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Kevin Hart
Kevin Darnell Hart is an American comedian and actor. After winning several stand-up comedy competitions, Hart had his first breakthrough when Judd Apatow cast him in a recurring role on the TV series Undeclared (2001). Hart's comedic reputation continued to grow with the release of his first stand-up album I'm a Grown Little Man (2009). He has since released four more comedy albums: Seriously Fun…
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Born 6 July 1979 · Q618352
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2026· 5 entries
Public attention spiked: 16,998 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 4,813, with 31 article edits. Coverage that week: “72 Hours review – Kevin Hart drags down Netflix midlife crisis comedy” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: 72 Hours review – Kevin Hart drags down Netflix midlife crisis comedy
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Released album “Let Me Explain”.
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Hart hosted Funny AF with Kevin Hart, a stand-up comedy competition on Netflix
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2025· 1 entry
Hart performed as a headliner in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival, an event taking place from September 26 to October 9
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2024· 5 entries
The Guardian: Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson are a winning duo of Olympic hosts | Andrew Lawrence
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Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2024).
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The Guardian: Lift review – Kevin Hart a hard sell in ho-hum heist flick
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Hart hosted the Netflix special The Roast of Tom Brady
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And nominations for two Grammy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards
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2023· 2 entries
Hart ran a 40-yard race with former National Football League running back Stevan Ridley, and tore his lower abductors on his abdomen
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The Guardian: Kevin Hart returns to UK to amplify the outrageous in Reality Check tour
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2022· 4 entries
The Guardian: Me Time review – Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg’s confused Netflix comedy
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The Guardian: Kevin Hart: Will Smith is ‘in a better space’ after Oscars slap
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The Guardian: The Man from Toronto review – dull Kevin Hart Netflix caper
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Hart starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in the comedy film, Me Time
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2021· 4 entries
The Guardian: True Story review – Wesley Snipes and Kevin Hart cannot salvage ludicrous crime caper
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Snopes rated the claim “On July 22, 2021, Kevin Hart publicized Nick Cannon's real cellphone number to the public as a prank.” True.
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The Guardian: Fatherhood review – Kevin Hart Netflix drama is manipulative reputation rehab
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Hart starred in Fatherhood, a drama about a man whose wife dies shortly after childbirth, leaving him to raise their daughter on his own
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2020· 3 entries
And was seen exclusively through participating social media platforms
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Released album “Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History”.
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Extended his company's agreement with SiriusXM
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2019· 9 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “BREAKING: Kevin Hart dies a day after suffering ‘major injuries’ in car crash - News AP” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Kevin Hart was paralyzed after a car crash in September 2019.” Labeled Satire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says after a car accident comedian Kevin Hart has been "paralyzed from the neck down" and his "vocal cords have been paralyzed as well, leaving him with the inability to speak."” False.
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The Guardian: Kevin Hart suffers 'major back injury' in Malibu vintage car crash
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Hart was a passenger in a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda that went off Mulholland Highway and rolled down an embankment near Calabasas, California
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Hart stated that he was going to reconsider stepping down as host, after openly lesbian comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who has hosted the Academy Awards multiple times, expressed support for him to do so and said she had cont
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Hart signed on to star in and produce Monopoly
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Hart's film The Upside, his first headlining role in a drama, was theatrically released
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After buying out most of Lionsgate's stake
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2018· 2 entries
Hart was announced as the host of the 2019 Academy Awards
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Produced his first film under his production company HartBeat Productions, Night School
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2017· 6 entries
Released album “What Now?”.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"U.S. comedian Kevin Hart in critical condition after gory car crash."” Pants on Fire.
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Hart founded Laugh Out Loud (LOL), a global media and production company to provide opportunities for top comedic talent of all ethnicities worldwide
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Hart and Tommy John appeared in an underwear commercial for Macy's
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Launched the Laugh Out Loud Network, a subscription video streaming service in partnership with Lionsgate
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Starred in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (in a voice role), and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with Jack Black, Karen Gillan, and reteaming again with Johnson
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2016· 5 entries
Released album “Kevin Hart: What Now? (The Mixtape Presents Chocolate Droppa)”.
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At the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Photograph shows Kevin Hart after he was mugged at a Miami nightclub.” False.
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Starred in Central Intelligence with Dwayne Johnson and the animated The Secret Life of Pets
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Hart co-hosted the 2016 MTV Movie Awards with Dwayne Johnson
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2015· 7 entries
In front of 53,000 people, at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field
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Universal Pictures announced that Kevin Hart: What Now
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Awarded MTV Comedic Genius Award (2015).
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Hart embarked on a comedy world tour titled the What Now
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Time magazine named him on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world
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Hart hosted the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
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Hart starred in the films Get Hard with Will Ferrell and The Wedding Ringer
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2014· 3 entries
Hart became engaged to Eniko Parrish
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Released album “Live Comedy From The Laff House”.
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Hart starred as Ben in Ride Along, opposite Ice Cube
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2013· 3 entries
Hart was charged on suspicion of drunk driving after his vehicle nearly collided with a tanker truck on a Southern California freeway
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Hart co-created Real Husbands of Hollywood with Chris Spencer
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Hart played a boxing promoter in Grudge Match and appeared in Exit Strategy as Mannequin Head Man
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2009· 1 entry
With his act titled I'm a Grown Little Man, followed by Seriously Funny in 2010, Laugh at My Pain in 2011, and Let Me Explain in 2013, the last two of which were also released as features in theaters
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2005· 1 entry
Hart requested joint custody of their two children, a daughter born in 2005 and a son born in 2007.
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2003· 1 entry
And they filed for divorce in 2010 after citing irreconcilable differences
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1979· 2 entries
Born 1979-07-06.
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To Nancy Hart (died 2007) and Henry Robert Witherspoon (died 2022)
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