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Cedric The Entertainer

Cedric The Entertainer

Actor, also producer, writer and director · Born April 24, 1964 (62) · Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 24, 1964 (62)
From
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer, writer and director
Titles
73 on MovieCove · 97 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 23% in 30 days

What are Cedric The Entertainer's films like?

Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Comedy25 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Society
25%
Self
22%
Morality
10%
Power
5%
Survival
5%
Ideas
2%
Community19 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship12 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame7 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 47 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 35 · Serious 7 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 27 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 28 · Charged 16 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 31 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 3

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 33

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 38 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 40 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

30 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 9 of 30 analyzed roles.

Mentor
9 of 30
Ally
6 of 30
Trickster
6 of 30
Hero
4 of 30
Shadow
2 of 30
Herald
2 of 30
Threshold guardian
1 of 30
Show the 30 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
30
Warm
26
Absurd
20
Tense
12
Hopeful
11
Other
42

How their films linger

Feel-good34 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun28 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy33
  • Bittersweet13
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Cedric The Entertainer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 57 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Cedric The Entertainer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

97 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page; 65 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • A Proud Family Wizmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Bobby (voice)

  • Swapped(2026)

    as Caloo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Above the Line(2025)

    as Tracy

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Crutch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Calvin Butler

  • Meme Gods(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • 13 Days in Ferguson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Unfrosted(2024)

    as Stu Smiley

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Outlaw Posse(2024)

    as Horatio

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • A Hip Hop Story(2024)

    as Notorious BAG

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • How I Learned to Fly(2023)

    as Louis

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Plus One(2023)

    as Alfred Anders

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Kings of BBQ(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Truth Be Told (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bobby (voice)

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Black Karen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Sergeant Warren

  • They're Trying To Kill Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Son of the South(2020)

    as Reverend Ralph Abernathy

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Opening Act(2020)

    as Billy G.

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Woke(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · as Trash Can (voice)

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • She Ball(2020)

    as Councilmen

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Poor Greg Drowning(2018)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Bob Hearts Abishola(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Calvin Butler

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • The Neighborhood(2018)

    Show 155 episodes · Executive Producer · as Calvin Butler

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Summer Camp Island(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Additional Voices (voice) · as Moon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • First Reformed(2017)

    as Pastor Joel Jeffers

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Last O.G. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 14 episodes · as Mullins

  • The Comedy Get Down(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Cedric the Entertainer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Summer Camp Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Moon (voice)

  • Why Him?(2016)

    as Lou Dunne

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Cedric the Entertainer: Live from the Ville(2016)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Barbershop: The Next Cut(2016)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Master of None(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as The Magnificent Kenny

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Another Period(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Scott Joplin

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Top Five(2014)

    as Jazzy Dee

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Planes: Fire & Rescue: Dipper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Leadbottom (Voice)

  • Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Leadbottom

  • Black-ish(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Smokey

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Planes: Fire & Rescue(2014)

    as Leadbottom (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Power(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Croop

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • A Haunted House 2(2014)

    as Father Williams

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Planes(2013)

    as Leadbottom (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Caught on Tape(2013)

    as Maintenance Man

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Madly Madagascar(2013)

    as Maurice (voice)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • A Haunted House(2013)

    as Father Williams

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Dreamworks: Holiday Classics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Maurice (voice)

  • Grassroots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Richard McIver

  • The Soul Man(2012)

    Show 54 episodes · Creator · as Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted(2012)

    as Maurice (voice)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dance Fu(2011)

    Director · Producer · as Detective

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • 2 Broke Girls(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Darius

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • It's Worth What? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 9 episodes · as Host

  • Larry Crowne(2011)

    as Lamar

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Hot in Cleveland(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Reverend Boyce

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Merry Madagascar(2009)

    as Maurice (voice)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • All's Faire in Love(2009)

    as Professor Shockworthy

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • All Star Comedy Jam(2009)

    Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Cadillac Records(2008)

    as Willie Dixon

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa(2008)

    as Maurice (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Street Kings(2008)

    as Scribble

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins(2008)

    as Clyde Stubb

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Talk to Me(2007)

    as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Code Name: The Cleaner(2007)

    Producer · as Jake Rodgers

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Charlotte's Web(2006)

    as Golly the Goose (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher(2006)

    Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Boondocks(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Wild 'N Out(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Honeymooners(2005)

    Producer · as Ralph Kramden

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Madagascar(2005)

    as Maurice (voice)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Be Cool(2005)

    as Sin LaSalle

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Man of the House(2005)

    as Percy Stevens

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events(2004)

    as Constable

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Johnson Family Vacation(2004)

    Producer · as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Best Week Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Barbershop 2: Back in Business(2004)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Intolerable Cruelty(2003)

    as Gus Petch

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • VH1 Goes Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Cedric the Entertainer: Starting Lineup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Writer · as Himself

  • Cedric the Entertainer Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 22 episodes · Creator · Actor

  • Serving Sara(2002)

    as Ray Harris

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Anna Nicole Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Barbershop(2002)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Ice Age(2002)

    as Rhino (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Proud Family(2001)

    Show 9 episodes · as Bobby Proud (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Dr. Dolittle 2(2001)

    as Zoo Bear #1 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • BET Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Kingdom Come(2001)

    as Rev. Hooker

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • The Original Kings of Comedy(2000)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Big Momma's House(2000)

    as Reverend

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Making the Video (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Ride(1998)

    as Bo

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Chris Rock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Steve Harvey Show(1996)

    Show 122 episodes · as Cedric Robinson

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • The Daily Show(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Mad TV(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles, 94 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2004.

Biggest box office

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

$747M worldwide

Highest rated

Ice Age (2002)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Neighborhood (2018)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19922026

Peak 2004 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 14 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting90 of 95: 83 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndDirecting1 of 95: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting4 of 95: 4 only writing, 0 with another roleProducing5 of 95: 1 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew2 of 95: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

95 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s7 · acting2000s37 · 33 acting · 7 crew2010s32 · 31 acting · 4 crew2020s18 · 18 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 8% of 38 roles
00051015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Cedric The Entertainer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 53; across their 47 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 47

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 47

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 47

Midcredits score across 73 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th18
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 73 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic5
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed33

Most divisive · actor

Caught on Tape (2013)

98th percentile spread · 59% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Ice Age (2002)

Midcredits 93rd · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Cedric The Entertainer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 22 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles13–75 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity22 titles18–67 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity18 titles24–87 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles10–63 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense14 titles11–74 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Cedric The Entertainer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Cedric The Entertainer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eric Rhone shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles