Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric in 2023
Born	Cedric Antonio Kyles (1964-04-24) April 24, 1964 (age 60) Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Education	Southeast Missouri State University (BA)
Occupations	Comedian actor television host producer
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Lorna Wells ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	3
Awards	Six NAACP Image Awards One Gotham Award Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Comedy career
Genres	Observational comedy, blue comedy, surreal humour, insult comedy
Subject(s)	African-American culture, everyday life, human sexuality, pop culture, race relations, racism, self-deprecation
Website	iamcedric.com

Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian, actor and television host. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993–1994 season and Def Comedy Jam in 1995. He is best known for co-starring with Steve Harvey on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, as one of The Original Kings of Comedy, and for starring as Eddie Walker in Barbershop. He hosted the 12th season of the daytime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2013–14 and starred in the TV Land original series The Soul Man, which aired from 2012 to 2016. He has also done voice work for Ice Age, the Madagascar film series, Charlotte's Web, Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue. He currently stars on the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood. In 2019, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[1]