Cedric the Entertainer

thumb|Cedric Antonio Kyles Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), known professionally as 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. Quotes Since I was a little boy huddled up next to my grandmother, television has always been my reliable friend, so it is an enormous honor for me to host this year's Emmy Awards Throughout the roller-coaster of a year that we have all lived through, television has helped us stay connected as a society like never before. It not only entertained us, but as it always has, it helped to open our eyes, educate us, and hopefully brought about a better understanding of who we are as a people Cedric the Entertainer will host the 2021 Emmys,12July 2021 St. Louis is a very polarizing city. It's been pretty segregated most my life. But we’ve been a city that has gotten along. It's kind of hard to see these injustices on any level where it feels like the people are now separated again along racial lines I do think it's important that as a community, as a city that we understand that this is about getting some answers and getting some healing, so we're not dealing with these issues every week I think the key thing is to not only be outraged, and have your emotions on a high level, you also have to really get involved with what can be done to change things Get in relationships with people who can actually cause some change, Missouri Native Cedric ‘The Entertainer’ Invests In St. Louis, Shares His Thoughts On Ferguson,21 October 2014 External links Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from the United States Category:Television personalities Category:Stand-up comedians from the United States Category:20th-century African-American people