Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964) better known by his stage
name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor, stand-up comedian,
and game show host. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993â€"94
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 can also be seen starring on the CBS show The
Neighborhood. He hosted the 12th season of the daytime version of Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2013â€"14 and starred in the TV Land
original series The Soul Man, which aired from 2012 until 2016. He has
also done voice work for Ice Age, the Madagascar film series,
Charlotte's Web, Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue. In 2019, he
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Cedric Antonio Kyles was
born on April 24, 1964 in Jefferson City, Missouri, the son of Rosetta
(née Boyce), a schoolteacher, and Kittrell Kyles, an employee of The
Missouri Pacific Railroad. His only sibling is his younger sister,
Sharita Kyles Wilson, a communications professor at Pepperdine
University in Malibu, California.Cedric was raised in Caruthersville,
Missouri, but after junior high school he moved to Berkeley, Missouri.
He is a graduate of Berkeley High School in St. Louis's northern
suburbs.
name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor, stand-up comedian,
and game show host. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993â€"94
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 can also be seen starring on the CBS show The
Neighborhood. He hosted the 12th season of the daytime version of Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2013â€"14 and starred in the TV Land
original series The Soul Man, which aired from 2012 until 2016. He has
also done voice work for Ice Age, the Madagascar film series,
Charlotte's Web, Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue. In 2019, he
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Cedric Antonio Kyles was
born on April 24, 1964 in Jefferson City, Missouri, the son of Rosetta
(née Boyce), a schoolteacher, and Kittrell Kyles, an employee of The
Missouri Pacific Railroad. His only sibling is his younger sister,
Sharita Kyles Wilson, a communications professor at Pepperdine
University in Malibu, California.Cedric was raised in Caruthersville,
Missouri, but after junior high school he moved to Berkeley, Missouri.
He is a graduate of Berkeley High School in St. Louis's northern
suburbs.
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