Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name, Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor, comedian, and game show host. He was originally the host on It's Showtime at the Apollo. He also 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 one of The Original Kings of Comedy and starring as Eddie Walker in Barbershop. He hosted the twelfth season of daytime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in the 2013–2014 television season. He also starred in the TV Land original series The Soul Man, which aired its fifth and final season in 2016.
Cedric was born on April 24, 1964 in Jefferson City, Missouri, and is the son of Rosetta (née Boyce), a school teacher, and Kittrell Kyles, an employee of The Missouri Pacific Railroad. His only sibling is his younger sister Sharita Kyles Wilson, an adjunct communications instructor at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee.