Birth Name: Kevin Darnell Hart
Nickname/Stage Name: Kevin Hart
Birth Date: July 6, 1979
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Occupation: Actor, Comedian, Producer
Years Active: 2001 till Present
Net Worth: $200 million
Latest Film: Fatherhood
Personal Life
Kevin Hart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised by his mother, Nancy Hart. He has an older brother named Robert.
He married Torei but the union was short-lived as they filed for divorce in February 2010. They have two children together; daughter Heaven Leigh (born in 2005) and son Hendrix (born in 2007).
On August 13, 2016, he married Eniko Parrish. Their son Kenzo Kash was born in 2017 and their daughter Kaori May arrived in 2020.
Education
Hart graduated from George Washington High School and briefly attended the Community College of Philadelphia before dropping out to move to New York.
Career
He started out as a stand-up comedian but things didn’t go the way he expected as he was booed on stage several times. Thereafter, he entered comedy competitions, and the audience reactions to his act improved.
Hart achieved prominence after he made a guest appearance in the American sitcom Undeclared. His film debut was in the 2002 crime comedy Paper Soldiers.
The actor became more popular with roles in other movies like the Scary Movie franchise, Soul Plane, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Death at a Funeral, and Little Fockers.
He portrayed a boxing promoter in Grudge Match (2013) and in 2014, starred as Ben in Ride Along alongside Ice Cube. He reprised the role in the sequel released in 2016.
Between 2015 and 2019, Hart appeared in the following films; Get Hard, Central Intelligence, The Secret Life of Pets, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Night School, The Upside, and The Secret Life of Pets 2.
Hart starred in the comedy-drama Fatherhood in 2021.
Awards
BET Award (2012)
NACCP Image Award (2014)
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award (2014, 2017)
Acalpulco Black Film Festival Award (2014)
MTV Movie Award (2015)
Billboard Touring Award (2016)
People’s Choice Award (2016, 2018)
Teen Choice Award (2016)
Quotes
“I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault- they watched the foot come towards their face.”
“Here’s the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast and it’s put in a category of being a black film. When other movies are done with a predominantly white cast, we don’t call them a white film. I’m trying to remove the stigma off things they call black films.”
“My dad said I was supposed to be on drugs. I was like “Dad, shut up,” but then I thought about it and, and it was stupid, but it made sense. He was saying that basically he was my example to never go down that road.
“I don’t like to alienate anybody with my comedy. I don’t want to disengage audiences. I want to appeal to everyone and take them minds away from their issues with a lot of laughter. It’s about providing some escape.”
Trivia
He once worked as a shoe salesman.
He is good friends with Jason Segel.
He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 10, 2016.
Movies
Paper Soldiers (2002)
Soul Plane (2004)
Epic Movie (2007)
Something Like a Business (2010)
Think Like a Man (2012)
The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Night School (2018)
Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Fatherhood (2021)