How much is Cedric the Entertainer worth?
Net Worth: | $25 Million |
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Profession: | Professional Actor |
Date of Birth: | April 24, 1964 |
Country: | United States of America |
Height: | 1.68 m |
About Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric Antonio Kyles, known as Cedric the Entertainer, was born on April 24, 1964 and is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host with an estimated net worth of $25 million. He has been featured in Spike Lee‘s The Original Kings of Comedy and starred in fellow game show host Steve Harvey’s The Steve Harvey Show. He hosted the short-lived It’s Worth What? for NBC primetime in 2011, and began hosting the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the fall of 2013 until 2014, succeeding Meredith Vieira. Terry Crews replaced Cedric.
Cedric the Entertainer was born Cedric Antonio Kyles in Jefferson City, Missouri, and raised near St. Louis. Before getting his start in comedy, Cedric the Entertainer worked as an insurance claims adjuster and as a substitute teacher. In 1990, Cedric the Entertainer won the Miller Lite Comedy Search alongside future fellow King of Comedy Bernie Mac.
He began performing stand-up in the early ’90s, making TV appearances on It’s Showtime at the Apollo and HBO’s Def Comedy Jam. Cedric hosted BET’s ComicView from 1993 to 1994.
After several successful stand-up appearances on TV, Cedric the Entertainer was named host of ComicView on BET for one season in 1993. He won the Richard Pryor Comic of the Year Award from BET in 1994. Two years later, he returned to television as the best friend of Steve Harvey on the comedian’s WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, which aired from 1996 until 2002.
In the late ’90s, Cedric went on tour with Bernie Mac, D.L. Hughley and Steve Harvey as part of The Original Kings of Comedy, the biggest stand-up tour of all time. It was made into a concert film by Spike Lee in 2000.
In 2002, Cedric the Entertainer was given his own sketch comedy show on FOX, Cedric the Entertainer Presents. Though it was renewed for a second season, the show was dropped by the network before it could air, meaning the show only ran for one season.
In 2005, he was the main comedian at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He also hosted the TV Land Awards that year.
His first hour-long HBO stand-up special, Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher, premiered in 2006. In 2008, he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
In 2011, Cedric hosted the summer game show It’s Worth What? on NBC. It, too, only lasted for one season. He also made his directorial debut that year with the movie Dance Fu, which was released straight to DVD in the United States. In addition to his acting work, Cedric has performed voice over work in animated films such as Charlotte’s Web, Ice Age and the popular Madagascar series.
After a guest appearance on the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland, Cedric received his own spin-off series, The Soul Man. He was named as the new host of the syndicated edition of the long-running game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? in 2013.
Cedric left Who Wants to Be a Millionaire after the 2013–14 season to focus on his busy schedule. Terry Crews took over as host on September 8, 2014. As of 2023, Cedric the Entertainer’s net worth is estimated to be $25 million. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in 2019.