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Cedric Percelle Yarbrough (/ ˈ s iː d r ɪ k /; born March 20, 1973) is an American actor and comedian.He has starred in the series Reno 911! as Deputy S. Jones and as Kenneth on the ABC sitcom Speechless, as well as voicing Gerald Fitzgerald on the Netflix comedy Paradise PD, Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface on the Netflix comedy-drama BoJack Horseman, and Tom DuBois and Colonel H. Stinkmeaner ...
Cedric Yarbrough is a versatile performer who has appeared in films, TV shows, and animated series. He is known for his roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Reno 911!, The Goldbergs, and many more.
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- March 20, 1973
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Cedric Yarbrough is a multi-hyphenate performer who starred in "Reno 911!", "Speechless", and "The Goldbergs". He also voiced characters in "Bojack Horseman", "Paradise P.D.", and "The Boondocks".
- March 20, 1973
- Speechless (2016)—“Kenneth”
- Mulligan (2000)—“King”
- Andy Richter Controls The Universe(2002)—“Other Andy”
- Curb Your Enthusiasm(2011)—“Customer #1”
- The Goldbergs (2013-Present)—“Vic”
- Black Dynamite (2009)—“Chocolate Giddy-Up”
- The Boss (2016)—“Tito”
- The Bernie Mac Show(2004)—“Monroe”
- Meet The Fockers (2004)—“Prison Guard”
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend(2015)—“Calvin Young”
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Cedric Yarbrough: I read the pilot, and I thought it was really, really interesting. It’s something that I’d never seen before, and I thought, “If this could actually get on the air, it could be really, really cool.” I was also up for another role, but I really wanted this one, so we went gung-ho for this puppy. [Laughs.] The A.V. Club: How would y...
AVC: It looks like your first on-camera role—based on IMDB, anyway—is playing a character named King in a film called Mulligan, which I am assured from the DVD box is a cross between Caddyshack and Clerks. CY: Man, that’s an embarrassing first role! Okay, so that movie I did when I was still living in Minneapolis. It was a movie that was put up wit...
CY: I played Other Andy—or Black Andy—on the show. But Other Andy was definitely the credit name. [Laughs.] We all worked in the office. Andy Richter’s character on the show was also named Andy, and then he started to get upset because my character was really lovable, whereas his was kind of a grump, and people were like, “We like Other Andy!” And ...
CY: Ah! Customer #1, which… I ended up probably being, I think, Customer #2, really. Because there was one woman ahead of me. AVC: Are you suggesting that IMDB has given me false information? CY: [Laughs.] Yeah, you can’t always trust IMDB. This was the “chat and cut” episode, where Larry had this technique of getting in line and chatting, but then...
CY: I worked with Jeff [Garlin] on Curb and then on The Goldbergs. You never know, ABC might let me go back and work with Jeff again. I wouldn’t mind donning the Jheri curl again, though, for that show. AVC: You say that like going the Jheri curl route isn’t necessarily your favorite experience. CY: No, I asked about it the first day! I went in, au...
CY: What a fun film and TV show that was. Michael Jai White had been a fan of my work from Reno 911!, and I’d been a fan of his forever, all the things he’s done, and he wanted to have a meeting with me. So we met at his place, and he showed me this idea, Black Dynamite, this super amazing dude, and I was, like, “Wow! This is bananas!” He said, “I ...
CY: Oh, yes! Tito was an opportunistic kiss-ass. [Laughs.] Oh, man, that was another fun, improvised part that I was able to do. But Melissa [McCarthy] and I just kind of rolled with it. Tito’s this guy who just loves her to death. He’s very kiss-ass-y, but he’s not really her friend. He’s just kissing her ass to make the money. And he’s got a weir...
CY: That was such a fun week for me. Niecy Nash was playing Bernie’s sister, and this character Monroe was a suitor, and he ends up marrying her on the show. [Adds a twang to his voice.] And he’s this country-western kind of guy who is also a singer-songwriter kind of a person, but he’s got no kind of career—at all. He actually works at a stereopho...
CY: I worked with Dustin Hoffman when I did Meet The Fockers. I worked on there for two days. I played a guard on that. The first day, [Robert] De Niro was extremely quiet. The second day, I couldn’t shut him up. He was so cool. We talked for a long, long time about kids and his family and acting. But with Dustin Hoffman, it was, like, right away h...
AVC: You got to sing on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. CY: Well, I improvised that, too. I watched that show, and I’m like, “I’m goingto be singing on this show. There’s no way that you’re not going to let me.” But they didn’t have a song for me, so I improvised that. And luckily they kept it. [Laughs.] They didn’t have to keep it. But they did.
The actor talks about his career, from Reno 911! to Speechless, and his experience with improv and sketch comedy. He also reveals how he got a Jheri curl for The Goldbergs and why he was fired from Andy Richter Controls The Universe.
Cedric Yarbrough is a comedic actor and voiceover artist who starred in "Reno 911!" and "The Goldbergs". Learn about his career, roles, and ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit86%84%Deputy S. Jones (Character)93%67%Paul Rourke (Character)98%66%Unknown (Voice)No Score Yet83%Jaxton (Voice)Oct 11, 2018 · The actor talks about his roles as Kenneth, JJ's voice, and a cop in two animated shows. He reveals the challenges, the fun, and the future of Speechless and Paradise PD.
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