Self - Guest
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Raw — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self - Host