1. Kevin Darnell Hart was born on July 6,1979 and is an American comedian and actor.
54 Facts About Kevin Hart
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Kevin Hart has since had roles in films such as Paper Soldiers, Scary Movie 3, Soul Plane, In the Mix, Little Fockers, Think Like a Man, Grudge Match, Ride Along About Last Night, Get Hard, Central Intelligence, The Secret Life of Pets film franchise, Ride Along 2, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, the Jumanji film franchise, and Night School.
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Kevin Hart created and starred as a fictionalized version of himself in Real Husbands of Hollywood.
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Kevin Darnell Hart was born in Philadelphia on July 6,1979, to Nancy Hart and Henry Robert Witherspoon.
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Kevin Hart was raised in a single-parent household by his mother, who worked as a systems analyst for the Office of Student Registration and Financial Services at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Kevin Hart's father was a cocaine addict who was in and out of jail throughout most of Hart's childhood, prompting Hart to use humor as a way to cope with his troubled family life.
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Kevin Hart was a participant at the La Salle basketball camp with future National Basketball Association hall of famer Kobe Bryant and future political commentator and activist Marc Lamont Hill.
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Kevin Hart spent some time working as a shoe salesman.
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Kevin Hart's career suffered a slow start and he was booed offstage several times, once even having a piece of chicken thrown at him.
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Kevin Hart grossed over $15 million from "Laugh at My Pain", making it one of the year's top-selling comedy tours.
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Kevin Hart has a game app available through iTunes called "Little Jumpman".
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Kevin Hart had a guest appearance in the 2002 sitcom, Undeclared.
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Kevin Hart made his film debut in the 2002 film Paper Soldiers.
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Kevin Hart then had other films roles such as the Scary Movie franchise, Soul Plane, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Death at a Funeral and Little Fockers.
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Kevin Hart turned down a role in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder because the character is gay, citing his own "insecurities".
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Kevin Hart played Doug in the film The Five-Year Engagement and appeared in Think Like a Man which was a box office success.
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Kevin Hart had a cameo as himself in This Is the End.
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In 2013, Kevin Hart played a boxing promoter in Grudge Match and appeared in Exit Strategy as Mannequin Head Man.
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In 2014, Kevin Hart starred as Ben in Ride Along, opposite Ice Cube.
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Kevin Hart returned in the sequel, Ride Along 2, which was released in 2016.
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In 2013, Kevin Hart co-created Real Husbands of Hollywood with Chris Spencer.
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Thicke did not return for the second season due to his music career, though Kevin Hart has stated that the door is open for him to return.
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In 2015, Kevin Hart starred in the films Get Hard with Will Ferrell and The Wedding Ringer.
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Kevin Hart reprised his role of Snowball in the sequel The Secret Life of Pets 2, and Franklin Finbar in Jumanji: The Next Level.
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In 2021, Kevin 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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In July 2020, his series Die Kevin Hart premiered on Quibi on July 20 and had a strong first weekend.
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Kevin Hart signed a first look deal with Netflix in January 2021.
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Kevin Hart later played Arnold Drummond in the Diff'rent Strokes portion of the third edition of Live in Front of a Studio Audience.
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In 2022, Kevin Hart starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in the comedy film, Me Time.
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In January 2024, Hart starred as a master thief in the Netflix comedy heist film Lift, directed by F Gary Gray.
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Kevin Hart purposely unmasked himself in the season eleven premiere as part of a prank on host Nick Cannon.
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In 2019, Kevin Hart signed on to star in and produce Monopoly.
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In 2017, Kevin Hart founded Laugh Out Loud, a global media and production company to provide opportunities for top comedic talent of all ethnicities worldwide.
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Kevin Hart has aggressively expanded LOL's reach since its founding, securing partnership deals with PlutoTV, Roku, Snap, Facebook, Peacock, and YouTube.
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Kevin Hart then hosted the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, after his longtime friend Judd Apatow, the director who gave him his first big on-screen break in the TV series Undeclared, recommended him for the position.
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In 2015, Kevin Hart hosted the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber.
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In 2016, Kevin Hart co-hosted the 2016 MTV Movie Awards with Dwayne Johnson.
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In September 2018 Kevin Hart has hosted HQ Trivia with Scott Rogowsky and gave away $100,000 to one person.
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On December 4,2018, Kevin Hart was announced as the host of the 2019 Academy Awards.
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Kevin Hart characterized the protest as unconstructive and argued, "If you don't believe people change, grow as they get older, I don't know what to tell you".
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On January 3,2019, Kevin 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 contacted the Academy to ask if Kevin Hart would be able to reverse his decision if he wished and, according to DeGeneres, they said he would be able to do so.
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In 2024, Kevin Hart hosted the Netflix special The Roast of Tom Brady.
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Kevin Hart opened a second location in Monrovia, California, in November 2022, a third on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, in May 2023, and a fourth location near the University of Southern California campus in June 2023.
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Kevin Hart has cited George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Patrice O'Neal, Richard Pryor, Keith Robinson, Chris Rock, and Jerry Seinfeld as his influences.
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Kevin Hart married Torrei Skipper in 2003, and they filed for divorce in 2010 after citing irreconcilable differences.
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Kevin Hart requested joint custody of their two children, a daughter born in 2005 and a son born in 2007.
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An avid poker player since around 2010, Kevin Hart has entered major tournaments such as the World Series of Poker, cashing in one event for $4,783 in 2014.
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Kevin Hart plays cash games, like the ones organized by PokerStars, and became their Brand Ambassador in 2017.
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Kevin Hart is a practicing Christian and has talked openly about his faith.
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On September 1,2019, Kevin 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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Kevin Hart was released from the hospital 10 days later, and continued recovery at a rehabilitation facility.
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Kevin Hart required a wheelchair as part of his recovery and said afterward he is the "dumbest man alive" and "the age 40 is real", recommending no one attempt to race like he did.
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Kevin Hart failed a field sobriety test and was booked for misdemeanor driving under the influence.
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Kevin Hart's height has been a subject of public curiosity and varying reports, with sources listing him anywhere between 5'2" and 5'5".