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.
as Bobby (voice)
as Caloo (voice)
as Tracy
as Calvin Butler(2 eps)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Self
as Self(1 ep)
as Stu Smiley
as Horatio
as Notorious BAG
as Louis
as Alfred Anders
as Self(10 eps)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(6 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Bobby (voice)(2 eps)
as Self(3 eps)
as Sergeant Warren
as Self
as Self
as Self(1 ep)
as Reverend Ralph Abernathy
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Billy G.
as Self(1 ep)
as Trash Can (voice)(4 eps)
as Councilmen
as Self - Host(27 eps)
as Self
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Calvin Butler(1 ep)
as Self
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(4 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Calvin Butler(155 eps)
as Moon (voice)(10 eps)
as Additional Voices (voice)(1 ep)
as Pastor Joel Jeffers
as Mullins(14 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Cedric the Entertainer(10 eps)
as Self
as Self(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Moon (voice)
as Cedric(2 eps)
as Self
as Lou Dunne
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Panelist(7 eps)
as Eddie
as The Magnificent Kenny(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Scott Joplin(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Herself - Host(8 eps)
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Jazzy Dee
as Leadbottom
as Leadbottom (Voice)
as Smokey(2 eps)
as Leadbottom (voice)
as Croop(1 ep)
as Father Williams
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Leadbottom (voice)
as Self(2 eps)
as Maintenance Man
as Maurice (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Father Williams
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Maurice (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Richard McIver
as Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine(54 eps)
as Maurice (voice)
as Detective
as Darius(1 ep)
as Host(9 eps)
as Lamar
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Reverend Boyce(2 eps)
as Self - Panelist(2 eps)
as Maurice (voice)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Professor Shockworthy
as Self
as Willie Dixon
as Maurice (voice)
as Scribble
as Clyde Stubb
as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
as Jake Rodgers
as Golly the Goose (voice)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self
as Cousin Jericho Freeman (voice)(1 ep)
as Ralph Kramden
as Self
as Maurice (voice)
as Sin LaSalle
as Percy Stevens
as Self(2 eps)
as Constable
as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl
as Eddie
as Self(1 ep)
as Gus Petch
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self(3 eps)
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Himself
as Ray Harris
as Eddie
as Rhino (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Himself
as Self(1 ep)
as Bobby Proud (voice)(9 eps)
as Zoo Bear #1 (voice)
as Rev. Hooker
as Self
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Reverend
as Self - Panelist(5 eps)
as Bo
as Self(4 eps)
as Cedric Robinson(122 eps)
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Host(1 ep)