#Cedric the entertainer: live from the ville movie
He appeared in the movie Charlotte's Web as the voice of Golly the gander. In October 2005, Cedric joined the Champ Car auto racing series as a part owner. In Madagascar, Cedric voiced Maurice the aye aye. These comments were spoken in character, were part of the script, and he has never apologized for them. Cedric was the subject of controversy when his Barbershop character made unpopular remarks about Martin Luther King Jr. He then began appearing in films, including Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Ride, Serving Sara, Johnson Family Vacation, Intolerable Cruelty, Man of the House, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and Be Cool. He expanded his career by playing Steve Harvey's friend Cedric Jackie Robinson on The Steve Harvey Show. In 1995, Cedric moved into acting, auditioning for and receiving his first-ever role as The Cowardly Lion in the 1995 Apollo Theater Revival of The Wiz. Ĭedric earned a degree in communications from Southeast Missouri State University. He is a graduate of Berkeley High School. Ĭedric was raised in Caruthersville, Missouri, but after junior high school he moved to Berkeley, Missouri, a northern suburb of St. He has a younger sister, Sharita Kyles Wilson, a communications professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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.