Cedric the Entertainer

Career timeline

1. 1964 · Born

   Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

2. 1992 · Screen debut

   The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV)

3. 1996 · Breakthrough

   The Daily Show (TV)

4. 2000 · Writing debut

   The Original Kings of Comedy (Movie)

5. 2004 · First production

   Johnson Family Vacation (Movie)

6. 2026 · Latest release

   A Proud Family Wizmas (Movie)

Career in numbers

6 1990s

32 2000s

26 2010s

9 2020s

• Comedy60
• Family18
• Animation16
• Drama16
• Adventure8
• Crime6

Highest-rated title Swapped 2026 8.8 Most popular title Ice Age 2002 7.4

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Cedric the Entertainer in our catalogue.

Andy Richter

4 titles together

Phill Lewis

3 titles together

Sacha Baron Cohen

3 titles together

Tracy Morgan

2 titles together

Jerry Seinfeld

2 titles together

1. 2026 A Proud Family Wizmas as Bobby (voice) Movie
2. 2026 Swapped as Caloo (voice) 8.8 Movie
3. 2025 Above the Line as Tracy Movie
4. 2025 Crutch as Calvin Butler TV
5. 2024 Unfrosted as Stu Smiley 5.4 Movie
6. 2022 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder as Bobby (voice) 5.1 TV
7. 2021 Son of the South as Reverend Ralph Abernathy 6.5 Movie
8. 2020 The Opening Act as Billy G. 5.2 Movie
9. 2020 Woke as Trash Can (voice) 5.3 TV
10. 2019 Bob Hearts Abishola as Calvin Butler 7.5 TV
11. 2018 The Neighborhood as Calvin Butler 7.5 TV
12. 2018 Summer Camp Island as Moon (voice) 7.7 TV
13. 2018 First Reformed as Pastor Joel Jeffers 7.0 Movie
14. 2018 The Last O.G. as Mullins 6.4 TV
15. 2017 The Comedy Get Down as Cedric the Entertainer TV
16. 2017 Nobodies as Cedric TV
17. 2016 Why Him? as Lou Dunne 6.4 Movie
18. 2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut as Eddie 6.3 Movie
19. 2015 Master of None as The Magnificent Kenny 7.4 TV
20. 2015 Another Period as Scott Joplin 6.8 TV
21. 2014 Top Five as Jazzy Dee 6.1 Movie
22. 2014 Planes - Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular as Leadbottom Movie
23. 2014 black-ish as Smokey 7.1 TV
24. 2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue as Leadbottom (voice) 6.2 Movie
25. 2014 Power as Croop 7.7 TV
26. 2014 A Haunted House 2 as Father Williams 6.2 Movie
27. 2013 Planes as Leadbottom (voice) 5.9 Movie
28. 2013 Madly Madagascar as Maurice (voice) 6.6 Movie
29. 2013 A Haunted House as Father Williams 5.9 Movie
30. 2012 Dreamworks: Holiday Classics as Maurice (voice) 7.7 Movie
31. 2012 The Soul Man as Reverend Boyce 'The Voice' Ballentine TV
32. 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Maurice (voice) 6.7 Movie
33. 2011 2 Broke Girls as Darius 7.2 TV
34. 2011 Larry Crowne as Lamar 6.0 Movie
35. 2010 Hot in Cleveland as Reverend Boyce 7.2 TV
36. 2009 Merry Madagascar as Maurice (voice) 6.5 Movie
37. 2008 Cadillac Records as Willie Dixon 7.1 Movie
38. 2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as Maurice (voice) 6.5 Movie
39. 2008 Street Kings as Scribble 6.7 Movie
40. 2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Clyde Stubb 6.0 Movie
41. 2007 Talk to Me as 'Nighthawk' Bob Terry 6.8 Movie
42. 2007 Code Name: The Cleaner as Jake Rodgers 5.1 Movie
43. 2006 Charlotte's Web as Golly the Goose (voice) 6.2 Movie
44. 2005 The Boondocks as Cousin Jericho Freeman (voice) 8.4 TV
45. 2005 Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out 8.1 TV
46. 2005 The Honeymooners as Ralph Kramden 4.1 Movie
47. 2005 Madagascar as Maurice (voice) 6.9 Movie
48. 2005 Be Cool as Sin LaSalle 5.5 Movie
49. 2005 Man of the House as Percy Stevens 5.8 Movie
50. 2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Constable 6.8 Movie
51. 2004 Johnson Family Vacation as Nate Johnson / Uncle Earl 5.5 Movie
52. 2004 Best Week Ever TV
53. 2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Eddie 6.1 Movie
54. 2003 Intolerable Cruelty as Gus Petch 6.0 Movie
55. 2003 VH1 Goes Inside TV
56. 2003 TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV TV
57. 2002 Cedric the Entertainer Presents TV
58. 2002 Serving Sara as Ray Harris 5.4 Movie
59. 2002 The Anna Nicole Show TV
60. 2002 Barbershop as Eddie 6.5 Movie
61. 2002 Ice Age as Rhino (voice) 7.4 Movie
62. 2001 The Proud Family as Bobby Proud (voice) 7.7 TV
63. 2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 as Zoo Bear #1 (voice) 5.3 Movie
64. 2001 BET Awards 7.5 TV
65. 2001 Kingdom Come as Rev. Hooker 6.6 Movie
66. 2000 Big Momma's House as Reverend 5.8 Movie
67. 1999 Making the Video TV
68. 1997 The Chris Rock Show TV
69. 1996 The Steve Harvey Show as Cedric Robinson 7.0 TV
70. 1996 The Daily Show 6.4 TV
71. 1995 MADtv as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde 7.1 TV
72. 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3 TV

1. 2025 Crutch TV
2. 2018 The Neighborhood 7.5 TV

1. 2012 The Soul Man TV
2. 2002 Cedric the Entertainer Presents TV

1. 2007 Code Name: The Cleaner 5.1 Movie
2. 2004 Johnson Family Vacation 5.5 Movie

1. 2000 The Original Kings of Comedy 6.4 Movie

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