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.
He is the voice of Manny Flywheel in Cars.
For Nickelodeon, he portrayed the Constable in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and voiced Golly the Goose in Charlotte's Web.