Acting credits
154
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Cedric the Entertainer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.6
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Movies: 81Series: 73Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 5726
IMDb ID: nm0147825
Known for: Acting
Born: April 24, 1964
Age: 62
Place of birth: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2026
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q492327
Also known as
Cedric • Cedric Antonio Kyles • Cedric Kyles
Other jobs
Writer (4)Executive Producer (3)Producer (2)Creator (1)Director (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Cedric the Entertainer.
Nov 27
A Proud Family Wizmas
as Bobby (voice)
2026 Movie
Swapped
as Caloo (voice)
2026 Movie
Above the Line
as Tracy
2025 Movie
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
as Self
2024 Movie
13 Days in Ferguson
2024 Movie
Unfrosted
as Stu Smiley
2024 Movie
Outlaw Posse
as Horatio
2024 Movie
A Hip Hop Story
as Notorious BAG
2024 Movie
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
2023 Movie
How I Learned to Fly
as Louis
2023 Movie
The Plus One
as Alfred Anders
2023 Movie
Truth Be Told
2023 Movie
Black Karen
as Sergeant Warren
2022 Movie
Protect or Neglect
as Self
2021 Movie
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
as Self
2021 Movie
They're Trying To Kill Us
2021 Movie
Son of the South
as Reverend Ralph Abernathy
2021 Movie
The Opening Act
as Billy G.
2020 Movie
She Ball
as Councilmen
2020 Movie
Poor Greg Drowning
2020 Movie
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
2020 Movie
This Is Stand-Up
as Self
2020 Movie
#NoJoke
as Self
2019 Movie
First Reformed
as Pastor Joel Jeffers
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Cedric the Entertainer.
Crutch
as Calvin Butler • 2 eps
2025 Series
Celebrity Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2025 Series
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Kings of BBQ
as Self • 10 eps
2023 Series
Celebrity Jeopardy!
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest • 6 eps
2022 Series
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Bobby (voice) • 2 eps
2022 Series
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
as Self • 3 eps
2022 Series
Friday Night Vibes
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Woke
as Trash Can (voice) • 4 eps
2020 Series
The Greatest At Home Videos
as Self - Host • 27 eps
2020 Series
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2020 Series
Bob Hearts Abishola
as Calvin Butler • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 4 eps
2019 Series
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Masked Singer
as Self - Honey Pot • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Neighborhood
as Calvin Butler • 155 eps
2018 Series
Summer Camp Island
as Moon (voice) • 10 eps
2018 Series
The Last O.G.
as Mullins • 14 eps
2018 Series
Drop the Mic
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Comedy Get Down
as Cedric the Entertainer • 10 eps
2017 Series
Steve
as Self • 3 eps
2017 Series